CASA EX39/07 Exemption ARFFS AFC Diploma (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX39/07

I, SHANE PATRICK CARMODY, Acting Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 (CASR 1998).

[Signed S. Carmody]

Shane Carmody
Acting Director of Aviation Safety and
   Chief Executive Officer

15 August 2007

Exemption — ARFFS AFC Diploma

1          Duration

This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 July 2009.

2          Application

     This instrument applies to:

(a)   Airservices Australia (AA), an approved Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (ARFFS) provider in providing firefighting services at aerodromes; and

(b)   each shift supervisor at an aerodrome where AA provides ARFFS.

3          Exemption

AA is exempt from compliance with the provisions of subregulation 139.845 (1) of CASR 1998, to the extent mentioned in Schedule 1.

Note   Paragraph 18.1.1.10 of Manual of Standards (MOS) Part 139H requires that all shift supervisors on staff of operational fire fighters hold an ARFFS Australian Fire Competencies (AFC) Diploma.

4          Conditions

The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Extent of exemption

The exemption extends only to the requirement to comply with paragraph 18.1.1.10 of MOS Part 139H.

Schedule 2          Conditions

     AA must ensure that at least 1 shift supervisor, on a staff of operational fire fighters, holds an ARFFS AFC Diploma.