14 CFR § 145.163 - Training requirements.

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title: "14 CFR § 145.163 - Training requirements."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "145.163"
section_name: "Training requirements."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
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subchapter_name: "SCHOOLS AND OTHER CERTIFICATED AGENCIES"
part_number: "145"
part_name: "REPAIR STATIONS"
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# 145.163 Training requirements.

(a) A certificated repair station must have and use an employee training program approved by the FAA that consists of initial and recurrent training. An applicant for a repair station certificate must submit a training program for approval by the FAA as required by § 145.51(a)(7).

(b) The training program must ensure each employee assigned to perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations, and inspection functions is capable of performing the assigned task.

(c) A certificated repair station must document, in a format acceptable to the FAA, the individual employee training required under paragraph (a) of this section. These training records must be retained for a minimum of 2 years.

(d) A certificated repair station must submit revisions to its training program to its responsible Flight Standards office in accordance with the procedures required by § 145.209(e).

[Docket FAA-1999-5836, 66 FR 41117, Aug. 6, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 15581, Mar. 28, 2005; Amdt. 145-30, 79 FR 46985, Aug. 12, 2014; Docket FAA-2018-0119, Amdt. 145-32, 83 FR 9176, Mar. 5, 2018]