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Airworthiness Notice No. 94Appendix 1Issue 230 May 20061 The Role of the Nominated Level 3The Nominated Level 3 is responsible to the Chief Executive/Accountable managerfor the technical supervision of NDT within the Organisation. Whether theNominated Level 3 is an employee or contracted from outside, the organisation needsto:(a)(b)Propose the Nominated level 3 to the Director-General by means of a DCA61A or CAD Form Four and identify the Nominated Level 3 in the Exposition.As a nominated individual, the Nominated level 3 must be provided with thenecessary co-operation (access to facilities, company procedures, trainingrecords, audits and inspection reports etc) to allow that person to carry outtheir function under the CAD Approval.Identify the Terms of Reference (either within the Exposition or by referenceto a separate document) for the Nominated Level 3 to discharge theirresponsibilities. As a minimum, the Nominated Level 3 will need to:(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)Identify any additional centrally certified Level 3 personnel necessaryfor coverage when the Nominated Level 3 is not qualified in all NDTmethods used by the organisation.Identify any additional Level 3 personnel necessary to provideadequate day-to-day coverage depending on the size/facilities of theapproved organisation.Approve the organisation’s NDT procedures and written practice forthe training and certification of NDT personnel as meetingAirworthiness Notice No. 94 and EN473 or EN4179 as appropriate.A copy is to be provided to the Director-General for review.Review the written practice on a regular 1 basis to ensure that anychanges in the regulations, applicable standards and the organisationitself are reflected.Ensure that NDT procedures are reviewed on a regular 1 basis.Ensure that regular 1 technical audits (both system and product) arecarried out by appropriately qualified personnel in order to ensure the1 It is recommended that these activities take place on at least an annual basis. Review should also takeplace after significant amendment to applicable standards/specifications.AN-94 A1 P.130 May 2006