Aircraft maintenance engineer (Canada)

These persons are individually licensed by the Canadian Federal Government through TC and are known as aircraft maintenance engineers or "AMEs".

For work on Canadian aircraft conducted outside Canada, a person licensed by another country that has a bilateral agreement with TC may sign.

But the maintenance release for the subsequent installation of such parts into an aircraft may only be made by the holder of an AME licence.

[5] Canada has no legal system that requires the person who performs aircraft maintenance to hold a licence.

[1] Note: Holders of either an M1 or M2 rated AME licence also have maintenance release privileges for all turbine powered helicopters and SFAR 41C aeroplanes, including their associated variants and derivatives.

[1] As proof of age, the following documents are acceptable: Applicable training may be obtained by means of distance learning courses or traditional college.

As proof, the applicants shall submit a certificate or letter, issued by the ATO, attesting to the successful completion of the examinations.

[1] Experience requirements expressed in months are predicated upon full-time employment of 1800 working hours per year.

These tasks must cover at least 70 percent of the items listed in Appendix B that are applicable to the rating sought and to the aircraft, systems or components for which the experience is claimed.

[1] Proof of having completed aircraft maintenance tasks shall take the form of a certification by the AME, or equivalent person who supervised the work.

The certification statement shall include the date, aircraft type, registration mark, or component serial number as applicable.

[1] The issue of the divided loyalty that is inherent upon the Canadian AME as both a private sector work performer and a Ministerial delegated certifier, of their own work and of others', was the focus of a 1988 report, which noted that in contrast to some other countries which had done so, "...there is a need in Canada to develop our own perspectives on the phenomenon of inspection.

"[7] The Aircraft Maintenance Engineers of Canada/Techniciens D'Entretien 'D'Aeronefs du Canada (AMEC/TEAC) is the professional association for AMEs at national level.