Apply for a Part-CAMO approval AOC

Applications for a Part-CAMO approval required as part of an Air Operators Certificate should be submitted to CAA Flight Operations in the first instance. Refer to guidance on AOC applications.

The cost of an initial Part-CAMO, made as part of an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) application, is covered through the AOC Scheme of Charges. Please refer to the AOC applications pages for further information.

The Air Operator Certificate (AOC) guidance provides guidance of how to make an application.

Applicants for an initial Part-CAMO approval shall provide the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) with:

• A copy of the Continuing Airworthiness Management Exposition (CAME) compliant with CAMO.A.300 (Part CAMO Continuing Airworthiness Management Exposition User Guide (CAP2153) offers further guidance).
• A copy of the Organisation's Safety Management Manual, if the key safety procedures and processes are not included within the exposition.
• A completed Form SRG1770 Safety Management Manual Compliance Statement, if submitting a Safety Management Manual.
• A completed Form SRG1771 Compliance Monitoring Manual Compliance statement, if submitting a Compliance Monitoring Manual.
• A completed evaluation using the SMS evaluation tool.
• The results of a pre-audit performed by the organisation against the applicable requirements provided for in Annex I (Part-M), Annex Vb (Part-ML) and Annex Vc (Part-CAMO).
• Any contracts for continuing airworthiness tasks being subcontracted to other organisations.
• A Nominated Safety Manager.
• A completed Form SRG1769 for all Nominated Persons including the Accountable Manager.
• A completed Form SRG1773 Part-CAMO CAME Compliance checklist.
• A completed Form SRG1774 Part-CAMO Compliance checklist.

UK Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 and the associated Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM).

‘CAA Approvals – Non-Transferability’ – Leaflet C30 (CAP562).

Aircraft ratings should be listed as per the UK Part-66 Type Rating list. Currently the Part 66 listing does not include Sailplanes, Powered Sailplanes or Balloons. In this case use the aircraft type designation specified on the UK Part 21 aircraft Type Certificate Data Sheet.

When the Organisation Approvals team receive the recommendation from Airworthiness confirming the organisation has achieved the required standard, the approval certificates will be raised and sent to your organisation within 20 working days.

The guidance below advises on what to expect once you have applied:

A Technical Support Officer will make an initial assessment of your application and associated documents and will contact you with any queries.

The Resource Scheduling Team will contact you to arrange for an Airworthiness Surveyor to carry out an on-site audit. Any questions regarding the scheduling of your on-site visit can be directed to the Resource Scheduling Team email ResourceScheduling@caa.co.uk.

An Airworthiness Surveyor will conduct an audit(s) against the requirements and raise an audit report detailing any findings.

The Airworthiness Surveyor will review the nominated personnel. Interviews for key personnel may be carried out.

The Airworthiness Surveyor will assess the supporting documentation; Technical Logs, Maintenance Contracts (as applicable) and Maintenance Programmes. When able to, the Airworthiness Surveyor will approve the supporting documentation.

If findings have been raised the organisation should address the findings and notify the Airworthiness Surveyor of the actions taken.

Once any audit findings relating to the application have been closed the Airworthiness Surveyor will submit a recommendation to the Shared Services Approval team for the issue of the approval.

If you have been approved to Issue or Extend Airworthiness Review Certificates (ARC) under your Part-CAMO approval, at this stage we will send you an e-mail containing your ARC Online logon information.

The organisation’s certificate shall remain valid subject to compliance with all of the following conditions:

• The organisation remaining in compliance with UK Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 and its delegated and implementing acts, considering the provisions related to the handling of findings as specified under point CAMO.B.350.
• The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) being granted access to the organisation as specified in point CAMO.A.140.
• The certificate not being surrendered or revoked.

For air carriers licensed in accordance with UK Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008, termination, suspension or revocation of the air operator certificate automatically invalidates the organisation certificate in relation to the aircraft registrations specified in the air operator certificate, unless otherwise explicitly stated by the CAA.

Once granted, an approval requires a recommendation for continuation every 24 months (unless otherwise agreed) from the date of issue. This is raised by the CAA Surveyor following a satisfactory audit programme.