CAAM Part 66 Module 10 Aviation Legislation Exam study plan
CAAM Part 66 Module 10 Aviation Legislation Exam · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Regulatory Bodies
Map the CAAM organisational structure by drawing the reporting lines between the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia and the Ministry of Transport, and label where the Part 66 licensing function sits.
List the ICAO Annexes that underpin Malaysian aviation regulation (Annex 1, 6, 8, 19) and write one sentence on what each contributes to maintenance licensing.
Define, in your own words, the difference between a regulation, an advisory circular, and an acceptable means of compliance, giving one Malaysian example of each from your own reading.
Build a one-page glossary of regulatory acronyms (CAAM, ICAO, ANO, AOC, AMP, MEL) that you will reuse for the rest of the plan.
Your checkpoint
A single hand-drawn or digital regulatory structure diagram plus a 20-term acronym glossary, self-checked for accuracy against your source notes.
Regulatory Bodies
Trace the amendment process for a Malaysian civil aviation regulation from proposal through consultation to entry into force, and note where industry comment is invited.
Explain how an ICAO Standard differs from a Recommended Practice and describe what a State must do if it cannot comply with a Standard.
Identify the enforcement tools available to the regulator (e.g. suspension, revocation, financial penalty) and match each to a realistic maintenance scenario.
Draft five original multiple-choice questions on regulatory bodies and answer them without notes.
Your checkpoint
A 300-word written summary of the rule-making and enforcement cycle, plus five self-written MCQs with justified answer keys.
CAAM Part 66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance
Define the categories and subcategories of a Part 66 aircraft maintenance licence and state the basic experience and training expectations attached to each.
Distinguish clearly between certifying staff, support staff, and category B1 versus B2 privileges, writing a one-line rule for each.
Explain the role of the approved maintenance organisation in nominating certifying staff and how the authorisation relates to the licence held.
Describe the recent experience and continuation training expectations that keep a licence valid, and note what evidence a candidate should retain.
Your checkpoint
A comparison table of licence categories showing privileges, typical experience route, and limitations, produced from memory then corrected.
CAAM Part 66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance & Approved Maintenance Organisations
Explain the difference between a licence and an authorisation, and describe who may issue, suspend, or withdraw each.
Outline the qualification and recency requirements a Part 66 holder must satisfy before certification, including the meaning of certification authorisation scope.
Describe how an approved maintenance organisation records and controls the scope of certifying staff authorisations.
Write a short case note on what happens when certifying staff certify work outside their authorised scope.
Your checkpoint
A one-page 'licence vs authorisation' decision flowchart with at least six decision points, plus a 150-word case note.
Approved Maintenance Organisations
Describe the elements an organisation must demonstrate to obtain and keep a Part 145-style maintenance approval, including facilities, personnel, and quality system.
Explain the role of the quality manager and how the independent quality audit function differs from production work.
Outline the content and purpose of the maintenance organisation exposition and who approves changes to it.
Describe how the organisation manages subcontracting and external specialist services while retaining responsibility.
Your checkpoint
A checklist of at least 15 approval criteria grouped under facilities, personnel, quality, records, and exposition, each with a one-line justification.
Approved Maintenance Organisations
Explain the purpose of the maintenance organisation exposition and list the procedures a surveyor would expect to find in it.
Describe how findings from audits are categorised by seriousness and the typical corrective-action expectations for each level.
Outline the record retention obligations of an approved maintenance organisation and who is entitled to see those records.
Explain the conditions under which an approval can be varied, suspended, or revoked.
Your checkpoint
A 250-word written answer to 'How does an approved maintenance organisation demonstrate continuing compliance?' structured with headings and evidence points.
Aircraft Maintenance
Define the purpose of the maintenance programme and explain the relationship between the operator, the approved organisation, and the regulator in approving it.
Describe the role of the continuing airworthiness management function and how it interacts with line and base maintenance.
Explain the meaning and use of a certificate of release to service, including who may sign it and what it asserts.
Distinguish scheduled from unscheduled maintenance and describe how defect deferral under a minimum equipment list is controlled.
Your checkpoint
A one-page CRS scenario sheet: three short scenarios where you decide whether a release to service may be issued, with written reasoning.
Regulatory Bodies & CAAM Part 66 - Certifying Staff - Maintenance & Approved Maintenance Organisations & Aircraft Maintenance
Re-test every domain with timed practice, targeting the 25% weighting by allocating roughly a quarter of the question set to each domain.
Rewrite your weakest three topic summaries from earlier weeks into single-page revision sheets.
Recite from memory the licence categories, the approval criteria list, and the CRS signing rules.
Complete a full mock under exam timing and review every wrong answer to identify the underlying rule you missed.
Your checkpoint
A timed full mock with a written error log listing each missed question, the correct rule, and the revision sheet that now covers it.
Milestones
Week 2: You can explain the regulatory hierarchy and the amendment process in under five minutes without notes, and your five self-written MCQs each have a defensible answer key.
Week 4: You can state the licence categories, their privileges, and the licence-versus-authorisation distinction from memory, scoring at least 8/10 on a self-made recall quiz.
Week 6: You can list at least 12 approval criteria and describe the audit finding categories and corrective-action expectations without referring to notes.
Week 8: You complete a timed mock across all four domains, score at least 75%, and your error log shows no repeated mistake in the same domain.