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. Examinations are time based with a pass mark of 75%.

• Multi-Choice Question (MCQ) examinations are computer-based, with a nominal average duration of 75 seconds (1.25 minutes) per question
• Essays are paper-based, with an overall duration of 20 minutes per question

Important information:

• If you fail an examination then you cannot resit for at least 90 days – except in the case of the Maintenance Training Organisation (MTO) delivering a course of remediation for the failed topics – then you may resit after 30 days (remedial is only available for students attending instructor-led courses);
• The maximum number of consecutive attempts for each module is three (3).  Further sets of three attempts are allowed with a 12 month waiting period between sets;
• Once passed, examination credits have an individual 10 year life towards the application of a licence;
• The CASR Part 66 Basic Knowledge Syllabus and Examination Standard can be found in Appendix I and II of the CASR Part 66 Manual of Standards;
• The EASA Part 66 Basic Knowledge Syllabus and Exam Standard can be found in Appendix I and II to Annex III (Part 66) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014.

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