| (1) | A DTO shall develop and implement a safety policy and apply such policy during all training activities covered therein. |
(2) A safety policy referred to in subregulation (1) shall include procedures required for occurrence reporting and shall define, in relation to a DTO training programme, the means and methods used for
| (a) | hazard identification; |
| (c) | effectiveness of mitigation measures, implementation and follow-u p. |
| (3) | A DTO may make use of simplified mechanisms to ensure the collection, evaluation, processing, analysis and storage of details of occurrences. |
| (4) | A DTO shall develop and implement a quality assurance policy to ensure compliance with DTO accepted training programmes. |
| (5) | A DTO quality assurance policy shall provide for an annual internal review and annual activity report. |
| (6) | An annual internal review report referred to in subregulation (6) shall consist of an assessment whether a DTO effectively carries out its tasks and responsibilities, with specific emphasis given to the following— |
| (a) | availability of resources; |
| (b) | conduct of training in accordance with DTO training programmes and safety policy; |
| (c) | random checks of training records and course completion; |
| (d) | assessment of training programmes for adequacy and currency; |
| (e) | training aircraft including their documents and maintenance records; |
| (f) | aerodromes and operating sites, including associated facilities; |
| (g) | evaluation of both adequacy and effectiveness of the follow-u p, corrective and, as applicable, remedial action taken after non-compliance that have been detected internally or that have been subject to findings; |
| (h) | assessment of a safety policy including its means and for its adequacy and currency; and |
| (i) | assessment of the effectiveness of implementation of mitigation measures , as foreseen in DTO's safety policy. |
| (7) | An annual activity report referred to in subregulation (6), shall be submitted to the Director within a time frame prescribed in Document SA-CATS 141, and shall contain a list of— |
| (a) | training courses and refresher trainings provided; |
| (b) | names of all instructors involved in training with a DTO; |
| (c) | number of students per training course; |
| (d) | training aircraft and FSTDs used; |
| (e) | aerodromes and operational sites used; |
| (f) | occurrences, accidents and incidents that occurred during a training courses; and |
| (g) | any other information that is deemed relevant by a DTO. |
[Regulation 141.08.14 inserted by regulation 40 of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]
