Purpose of the Educational and Certification Department:
- ensuring the training of education seekers (within the block of elective minor disciplines) for further work as personnel responsible for the maintenance of civil aircraft, as well as components intended for installation on such aircraft, in accordance with the requirements of the “Rules for the Approval of Maintenance Training Organisations” (PART-147), “Rules for the Issuance of Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Licences” (PART-66), “Rules for the Approval of Maintenance Organisations” (PART-145), and the “Rules for Continuing Airworthiness” (PART-M);
- conducting research, experiments, and preparing conclusions and expert evaluations on issues related to the certification of aircraft and their components;
- implementing a unified technical policy in the field of metrology and metrological activities, ensuring the quality and competitiveness of scientific and scientific-technical products created at the educational institution, establishing regulatory, legal, normative, scientific-technical, and organizational foundations for ensuring the unity of measurements for all laboratories of the University’s divisions, protecting researchers and laboratory staff at all levels from the consequences of unreliable measurement results, supporting the educational process, and certifying educational laboratory complexes at the University, as well as ensuring that standardization objects meet their intended purpose and managing the diversity, applicability, compatibility, and interchangeability of standardization objects.
The main tasks of the Educational and Certification Department:
- organization of the educational process, which includes preparing courses and teaching them within the block of elective disciplines (minor) as part of existing educational programs, as well as in the form of an additional educational service for the training of specialists in the maintenance of civil aircraft with their subsequent certification and issuance of the corresponding licences in accordance with PART-147 and PART-66 (upon request and provided that the program is completed in accordance with PART-147 and PART-66 standards);
- performing work related to the approval of aircraft maintenance organizations in accordance with PART-145 and issuing or confirming the Approval Certificate;
- performing research and scientific-production work and providing services in accordance with the requirements of PART-M;
- metrological support of scientific and research activities and the educational process at the University;
- development and revision of standards, codes of established practice, technical specifications and amendments to them, establishing the procedure for their development, revision, and application;
- participation, in the prescribed manner, in the implementation of the University’s foreign economic relations;
- conducting research, experiments, forming conclusions and expert assessments on issues of certification of aviation equipment and its components;
- implementation of other projects related to the certification of enterprises, organizations, equipment, and specialists in the University’s fields of activity;
- other activities that contribute to the development of scientific and technological progress in various sectors of Ukraine’s economy.
To achieve its objectives, the Educational and Certification Department performs the following functions:
- organization of the educational process and certification of trainees in accordance with the requirements of PART-147 and PART-66;
- organization of work related to the approval of aircraft maintenance organizations in accordance with PART-145 and issuance or confirmation of the Approval Certificate;
- execution of research and scientific-production works and services in accordance with the conditions of PART-M;
- organization of the educational process and other types of work related to the certification of enterprises, organizations, equipment, and specialists within the scope of the University’s activities;
- organization of research, experiments, preparation of conclusions and expert evaluations on the certification of aviation equipment and its components;
- ensuring the uniformity and required accuracy of measurements, improving the level of metrological support in the University’s activities, implementing modern methods and measurement tools in practice aimed at enhancing the level of scientific and scientific-technical research, the efficiency of educational process support, technical level and quality of scientific and scientific-technical products, as well as other works performed by the University;
- ensuring regulatory and legal governance in the field of standardization;
- interaction with foreign educational institutions and organizations on the implementation of the tasks of the Educational and Certification Department;
- participation in the creation, equipment, and updating of thematic laboratories in accordance with the requirements set out in PART for the permitted type of activity.
The Educational and Certification Department, in accordance with its main areas of activity and with the approval of the Rector, carries out:
- certification of trainees who have fulfilled the requirements of the respective training program and successfully passed the final examinations, with the issuance of the corresponding certificate;
- development and coordination with the State Aviation Service of Ukraine of the necessary documentation in accordance with the requirements of Aviation Rules and the legislation of Ukraine;
- development of curricula and formation of proposals regarding the staff of certified instructors in accordance with legislative acts;
- formation and execution of contracts for scientific, scientific-technical, and experimental works with clients;
- conclusion and support of thematic contracts with organizations and enterprises in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine;
- provision of advisory services (scientific, technical, etc.) in the manner established by the University.