Thursday, January 17, 2013

E Examination for Malaysian DCA AML

The examination for AML (aircraft maintenance license) for Malaysia DCA will be conducted by e-examination. That mean the conduct of the exam session will be web based, the registration, records and communication and fee payment is web based and accessible world wide.

The soft launch of the system was carried in conjunction with the briefing to to the stake holders at MaVa, Malaysian Aviation Academy near KLIA airport. The academy is situated near the Formula One circuit.

Among the points at the briefing are:

1. E-exam used by DCAM for both the pilots and aircraft engineers' license. The pilots e-exam started in Sept 2012 and the first AML exam  will be on 23 Jan 2013.

2.  AME exams will cover cat A, B1 and B2. The syllabus is based on EASA and tailored for DCAM.

3. The qualification will be accorded by DCAM.

4. The e-exam is provided by CAAI, Aspeq and DCAM.

5. The exam System
a. consists of question banks, examination paper generation and result processing.
b. Tasman is one of the e-exam modules handling the following functions:
          - candidate profiles
          - exam booking and registration.
          - payment
          - exam session
          - result
          - communication

6. Questions Banks
a. Modules availability is limited, currently B1- modules 1 to 8 and 14 are available.
b.Other modules will be added soon, targeted for first half of 2013.

7. Exam Venue
a. Currently, the MAVA center is available with 80 PCs.
b. Centers in Sabah and Sarawak will be identified.

8. Exam Administration
a. The exams are Conducted every 2 weeks
b. The first one will be 23 Jan with 30 candidates/ per session. There will be 2  sessions per examination day.
c. Written subjective paper. Questions will be given through the computer.The answer will be done using paper. The answer through the computer is under review. The written answer will be scanned and inserted into the e-exam system. Corrected paper will be validated by DCAM.

9. Candidates Processes. - currently available for the candidates only.The registration and management by ATO is not available yet.
a. Profile Creation - A process to create the ID and password. The candidates profile to be approved by DCAM. The approval expected to be maximum of 5 days.

b. Exam Registration is only for registered students.

c. Payment is through credit card. The cost is 75 pounds but Malaysian pay RM50 only.


PROCESSES

register=====> DCA Verify ====> candidate register/ Apply. 
Register for exam == select date =====>  sage pay ===> visa /master card ===>sit for exam ==> get result.

d. e-EXAMINATION
exam features.
- can comment
- can change answer
- can return back to the question
- can mark as require attention

QUESTION
- from UK CAA bank

RESULT
- result is not immediate although the system is capable to do it
- the computer will forward the result to DCA and DCA wll validate and adjust for any error.
- Then you will get the result through e-mail.
- you can save and print.
- If a candidate fails, he/she will be automatically barred for 90 days. If he attend a course after failure, the duration is reduced to 30 days.


SECURITY
- V stick - prevent candidate from accessing other sites during exam.

The following is the link to Malaysian DCA e-Examination.

Link: https://caai-train-dcam-ame.aspeqexams.com/