---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 147.17"
title: "14"
number: "147.17"
heading: "Training requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/147.17"
---

# §147.17. Training requirements.

- (a) **Each certificated aviation maintenance technician school must—**
  - (1) Establish, maintain, and utilize a curriculum that is designed to continually align with the mechanic airman certification standards referenced in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, as appropriate for the ratings held;
  - (2) Provide training of a quality that meets the requirements of [§ 147.25](/cfr/14/147.25.md); and
  - (3) Ensure students have the knowledge and skills necessary to be prepared to test for a mechanic certificate and associated ratings under [subpart D of part 65](/cfr/14/part65-subpartD.md) of this chapter.
- (b) FAA-S-ACS-1, Aviation Mechanic General, Airframe, and Powerplant Airman Certification Standards, November 1, 2021, is incorporated by reference into this section with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. [552(a)](/usc/5/552.md?p=a) and [1](/usc/5/1.md) CFR [part 51](/cfr/14/part51.md). This material is available for inspection at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of this material at FAA, contact Training and Certification Group, 202-267-1100, ACSPTSinquiries@faa.gov. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email: fr.inspection@nara.gov, or go to www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations. This material may be obtained from FAA, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591, 866-835-5322, www.faa.gov/training_testing.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2021-0237, Amdt. 147-9, 87 FR 31415, May 24, 2022, as amended by Docket No. FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. No. 147-10, 90 FR 35222, July 24, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44702, 44707-44709; sec. 135, Pub. L. 116-120, 134 Stat. 1182.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2021-0237, Amdt. 147-9, 87 FR 31415, May 24, 2022, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket FAA-2021-0237, Amdt. 147-9, 87 FR 31415, May 24, 2022, as amended by Docket No. FAA-2023-1377, Amdt. No. 147-10, 90 FR 35222, July 24, 2025]