Foreign Approved Maintenance Organizations FAMOs

Part 2 ✈ Chapter 2 - Airworthiness Audit Policy and Procedures Page 37 Part 1 - Civil Aviation Audit Policy and Procedures MRA – 1st Edition September 1998 2 An AEO must submit for Civil Aviation approval a design approval procedures manual DAPM, which provides a complete framework within which the AEO exercises their authority. This DAPM is the primary document for assessing compliance during Civil Aviation audits.

2.3.4 Design Approval Organizations DAOs

1 Design approval organisations DAOs are engineering corporations, approved by Civil Aviation, engaged in the design, modification or repair of aeronautical products. This category of delegation is typically associated with design organisations of aeronautical-product manufacturers, repair and overhaul facilities, or consulting engineering firms. A DAO employs individuals qualified to make findings of compliance with airworthiness standards within the limits of authority granted. 2 A DAO must submit for Civil Aviation approval a DAPM, which provides a complete framework within which the DAO exercises their authority. This DAPM is the primary document for assessing compliance during Civil Aviation audits.

2.3.5 Manufacturers

1 These organisations are approved by Civil Aviation to make or assemble aeronautical products. The manufacturers of these products submit a quality control manual for Civil Aviation approval. 2 The manual describes their organisation, method of operation and system for controlling product quality. This manual, once approved, is the primary document referenced by Civil Aviation when these types of organisations are audited.

2.3.6 Distributors

Distributors are organisations with ministerial approval to recertify and distribute aeronautical products that have previously been certified by the manufacturer. Companies engaged in these types of operations must describe their method of control in a product control system manual PCSM. This manual, once approved by Civil Aviation, serves as the primary standard for the regulatory audit. The checklists included in this part reflect that standard.