The exam center is the additional approval given by the local airworthiness authority to an approved training organisation under EASA 147 to conduct the examination. Under the earlier BCAR section L, the examinations are conducted by the Surveyors and the authority like CAA controlled the quality of the licensed personnel. With EASA system, some of the function of qualifying to become a licensed engineer is handed to the approved school. The authority control the processes and monitor through audit and surveillance.
To qualify as an exam center, we have to apply to the authority, DCA , Department of Civil Aviation. There are various requirements we have to satisfy. Some of them are:
a. Suitable facilities - A suitable rooms or hall to house the examination has to be provided. The seating distance between students must be in such a way that they cannot read the neighbor's writings.
b. Questions banks - The questions banks need to meet the quality and the quantity requirements. Some of the example of quality are... the structure of the questions, the answers and the level of difficulty.
The quantity is also important. We are looking at the figure of 8 times number of question per examination. For example, for one of the module, the part 66 guideline says, the exam must have 32 questions. So our bank must have 32x8 = 256 questions.
c. The most important criteria is to have sufficient manpower to manage the process. The person need for this post is the examiner. For Malaysian, the requirement for personnel follows the CAA requirements under part 147 Document 46 V1 (147 doc46)
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