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Part 66 Examinations

Aviation Australia is approved to conduct CASR and EASA Part 66 Basic knowledge examinations for A and B category licences.

All Part 66 Basic knowledge examinations are conducted in accordance with a prescriptive examination standard which is laid out in the respective Competent Authority’s regulations. All examinations are time based with a pass mark of 75%.

Multi-Choice Question (MCQ) examinations;

  • are conducted electronically,
  • have a nominal average duration of 75 seconds (1.25 minutes) per question

Essay examinations;

  • are paper-based,
  • have an overall duration of 20 minutes per question

Vaccination Requirement at Aviation Australia Essendon Fields & Victorian ASPEQ locations

In accordance with the latest direction received from the Victorian State Government, vaccinations will be a requirement of Authorised Workers in regional Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne.

All apprentices, trainees and students are considered Authorised Workers by the Victorian Government and the following requirements will apply to all who attend Aviation Australia’s campus at Essendon Fields, Victoria & Victorian ASPEQ locations:

• You will be required to provide evidence that you have had or will have received a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by COB 22 October 2021 to undertake your examinations onsite.
• You are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by 26 November 2021 to continue to undertake your future examinations onsite.
• You will be required to show evidence of your vaccination status or medical exemption prior to entry.

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Part 66 Study Material

Aviation Australia’s Part 66 examinations are based on our current courseware, available via our new Learning Management System, LaunchPad.

Use the BUY NOW link below to visit our new store for purchasing study material.

Here is a Help Guide which shows you how to use the new store.

We strongly recommend that you always access the latest version of the courseware online when studying for examinations – we do not recommend using older printed versions as the content may not be up to date.

Part 66 Theory Packages

Aviation Australia offers self-study training material and exam packages that satisfy either CASA or EASA Part 66 basic knowledge theory requirements for the following licence categories:

CASR Part 66

  • B1.1 – (Mechanical) fixed-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B1.2 – (Mechanical) fixed-wing aircraft with piston engines,
  • B1.3 – (Mechanical) rotary-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B1.4 – (Mechanical) rotary-wing aircraft with piston engines,
  • B2 – (Avionics) fixed and rotary-wing aircraft

EASA Part 66

  • B1.1 – (Mechanical) fixed-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B1.3 – (Mechanical) rotary-wing aircraft with gas turbine engines,
  • B2 – (Avionics) fixed and rotary-wing aircraft