Compliance Verification Engineers (CVE) - Roles and Responsibilities

How will this course benefit me?

Completing this course will:

• Increase your organisation’s levels of compliance by ensuring you are familiar with the applicable laws/regulations
• Minimise risk to you and your organisation through unwitting non-compliance
• Increase your confidence to submit and defend your Means of Compliance (MoC) to the regulator’s certification specialists
• Enable the Head of Design to confidently sign the Declaration of Compliance or Certificate of Design and assume the related liability
• Save time and improve efficiency in your business by introducing ‘best practice’

Key areas of focus

This course covers the following areas:

• The role of the independent CVE in the Design Assurance System
• The appropriate qualification standard for CVEs
• The various levels of details required by CVEs in their verification tasks
• Experience and training needed for CVEs including hard and soft skills
• Types of data that can be verified by the CVE in addition to the MoC
• Proactive use of the V-model of systems engineering
• Exploration of how Goal Structured Notation (GSN) can support planning of compliance to complex requirements

Prerequisites:

• A thorough understanding of EASA / CAA / EMAR 21 or UK DAOS with particular emphasis of Subpart J. See TR24 M01 or TR108 for more information
• For CVEs (or aspiring CVEs), technical experience of the demonstration of compliance to a certification basis (such as CS / FAR 25, Def Stan 00-970 or MIL-HDBK-516).

Is this course right for me?

This course is aimed at all organisations who are Design Organisation Approval (DOA) holders under EASA Part 21 Subpart J, and is particularly suitable for: 

• Compliance Verification Engineers who want to learn something new and improve their skills
• Senior Managers (e.g. Head of Design, Head of Office of Airworthiness, HR Manager) who need to appoint, maintain and control the CVE capability
• Design Engineers for whom becoming a CVE is a stepping stone to senior management or to provide contract services

Completing the course will answer these commonly asked questions:

• What is the appropriate qualification standard for CVEs?
• To which level of detail should a CVE go in his/her verification task?
• What kind of experience should a CVE have gained?
• What training does a CVE need?
• What liability does the CVE assume in his/her role?
• Should the CVE only verify the Means of Compliance? What other data should he/she sign?

Course details

Course format: This course is a balanced mix of group discussions, flipchart work and PowerPoint presentations. Managed syndicate exercises give you the opportunity to practise the application and evaluation of new processes and techniques.
Course level: Practitioner Level Training (P) is suitable for those with relevant experience in the subject matter who are looking to enhance their specialist skills and knowledge and keep abreast of latest technical developments.
Assessment process: No formal assessment. Formative feedback is provided by the facilitator.
Course size: 16 persons maximum at our Aviation Safety Academy or on-site at your facility.