Sec. 231. SAFETY WORKFORCE TRAINING STRATEGY

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## SEC. 231 SAFETY WORKFORCE TRAINING STRATEGY ###

(a)Safety Workforce Training Strategy Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall review and revise its safety workforce training strategy to ensure that such strategy— ####

(1)aligns with an effective risk-based approach to safety oversight; ####

(2)best uses available resources; ####

(3)allows FAA employees participating in organization management teams or conducting ODA program audits to complete, in a timely fashion, appropriate training, including recurrent training, in auditing and a systems safety approach to oversight; ####

(4)seeks knowledge-sharing opportunities between the FAA and the aviation industry in new technologies, equipment and systems, best practices, and other areas of interest related to safety oversight; ####

(5)functions within the current and anticipated budgetary environments; ####

(6)fosters an inspector and engineer workforce that has the skills and training necessary to improve risk-based approaches that focus on requirements management and auditing skills; and ####

(7)includes, as appropriate, milestones and metrics for meeting the requirements of paragraphs

(1)through (5). ###

(b)Report Not later than 270 days after the date of the revision of the strategy required under subsection (a), the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the implementation of the strategy and progress in meeting any milestones and metrics included in the strategy. ###

(c)Definitions In this section, the following definitions apply: ####

(1)ODA; oda holder The terms “ODA” and “ODA holder” have the meanings given those terms in section 44736 of title 49, United States Code, as added by this Act. ####

(2)ODA program The term “ODA program” means the program to standardize FAA management and oversight of the organizations that are approved to perform certain functions on behalf of the Administration under section 44702(d) of title 49, United States Code. ####

(3)Organization management team The term “organization management team” means a team consisting of FAA aviation safety engineers, flight test pilots, and aviation safety inspectors overseeing an ODA holder and its certification activity.