CAMP: Maintenance and preventive maintenance training program

If you operate aircraft under a Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP), you must establish a training program for your maintenance personnel. This requirement applies whether you perform maintenance in-house or contract it out.

The training program must ensure that anyone who evaluates whether maintenance work is adequate—including inspectors—stays current on:

• Maintenance procedures and techniques
• New equipment being used
• Their specific job responsibilities

The goal is competency: these personnel must be fully informed and capable of properly performing their duties. This is critical because these individuals are making decisions about aircraft airworthiness. Without proper training on current procedures and equipment, they cannot reliably determine if maintenance work meets standards.

This regulation doesn't specify training frequency or content details—those are left to the program manager to develop based on their operation's needs. The key requirement is that the training program exists and achieves its purpose of maintaining personnel competency.

*This is a plain-English summary for study only. The official 14 CFR text on this page is controlling — always read the current regulation and consult a CFI.*