primary category aircraft type airframe and 15 credit hours which include a minimum of somehow made a part of certificated under §21.24(b) of power plant). 10 credit hours for the the NPRM. this chapter. The school may (c) The curriculum must General curriculum, 18 also issue certificates of cover the subjects and items credit hours for the Airframe competency to persons prescribed in appendices B, curriculum, and 15 credit successfully completing such C, or D, and the items hours for the Powerplant courses provided that all other included under those subject curriculum. Each school requirements of this part are headings in each school’s would have the option to be met and the certificate of operations specifications as approved for either an competency specifies the applicable for the school’s instructional hours aircraft make and model to ratings. Each item must be curriculum or a credit hours which the certificate applies. taught to at least the curriculum, but not both. indicated level of proficiency, A credit hour is a unit of defined in Appendix A and measure that gives value to set forth in the the level of instruction, corresponding operations academic rigor, and time specification item. requirements for a course (d) Notwithstanding the taken at an educational provisions of paragraphs (a) institution. At its most basic, through (c) of this section a credit hour is a proxy and §147.11, the holder of a measure of a quantity of certificate issued under student learning. The higher subpart B of this part may education community has apply for and receive long used the credit hour, as approval of special courses in defined by the “Carnegie the performance of special unit,” as part of a process to inspection and preventive establish a standard maintenance programs for a measure of faculty primary category aircraft workloads, costs of type certificated under instruction, and rates of §21.24(b) of this chapter. educational efficiencies, as The school may also issue well as a measure of student certificates of competency to work for transfer students. A persons successfully credit hour for purposes of completing such courses part 147 is an institutionally provided that all other established equivalency that requirements of this part are reasonably approximates met and the certificate of some minimum amount of competency specifies the student work reflective of the amount of work
primary category aircraft type certificated under §21.24(b) of this chapter. The school may also issue certificates of competency to persons successfully completing such courses provided that all other requirements of this part are met and the certificate of competency specifies the aircraft make and model to which the certificate applies. airframe and 15 credit hours power plant). (c) The curriculum must cover the subjects and items prescribed in appendices B, C, or D, and the items included under those subject headings in each school’s operations specifications as applicable for the school’s ratings. Each item must be taught to at least the indicated level of proficiency, defined in Appendix A and set forth in the corresponding operations specification item. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section and §147.11, the holder of a certificate issued under subpart B of this part may apply for and receive approval of special courses in the performance of special inspection and preventive maintenance programs for a primary category aircraft type certificated under §21.24(b) of this chapter. The school may also issue certificates of competency to persons successfully completing such courses provided that all other requirements of this part are met and the certificate of competency specifies the which include a minimum of 10 credit hours for the General curriculum, 18 credit hours for the Airframe curriculum, and 15 credit hours for the Powerplant curriculum. Each school would have the option to be approved for either an instructional hours curriculum or a credit hours curriculum, but not both. A credit hour is a unit of measure that gives value to the level of instruction, academic rigor, and time requirements for a course taken at an educational institution. At its most basic, a credit hour is a proxy measure of a quantity of student learning. The higher education community has long used the credit hour, as defined by the “Carnegie unit,” as part of a process to establish a standard measure of faculty workloads, costs of instruction, and rates of educational efficiencies, as well as a measure of student work for transfer students. A credit hour for purposes of part 147 is an institutionally established equivalency that reasonably approximates some minimum amount of student work reflective of the amount of work somehow made a part of the NPRM.
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