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Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020

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F2020L01402

03 November 2020 - 01 December 2021

Table of contents

CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIONS
- Division 1 Preliminary
- 1.01 Name of instrument
- 1.02 Commencement
- 1.03 Application
- Division 2 Definitions — general
- 1.04 Definitions etc.
- Division 3 Definitions — AWZ
- 1.05 Aerial work zone (AWZ)
- Division 4 Definition of suitable forced landing area
- 1.06 Suitable forced landing area
- Division 5 Definition of SAR, search, and rescue
- 1.07 SAR, search and rescue
CHAPTER 2 PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CLASSES OF EXTERNAL LOAD AND CLASSES OF AERIAL WORK PASSENGERS
- 2.01 Classes of external loads
- 2.02 Aerial work passengers — classes of persons
CHAPTER 3 OTHER PRESCRIBED BODIES AND ORGANISATIONS INCLUDED IN, OR EXCLUDED FROM, DEFINITIONS FOR PART 138 OF CASR
- 3.01 Other operations excluded from definition of aerial work operation
- 3.02 Task specialists included in definition
- 3.03 Authorities for emergency service operations
CHAPTER 4 TRAINING AND CHECKING SYSTEM
- 4.01 Application
- 4.02 Training and checking system
CHAPTER 5 SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- 5.01 Application
- 5.02 Safety management systems
CHAPTER 6 PERSONNEL FATIGUE MANAGEMENT
- 6.01 Application
- 6.02 Personnel fatigue management
CHAPTER 7 OPERATIONS MANUAL
- 7.01 Application
- 7.02 Minimum distance from an object
- 7.03 Requirements for prescribed single-engine aeroplane (PSEA)
CHAPTER 8 OPERATIONAL DOCUMENTS
- 8.01 Application
- 8.02 Compliance with the aircraft flight manual (AFM)
- 8.03 Avoid area of the HV curve chart of a rotorcraft AFM
CHAPTER 9 FLIGHT RULES — MINIMUM HEIGHT
- Division 1 Preliminary
  - 9.01 Application
  - 9.02 Minimum height rules
- Division 2 Close proximity to an object in an area that is not a populous area or a public gathering
  - 9.03 Requirements for aircraft flight in close proximity to an object in an area that is not a populous area or a public gathering
- Division 3 Rotorcraft — IFR flight and VFR flight at night
  - 9.04 Requirements for rotorcraft IFR flight, and VFR flight at night, below minimum height
  - 9.05 When no suitable forced landing area is available
- Division 4 Aircraft IFR flight below minimum height over the sea
- Division 5 Rotorcraft IFR flight that is a SAR operation involving an auto-hover using transition mode capability over the sea
- Division 6 Aircraft flight over populous areas etc. and other areas
  - 9.22 Requirements for aeroplane flight over populous areas or public gatherings
  - 9.23 Requirements for rotorcraft flight over populous areas or public gatherings
CHAPTER 10 RESERVED
CHAPTER 11 CARRIAGE OF AERIAL WORK PASSENGERS OR AERIAL WORK CARGO
- 11.01 Application
- (2) For the carriage of aerial work passengers or aerial work cargo in an NVIS operation, an aerial work certificate holder must comply with CAO 82.6. (3) The provisions of CAO 82.6 take priority over the other provisions of this Chapter but only to the extent of direct inconsistency with the other provisions of this Chapter. 11.02 Carriage of 1 to 9 aerial work passengers in IFR flights
- 11.03 Carriage of 1 or 2 aerial work passengers in VFR flights at night
- 11.04 Carriage of 3 to 9 aerial work passengers in VFR flights at night
- 11.05 Carriage of 10 or more aerial work passengers
- 11.06 Requirements for aerial work passengers
CHAPTER 12 NIGHT VISION IMAGING SYSTEMS
- 12.01 Application
- 12.02 NVIS flights
CHAPTER 13 RISK ASSESSMENTS (INCLUDING AWZ-RAs)
- Division 1 Risk — general
- Division 2 AWZ-RA — risk and related requirements
  - 13.08 Application
  - 13.09 Preparation of an AWZ-RA — aerial work operations
CHAPTER 14 SEATBELTS AND OTHER RESTRAINT DEVICES
- 14.01 Application
- 14.02 Wearing of seatbelts and other restraint devices
- 14.03 Safety harness or a restraint strap
CHAPTER 15
- Division 1 Class D external loads
- Division 2 General requirements
CHAPTER 16
- 16.01 Application
- 16.02 Dispensing operations to be in VMC
- 16.03 Requirements for dispensing operations
CHAPTER 17 REQUIREMENTS FOR TASK SPECIALIST OPERATIONS
- Division 1 Preliminary
  - 17.01 Application
- Division 2 Aerial mustering operations
  - 17.02 Pilot qualifications and experience
- Division 3 Firearms and aerial work operations
- Division 4 Marine pilot transfer
  - 17.09 Task specialist marine pilot transfer operations
CHAPTER 18 PERFORMANCE – TAKE-OFF AND LANDING – AIRCRAFT
- Division 1 Take-off and landing performance – large aeroplanes – all aerial work operations
  - 18.01 Application
  - 18.02 Take-off and landing performance for large aeroplanes
- Division 2 Take-off and landing performance – rotorcraft – aerial work certificate holders only
  - 18.03 Application
  - 18.04 Take-off and landing performance for rotorcraft operated with OEI accountability
- Division 3 Take-off and landing performance – other aircraft – all aerial work operations
  - 18.05 Application
  - 18.06 Take-off and landing performance for other aircraft
CHAPTER 19 RESERVED
CHAPTER 20 RESERVED
CHAPTER 21 WEIGHT AND BALANCE
- 21.01 Application
- 21.02 Procedures for loading aircraft — document carriage
- 21.03 Weight and balance documents
CHAPTER 22 EQUIPMENT
- 22.01 Application
- 22.02 Purpose
- 22.03 Approval of equipment
- 22.04 Visibility and accessibility of equipment
- 22.05 Flight with inoperative equipment
- 22.06 Marine pilot transfers — usage monitoring system for single-engine rotorcraft
- 22.07 Searchlights and intercommunication system for aerial work operations at night
- 22.08 Carriage of survival equipment etc.
CHAPTER 23 FLIGHT CREW TRAINING AND CHECKING
- Division 1 Flight crew training and checking events
- Division 2 Qualification as pilot in command
  - 23.07 Application
  - 23.08 Specific qualifications and experience
- Division 3 Individuals who conduct training and checking
CHAPTER 24 AIR CREW MEMBER TRAINING AND CHECKING
- 24.01 Application
- 24.02 Training and proficiency checks, recurrent proficiency check requirements and general emergency competency
- For subregulation 138.540 (3), sections 23.02, 23.03, 23.05 and 23.06 apply to the operator as if references in the sections to an FCM were references to an air crew member, except that in paragraph 23.05 (3) (c) mention of 6 months is taken to be 12 months. 24.03 Who is to conduct training and checking
- 24.04
CHAPTER 25 TASK SPECIALIST TRAINING AND CHECKING
- 25.01 Application
- 25.02 Required training and checking
- 25.03 Conduct of training and checking by an aerial work certificate holder
- 25.04 Conduct of training and checking by a limited aerial work operator