You must apply for, extend or renew the authorization for airworthiness personnel at the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA). Please proceed as follows:

Online application:

• Go to the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de and complete the online application.
• You can upload your documents directly.
• Submit the application online.
• The LBA will check your application.
• Once the LBA has processed the application, the applicant will be invited to an examination
• After the examination, you will receive a decision and a fee notice.
• Once you have paid the fees, you can retrieve the decision and receive the documents.

Notes on the initial issue:

• You can submit the data for your valid Part 66 license up to the start of the examination at the latest.
• You decide whether you would like to be registered for the next possible examination date or whether you would like to take an alternative examination date.
• You then decide how you would like to provide proof of reliability and submit the required documents.
• After processing by the LBA, you will receive a summons to the theoretical examination when you are first issued.
• The examination with multiple-choice questions takes place in Braunschweig.
• With the positive result of the theoretical examination, you will also receive an invitation to the technical interview and the airworthiness test under supervision For the subsequent examination, you will receive an examination invitation after the dates have been agreed.
• You will be informed of the result of the examination orally immediately after the examination. If the result is positive, you will also receive notification on site.

Notes on extension or renewal:

• Provide an overview of the airworthiness reviews carried out in the last authorization period and copies of the airworthiness review certificates issued.
• If you wish to provide the original extract from the driving aptitude register and the police clearance certificate (paper document) as proof of reliability, you are obliged to send the original documents to the LBA by post.
• During the application process, you can add missing information and submit missing documents. The missing information and documents must be submitted by the time you start the examination at the latest.