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The Civil Aviation (Approved Maintenance Organization) Regulations, 2025
18. Equipment, tools and material
Edition: 2026-03-03 · In force
18. Equipment, tools and material
(1)An AMO shall have available the necessary equipment, tools and material to perform the approved scope of work, and these items shall be under full control of the AMO.(2)Equipment and tools shall be available at all times except in the case of any tool or equipment that is so rarely needed that its permanent availability is not necessary.(3)The Authority may accept a prior arrangement from an AMO that does not possess specific tools and equipment for maintenance or repair of an aircraft or aircraft component specified in the AMO's certificate, if the tools and equipment can be acquired temporarily, by prior arrangement and be under full control of the AMO when needed to perform required maintenance or repairs.(4)The Authority may not amend the approval to delete the aircraft or aircraft component on the basis that it is a temporary situation and there is a formal agreement from the AMO to reacquire tools, equipment, or other items before performing any maintenance or repair.(5)An AMO shall control all applicable tools, equipment and test equipment used for product acceptance or for making a finding of airworthiness.(6)An AMO shall ensure that all applicable tools, equipment and test equipment used for product acceptance or for making a finding of airworthiness are calibrated to ensure correct calibration to a standard acceptable to the Authority and traceable to national or international standards.(7)An AMO shall keep all records of calibrations and the standards used for calibration.(8)Except as provided in subregulation (6), in the case of foreign manufactured tools, equipment and test equipment, the standard provided by the country of manufacture may be used if accepted by the Authority.(9)Where the manufacturer specifies a particular tool, equipment or test equipment then that tool, equipment or test equipment shall be used unless the manufacturer has identified the use of an equivalent.(10)Except as provided in subregulation (9), tools, equipment or test equipment other than those recommended by the manufacturer shall be acceptable based on at least the following—(a)the AMO shall have a procedure in the Maintenance Organization's Procedures Manual if it intends to use equivalent tools, equipment or test equipment other than that recommended by the manufacturer; and(b)the AMO shall have a program to include—(i)a description of the procedures used to establish the competence of personnel that make the determination of equivalency of tools, equipment or test equipment;(ii)conducting and documenting the comparison made between the specification of the tool, equipment or test equipment recommended by the manufacturer and the equivalent tool, equipment or test equipment proposed;(iii)ensuring that the limitations, parameters and reliability of the proposed tool, equipment or test equipment are equivalent to the manufacturer's recommended tools, equipment or test equipment;(iv)ensuring that the equivalent tool, equipment or test equipment is capable of performing the appropriate maintenance function, all normal tests, or calibrations and checking all parameters of the aircraft or aircraft component undergoing maintenance or calibration; and(v)the AMO shall have full control of the equivalent tool, equipment or test equipment through an ownership, lease or other legal arrangement.(11)An AMO approved for base maintenance shall have sufficient aircraft access equipment and inspection platforms or docking such that the aircraft may be properly inspected.(12)The AMO shall have a procedure to inspect or service and where appropriate, calibrate tools, equipment and test equipment on a regular basis and indicate to users that an item is within any inspection or service or calibration time limit.(13)The AMO shall have a procedure to ensure that if it uses either a primary, secondary or transfer standard for performing calibration, that standard cannot be used to perform maintenance.(14)A clear system of labelling all tooling, equipment and test equipment shall be used to give information on when the next inspection or service or calibration is due and where the item is unserviceable for a reason that is not obvious.(15)A clear system of labelling all tooling, equipment and test equipment shall be used to give information on when such tooling, equipment and test equipment is not used for product acceptance or for making a finding of airworthiness.(16)A register shall be maintained for all calibrated tools, equipment and test equipment together with a record of calibrations and standards used.