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www.AviationPros.com 53 If you, or a colleague, develop and know the human factors training materials it is easier to schedule training, as a formal class or even in short amounts at a shift meeting. If you, or a colleague, develop and know the human factors training materials it is easier to schedule train- ing, as a formal class or even in short amounts at a shift meeting. You can ensure that recurrent HF training is precisely targeted at your workers. TRAIN THE TRAINER It is important that you or your human factors trainer know some of the fundamentals of being a trainer. Just because you are a great aviation maintenance techni- cian or maintenance supervisor does not qualify you as a human factors trainer. People always ask me "What are the qualifications of good maintenance human fac- tors trainer?" The answer is never straight-forward. At a minimum they must be enthusiastic, have had some formal HF training, and know something about the avia- tion maintenance environment. That list of this author's suggestions does not use the words certificate holder or college graduate. While an AMT certificate, maintenance work experience, and college training may be helpful the credential list should not make that a requirement. A WORD ABOUT TRAINING PROVIDERS It would be remiss not to mention outside contract train- ing providers. This author confesses a positive bias for external human factors and other training providers, hav- ing spent many years in that role prior to FAA. External providers have a broad view of the HF topic and yet they see many specific maintenance training organizations per year. They have many examples of maintenance challenges. External providers have the resources to train their trainers and always provide new materials matched to regulations and local requirements. They get in, get out, and get paid. There is much to be said about the efficiency of a consultant. Each organization must decide what works best for them. MORE ADVICE WANTED? Loads of new maintenance human factors training development and delivery advice is on its way, with 2017 publication dates. During 2016 FAA accepted many excellent public comments on the proposed replacement for Advisory Circular AC 120-72 formally called Maintenance Resource Management Training. The public input, as always, added high value to the final document. That AC will be replaced with a new focus, mostly a way to direct readers to many sites and sources for HF training materials. The newly revised Air Transport Association (now A4A) ATA Spec 104 Guide for Maintenance Training Development is another resource. Spec 104 is the prod- uct of the A4A Maintenance Training Committee and represents the work of many airlines from all of the Americas. It is an excellent substitute for any textbook on maintenance training development and delivery. It will be available, for sale, from the Airlines for America website (airlines.org) and is a must for all airline training departments. ABOVE: FA A human factors training website remains relevant. RIGHT: HUMAN factors training from CASA Australia. FA A CASA

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