AVSOG: Aviation Safety Oversight Group

Inspector Toolkit

Features

Official copies of Inspectorate guidance & reference materials
Contains all CAA reference documents arranged in hierarchal folders
Available to all inspectors on a CAA Intranet
Globally PDF searchable
Where possible, formatted for Quick Reader Comprehension (QRC).
Use of CASORT (link to CASORT page) for records embedded in the technical guidance.

Accessibility

Housed in CAA Server
Available on CAA Intranet
Documents may be downloaded/saved to individual computers*
Documents may be printed

* The status of a downloaded/saved copy is automatically changed to "Unofficial."

Training

We assist CAA’s in setting up the Inspector Toolkit, and, we train CAA inspector personnel how to access and use it.

Our training is extensive and also includes education on:

Toolkit contents
CAA policies and procedures
Completion of database records

In addition to training, we give the CAA’s our instructor guides, lesson plans, exercises and presentations to keep.

What is the Inspector Toolkit?

A digital shared folder easily accessible to all inspectors used as a technical guidance library.

We originated the concept of the "Inspector’s Toolkit" during our first safety oversight project in 2001. It is a simple concept. We consolidate all of the "official" guidance for the CAA into one overall digital folder. Then we make that folder accessible to the people in the CAA who need it.

The Toolkit folder contains all official CAA technical documents, organized into sub-folders according to legal priority. This organization allows Inspectors to easily search and find requirements and guidance for a specific technical subject.

Click the links below for descriptions of the following sub-folders:

A- Aviation Legislation
B- Aviation Regulations
C- CAA Technical Inspector Guidance
D- CAA Advisory Circulars
E- CAA Forms-Applications
F- CAA Job Aids-Checklists

Walk through a complete overview: Toolkit Briefing Presentation (3.4MB)
or Contact Us for a demonstration.

Toolkit Organization and Support

Civil Aviation Authority Act

Aviation legislation that empowers CAA safety oversight functions is critical to the credibility of a Civil Aviation Authority. There are important emphasis areas that should be addressed in good civil aviation legislation.

We assist CAAs in the successful upgrading of their aviation legislation to ensure that it meets the key recommendations for good aviation legislation.
We can also provide formal training to the CAA’s legal and technical personnel on the proper implementation of the resolution and enforcement processes enabled by the legislation.

Civil Aviation Regulations

Civil aviation regulations that are in concert with the international standards and recommended practices are required to ensure the recognition of other countries.

We assist CAAs in the incorporation and/or upgrade of their regulations to meet international standards, including the professional packaging of those regulations for website applications.
We provide regulations updating services to CAAs to ensure that they adopt new or revised international standards and recommended practices as these are published.
We can also provide formal training to the CAA’s legal and technical personnel on the development and authoring of regulations, to include reporting compliance to ICAO SARPS.

CAA Safety Oversight Technical Guidance

Civil aviation authorities must have a technical guidance for their personnel to ensure proper implementation of their safety oversight obligations.

We can assist CAAs in the tailoring of their technical guidance documents to ensure that the State obligations for safety oversight are addressed.
If necessary, we can provide a foundation of 15 technical guidance documents that address the State’s obligations and incorporate the use of the CASORT safety oversight databases.
We can also provide formal training courses to ensure the baseline training of the CAA’s technical personnel to implement their oversight processes.

Job Aid Checklists

It has always been important that CAAs be able to demonstrate that their personnel have ensured that the operators, aircraft and individuals have been assessed for minimum compliance with the international standards. Evidence of that assessment is increasingly considered to be the completion of "checklists."

We can provide the necessary core hard-copy job aids (130+) within the CAA technical documents or as stand-alone forms as a starting point for CAA safety oversight processes.
We are incorporating these job aids as digital checklists in the CASORT software to make their completion easier for inspectors and more accessible to management.
We incorporate these job aids into the formal and OJT training of technical personnel.

Advisory Circulars

The CAA should provide guidance to the State’s aviation industry on the proper implementation of the aviation regulations and application for approvals. The issuance of advisory circulars is the primary method of providing this guidance.

We can provide a wide range of advisory circulars (70+) that incorporate internationally acceptable guidance to support compliance with the aviation regulations.
We can assist your personnel in the authoring of advisory circulars to meet new requirements.
We incorporate these advisory circulars into the formal training of technical personnel.

Forms & Applications

The CAA should have the necessary applications which can be used by the aviation industry to make application for CAA approvals. The CAA should also have the necessary forms to issue the certificates and licenses to indicate that the operator, aircraft or individual is eligible to international recognition.

We can provide a wide range of forms and applications (80+) that implement and evidence the CAA approval processes.
We can assist your personnel in the authoring of forms and applications to meet new requirements.

AVSOG Aviation Safety Oversight Group