Civil Aviation (Approved Training Organizations) Regulations, 2018
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"accountable manager" means the manager who has corporate authority for ensuring that all training commitments can be financed and carried out to the standard required by the Authority and any additional requirements defined by the approved training organization;"aeroplane" means a power-driven heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift in flight chiefly from aerodynamic reactions on surfaces which remain fixed under given conditions of flight;"aircraft" means any machine that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air, other than the reactions of the air against the earth's surface;"approved training" means training conducted under special curricula and supervision approved by the Authority;"approved training organization" means an organization approved by the Authority to perform approved training as specified in these Regulations and operating under the supervision of the Authority;"air operator certificate" means a certificate authorizing an operator to carry out specified commercial air transport operations;"Authority" means the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority;"procedures manual" means a manual containing procedures, instructions and guidance for use by personnel of the approved training organization in the execution of their duties in meeting the requirements of the certificate;"quality manager" means the manager, acceptable to the Authority, responsible for the management of the quality system, monitoring function and requesting corrective actions;"quality system" means the documented organizational procedures and policies; the internal audit of those policies and procedures; and the management review and recommendation for quality improvement;"satellite approved training organisation" means an approved training organisation at a location other than primary location of the approved training organisation;"flight simulation training device" means any one of the following three types of apparatus in which flight conditions are simulated on the ground—(a)a flight simulator, which provides an accurate representation of the cockpit of a particular aircraft type to the extent that the mechanical, electrical, electronic, etc. aircraft systems control functions, the normal environment of flight crew members and the performance and flight characteristics of that type of aircraft are realistically simulated;(b)a flight procedures trainer, which provides a realistic cockpit environment, and which simulates instrument responses, simple control functions of mechanical, electrical, electronic, etc. aircraft systems, and the performance and flight characteristics of aircraft of a particular class; or(c)a basic instrument flight trainer, which is equipped with appropriate instruments, and which simulates the cockpit environment of an aircraft in flight in instrument flight conditions;"training manual" means a manual containing the training goals, objective, standards syllabi, and curriculum for each phase of the approved training course; and"training specifications" means a document issued to an approved training organization certificate holder by the Authority that specifies training program requirements and authorizes the conduct of training, checking, and testing with any of the attendant limitations.Source: Kenya Law