Free CAMO Training: The Architecture, the People, and What a CAMO Does

If you’ve never worked in continuing airworthiness before (or you have, but nobody ever explained where the rules actually come from), this free CAMO training is where to begin — a plain-language introduction to Part-M and Part-CAMO.

In about 30 minutes, you’ll learn how European continuing-airworthiness rules stack, from the Basic Regulation down through Part-M and Part-CAMO, and the vocabulary (Implementing Rule, AMC, GM) you’ll need for everything that follows. You’ll meet the people and organisations involved (owner, operator, CAMO, Part-145, the competent authority, EASA) and learn the two tests that decide whether an aircraft sits under Part-M or the lighter Part-ML regime. You’ll see where today’s Part-CAMO organisation came from, how it gets approved, and exactly what a CAMO does every single day under CAMO.A.315. It’s illustrated by the Alaska Airlines 261 accident, the case that explains why interval discipline matters so much.

This course answers the what: what continuing airworthiness is, what the key terms mean, and what a CAMO actually does. It doesn’t take you on to the where (locating every requirement across the whole regulation) or the how (building an AMP, running a management system, performing an airworthiness review yourself). Those belong to the Part-M & Part-CAMO Familiarisation and Specialisation courses, and this introduction closes by showing you exactly what each one adds.

Why Take This Free CAMO Training?

• Zero cost, zero risk: find out whether continuing airworthiness is the right direction before committing to a full course.
• Built for absolute beginners: no prior aviation-regulatory knowledge assumed.
• Real case study: Alaska Airlines Flight 261, the defining example of why interval escalation must be evidence-based.
• Current: built on Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 as amended, including Reg (EU) 2026/100.
• A clear next step: finishes by mapping exactly what the full course adds, so you know precisely what you’d be paying for

Free Introduction or the Full Course? Which one you need

Think of it as three steps: the what, the where, and the how. This free introduction is the first one.

This free introduction gives you the what: what continuing airworthiness is, the people and organisations involved, the scope rules, and what a CAMO is for. About 30 minutes, no cost, and it stands on its own.

Familiarisation adds the where. It takes the same approach as this introduction and extends it across the entire regulation, all 8 lessons, 21 waypoints, about 1 hour 20 minutes in total, so you can locate any Part-M or Part-CAMO requirement in its correct place in the regulatory architecture, not just the handful of topics this free introduction covers.

Specialisation adds the how, on top of Familiarisation. It’s where you actually learn to run the processes: building and defending the aircraft maintenance programme, running the CAMO’s management system and compliance monitoring, managing airworthiness directives and defects, and performing the airworthiness review itself, including a full branched-scenario assessment that puts you in the reviewer’s seat.

Either way, this free introduction is the fastest way to decide if the subject, and the next two steps, are right for you before you commit.

Where This Course Sits

This free Introduction is the first of three steps. Continue to Part-M & Part-CAMO Familiarisation for the what & where, or go straight to Part-M & Part-CAMO Specialisation for the what, where & how.

Target Audience

Built for anyone deciding whether continuing airworthiness is where they want to specialise, or who needs the fundamentals fast.

• Primary: early-career aviation professionals, career-changers considering continuing airworthiness, and anyone evaluating whether to invest in the full Part-M & Part-CAMO course.
• Secondary: managers and HR staff scoping training for new CAMO hires; adjacent-discipline staff (Part-145, flight operations, safety) who need working awareness of Part-M/Part-CAMO without full specialisation.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

• How the EASA continuing-airworthiness rulebook is structured, from the Basic Regulation down through Part-M and Part-CAMO, and the difference between an Implementing Rule, AMC and GM.
• Who’s who: owner, operator, CAMO, Part-145, the competent authority, EASA, and which lines are contractual versus oversight.
• The two tests that decide Part-M versus Part-ML scope, and why Part-CAMO and Part-CAO replaced the older Subpart F and G structures.

Skill

• Locate any Part-M or Part-CAMO requirement inside the correct layer of the regulatory stack.
• Identify who holds a given continuing-airworthiness responsibility for a specific aircraft.
• Explain, in plain terms, what a CAMO is required to do under CAMO.A.315, A.320 and A.325.

Awareness

• Recognise the Alaska Airlines 261 case and why it underlies the regulation’s approach to interval escalation and evidence.
• Know precisely which topics the full Part-M & Part-CAMO course covers that this introduction does not, and whether Familiarisation (the where) or Specialisation (the how) is the right next step.

Further reading on Part-M and Part-CAMO

This course is the starting point. If you want to go deeper into any part of it in writing, these guides cover the same ground in more detail:

• Part-CAMO: A Complete Compliance Guide — the regulation, the management system, the exposition and the contracting rules in one place
• How to Write a CAME — structuring a Part-CAMO exposition under Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014
• How to Build a CAMO from Scratch — the sequence for a new approval, from post holders to application
• Part-M & Part-CAMO Quiz Duel — free: 300 timed questions in three levels to test what you know