EASA Exams

Introducing EASA Part 66 Licence examinations By Avia Careers – An Introduction

Standardization Basis for Examinations

• 1.1. All basic examinations will be carried out using the multi-choice question format and essay questions.

• 1.2. Each multi-choice question will have three alternative answers of which only one must be the correct answer and the candidate must be allowed a time per module which is based upon a nominal average of 75 seconds per question.

• 1.3. Each essay question requires the preparation of a written answer and the candidate must be allowed 20 minutes to answer each such question.

• 1.4. Suitable essay questions must be drafted and evaluated using the knowledge syllabus in PART-66 Appendix I Modules 7, 9 and 10.

• 1.5. The pass mark for each PART-66 module and sub-module multi-choice part of the examination is 75 %.

• 1.6. If either the multi-choice part only or the essay part is failed, then it is necessary to retake the multi-choice and essay part again.

• 1.7. Penalty marking systems must not be used to determine whether a candidate has passed.

• 1.8. All PART-66 modules that make up a complete PART-66 aircraft maintenance license category or subcategory must be passed within a 5 year time period of passing the first module except in the case specified in paragraph 1.9. A failed module may not be retaken for at least 90 days following the date of the failed module examination.

• 1.9. The 5 year time period specified in paragraph 1.8 does not apply to those modules which are common to more than one PART-66 aircraft maintenance license category or subcategory and which were previously passed as part of another such category or subcategory examination. PART-66.A.30 Experience Requirements

(a) An applicant for a PART-66 category B1 and B2 Aircraft Maintenance License shall have acquired five years of practical maintenance experience on operating aircraft if the applicant has no previous relevant technical training.

(b) For category B1 and B2 the experience must be practical which means being involved with a representative cross section of maintenance tasks on aircraft.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), aircraft maintenance experience gained outside a civil aircraft maintenance environment shall be accepted when such maintenance is equivalent to that required by this Part as established by the competent authority. Additional experience of civil aircraft maintenance shall, however, be required to ensure understanding of the civil aircraft maintenance environment.

PART-66 .A.20 Privileges

(a) Subject to compliance with paragraph (b), the following privileges shall apply:

• 1. A category B1 PART-66 Aircraft Maintenance License shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following maintenance, including aircraft structure, powerplant and mechanical and electrical systems. Replacement of avionic line replaceable units, requiring simple tests to prove their serviceability, shall also be included in the privileges. Category B1 shall automatically include the appropriate A subcategory.

• 2. A category B2 PART-66 Aircraft Maintenance License shall permit the holder to issue certificates of release to service following maintenance on avionic and electrical systems.

(b) The holder of a PART-66 Aircraft Maintenance License may not exercise certification privileges unless:

• 1. in compliance with the applicable requirements of PART-M and/or PART-145.

• 2. in the preceding two-year period he/she has, either had six months of maintenance experience in accordance with the privileges granted by the PART-66 Aircraft Maintenance License or, met the provision for the issue of the appropriate privileges.

• 3. he/she is able to read, write and communicate to an understandable level in the language(s) in which the technical documentation and procedures necessary to support the issue of the certificate of release to service are written.