Canadian Aviation Regulations

801.09 (1) No holder of an ATS operations certificate who operates a flight service station shall permit a person to act, and no person shall act, as a flight service specialist unless the person

• (a) has successfully completed

  • (i) training that has been accepted by the Minister in the performance of the functions of a flight service specialist, and

  • (ii) a safety-related initial training course on human and organizational factors; and

• (b) has been certified by the holder of the certificate as being competent to perform those functions.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a person who, under supervision, acts as a flight service specialist while undergoing

• (a) instruction, training or testing in respect of flight service specialist certification; or

• (b) flight service station familiarization in the course of the person’s employment.

(3) The holder of an ATS operations certificate who operates a flight service station shall

• (a) maintain, for each person who acts as a flight service specialist, a training record showing the place where and the date on which the person successfully completed the training referred to in paragraph (1)(a); and

• (b) at the request of the Minister, provide the Minister with a copy of the training record of any person acting as a flight service specialist at that flight service station.