DGCA AME CAR-66 Module 10 Aviation Legislation Exam study plan
DGCA AME CAR-66 Module 10 Aviation Legislation Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Regulatory Framework & CAR-66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance
Map the DGCA regulatory hierarchy (Act, Rules, CARs, guidance) and state where CAR-66 and CAR-145 sit within it
List the eligibility, experience and knowledge requirements for each CAR-66 certifying staff category (A, B1, B2, C) from memory
Explain the difference between certifying staff, support staff and the licence-holder's privileges and limitations
Define the role of the competent authority in issuing, renewing and suspending licences
Your checkpoint
One-page hierarchy diagram plus a blank-table self-test on CAR-66 categories scored at 80% or better
CAR-66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance & CAR-145 - Approved Maintenance Organisations
Describe the CAR-66 basic knowledge modules and how experience requirements are demonstrated
Outline the CAR-145 approval process, including the maintenance organisation exposition and its content
Identify the responsibilities of the accountable manager and the quality system within a CAR-145 organisation
Distinguish the privileges of a CAR-145 organisation from those of an independent certifying staff member
Your checkpoint
Written comparison (max 500 words) of CAR-66 licence privileges vs CAR-145 organisation privileges, with at least six cited CAR references
CAR-M - Continuing Airworthiness & Maintenance Programmes and Records
Explain the continuing airworthiness management organisation concept and the role of the airworthiness review
Trace how the maintenance programme is approved, varied and controlled
Describe the required content and retention periods for maintenance records and technical logs
Apply the MEL/CDL relationship to dispatch decisions in worked scenarios
Your checkpoint
Completed record-retention matrix covering at least eight record types with correct retention periods
Other Airworthiness Requirements (CAR-21, CAR-147, etc.) & Aircraft Certification and Airworthiness (Type Certificates, CoA, ARC)
Summarise CAR-21 design and production approval routes, including major/minor change classification
Explain the difference between a type certificate, a certificate of airworthiness and an airworthiness review certificate
Describe the CAR-147 maintenance training organisation requirements and how they link to CAR-66 examinations
Identify when an ARC is issued, renewed or extended and by whom
Your checkpoint
Closed-book quiz of 25 mixed questions on certification documents, scored at 75% or better
Air Operations and Operator Responsibilities & National and International Aviation Law (ICAO, DGCA Act/Rules)
State the operator's responsibilities for continuing airworthiness, defect reporting and MEL use
Outline ICAO Annex structure and the role of the Convention on International Civil Aviation
Explain how DGCA rules give effect to ICAO standards and where national differences may exist
Describe the purpose and process of mandatory occurrence reporting
Your checkpoint
Two-page briefing note linking ICAO Annex obligations to specific DGCA rule requirements
Human Factors and Safety Management (Regulatory Context) & Regulatory Framework
Apply the SHELL model and the dirty-dozen concepts to maintenance error scenarios
Explain how a safety management system is structured and how safety risk assessment is performed
Describe the regulatory basis for human factors training and just-culture reporting
Revisit the regulatory hierarchy and explain how a safety occurrence flows through the reporting system
Your checkpoint
Case analysis of one maintenance error, identifying at least five contributing human factors with regulatory references
CAR-66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance & CAR-M - Continuing Airworthiness & Maintenance Programmes and Records
Answer timed mixed questions across certifying staff, continuing airworthiness and records at exam pace
Identify and log every weak sub-topic from the timed set
Re-derive from memory the key numeric limits: experience periods, record retention, ARC validity
Practise explaining licensing and airworthiness decisions in short written answers
Your checkpoint
Full-length mock exam (60 questions) with a written error log listing each weak sub-topic and a remediation action
Regulatory Framework & CAR-66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance & CAR-145 - Approved Maintenance Organisations & CAR-M - Continuing Airworthiness & Other Airworthiness Requirements (CAR-21, CAR-147, etc.) & Aircraft Certification and Airworthiness (Type Certificates, CoA, ARC) & Maintenance Programmes and Records & Air Operations and Operator Responsibilities & Human Factors and Safety Management (Regulatory Context) & National and International Aviation Law (ICAO, DGCA Act/Rules)
Re-test every sub-topic flagged in the week 7 error log until each scores above 80%
Complete a second full-length mock exam under timed conditions
Recite the key definitions of certifying staff, approved organisation, continuing airworthiness and airworthiness review without notes
Confirm readiness by reviewing the milestone checklist
Your checkpoint
Second mock exam scored at 80% or better, with the error log fully closed out
Milestones
Week 2: Can state CAR-66 category privileges and CAR-145 organisation privileges without notes, citing at least four CAR references
Week 4: Scores 75% or better on the 25-question certification-documents quiz, closed book
Week 6: Produces a human-factors case analysis naming five contributing factors, each tied to a regulatory requirement
Week 7: Completes the 60-question mock within time and has a written error log with a remediation action per weak sub-topic
Week 8: Scores 80% or better on the second mock and has closed every item in the error log