MPC – Maintenance Procedures Course
Course Reference:
MPC Certificate
Applicability:
Primary Experimental Aircraft Builder
Scope:
All Core Subjects
Outcome:
Permission to conduct & certify annual condition inspections
The MPC (Maintenance Procedures Course) is for SAAA Members only.
The MPC training is available in a class room format for both “Initial” or “Refresher” candidates. It is also permissible for candidates to attend MPC training by way of video conference methods where travel to physically attend a class room environment is either not possible or is impractical..
The Course Materials (course notes and reference material) are not yet available online, however, this feature will be “Coming soon“. Once available online, study prior to or after the delivery of the Course Training will be available to anyone who has subscribed to the MPC.
The exam is taken using the online exam accessible from “My Courses”.
Once you have studied and reviewed the Course Materials and you have completed the course training in either a classroom or video conferencing format, please now proceed to take the exam by following the instructions below. The exam is packaged into four modules, which you may take progressively as may be convenient for you.
If you are successful in passing all four modules of the exam, you will immediately receive notification and be presented with a certificate. Your certificate will also be stored in the SAAA records and is recoverable at any time by accessing “My Courses” on the SAAA website. The outcomes, whether a pass or fail will also be recorded under “My Courses” where you will also be able to review any questions that you may not have answered correctly. All this information will be stored for each occasion that you take the exam.
If you have failed the exam and wish to re-take the exam, you will have a further two opportunities to re-take the exam within a period of 3 months from attending the date of your MPC Course Training. If you do not pass the exam within 3 attempts, a member of the SAAA training team will contact you.
If you have any difficulties with taking the exam, please contact the SAAA Training team via enquiries@saaa.com.
Limitations:
The holder of an MPC certificate may only exercise the conferred permissions in respect of an aircraft that they own and of which they are the primary builder, or an aircraft that they own but of which they are not the primary builder and which is essentially similar to an aircraft of which they are the primary builder.
The holder may exercise the conferred permissions provided that they:
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- – consider themselves to be competent to do so – i.e. meet the General Competency Rule (below), and
- – are a financial Member of the SAAA
Remarks:
The MPC (Maintenance Procedures Course) is for SAAA Members only.
The MPC training is available in a class room format for both “Initial” or “Refresher” candidates. It is also permissible for candidates to attend MPC training by way of video conference methods where travel to physically attend a class room environment is either not possible or is impractical due timing / location or other significant factors.
The Course Materials (course notes and reference material) are not yet available online, however, this feature will be “Coming soon“. Once available online, study prior to or after the delivery of the Course Training will be available to anyone who has subscribed to the MPC.
The exam is taken using the online exam accessible from “My Courses”.
Once you have studied and reviewed the Course Materials and you have completed the course training in either a classroom or video conferencing format, please now proceed to take the exam by following the instructions below. The exam is packaged into four modules, which you may take progressively as may be convenient for you.
If you are successful in passing all four modules of the exam, you will immediately receive notification and be presented with a certificate. Your certificate will also be stored in the SAAA records and is recoverable at any time by accessing “My Courses” on the SAAA website. The outcomes, whether a pass or fail will also be recorded under “My Courses” where you will also be able to review any questions that you may not have answered correctly. All this information will be stored for each occasion that you take the exam.
If you have failed the exam and wish to re-take the exam, you will have a further two opportunities to re-take the exam within a period of 3 months from attending the date of your MPC Course Training. If you do not pass the exam within 3 attempts, a member of the SAAA training team will contact you.
If you have any difficulties with taking the exam, please contact the SAAA Training team via enquiries@saaa.com
General Competency Rule – Aircraft Maintenance & Inspection:
The “General Competency Rule – Aircraft Maintenance & Inspection” is a cornerstone of achieving safe aircraft operations – in this context, through the conduct of correct and accurate aircraft inspection and maintenance activities. Before commencing any activity permitted by an MPC certificate, a person must ask themselves ‘Am I capable of conducting this activity competently?’
This is the equivalent of the CASR Pt 61.385 General Competency Rule as it applies to pilots, or similar to the medical ‘fitness to fly’ question.
It means that an MPC certificate holder needs to be sure they are competent to inspect and maintain IAW their MPC certificate.
The General Competency Rule in respect of aircraft maintenance and inspection activities covers but is not limited to:
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- – maintaining aircraft records, certification and use of data
- – use of tools and the conduct of basic practices and procedures required to conduct aircraft maintenance and aircraft periodic or any other inspection
- – familiarity with a particular maintenance or inspection activity if they have not conducted that activity for some time.
