What is the role of a Type Certificate Holder (TCH)?
The role of Type Certificate Holder (TCH) is assigned to an organization when a DND Type Certificate is issued. The responsibilities of the Type Certificate Holder for the approved type design of an aeronautical product are as follows: • Ensure the establishment, maintenance and availability to the Technical Airworthiness Authority (TAA) of the Type Record; • Monitor aeronautical products in-service, including: • in-service roles, missions, tasks and operational usage to assure compliance with the Statement of Operating Intent (SOI) on which the Basis of Certification was established; • service difficulty reports to identify potential airworthiness deficiencies with the approved type design; and • service bulletins or equivalent documents issued by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM); • Maintain the capability of providing appropriate technical solutions for service difficulties and, when mandatory corrective action is required, provide a proposed design change to the approved ty
