Receiving Inspection

Overview

Receiving-inspection knowledge and decision training for aviation stores, goods-inwards, planning and quality staff. Fifteen lessons cover component classification, production and maintenance release documents, traceability, physical inspection, material conformity, suppliers, installation eligibility, shelf life, ESD, quarantine, disposition, reporting, fabrication and records. Each lesson has three ungraded practice decisions with explanatory feedback and free retries; practice answers are not saved. Study is self-paced in English, with no written assignments or uploads. Complete every section before the twelve-question final examination; nine correct answers (75%) are needed to pass. Three failed attempts require section review. AvioVerse Limited issues a verifiable course-completion certificate on passing. The course provides knowledge evidence; it does not include observed practical inspection or grant receiving, installation or maintenance-release authority. The employer assesses practical competence and defines the appointment. Suitable as a contribution to initial or recurrent training where accepted by the organisation and relevant authority; the organisation determines additional training and recurrent intervals. The advertised eight-hour classroom equivalent is a planning estimate, not measured online attendance or an authority-mandated minimum. Group seat assignment and individual progress records are available.

This online aviation training course is designed for controlled seat assignment, recorded trainee progress, final assessment, and certificate issue after passing.

Course revision 6, reviewed 2026-10-30. References support the training scope; operational use requires current applicable rules and the organisation’s accepted procedures.

Syllabus

15 modules, completed in order — each with its keywords and objective.

1. 1

   Welcome and course scope

   Distinguish receipt into stockaircraft-specific installation and maintenance-release duties

   Objective: Distinguish receipt into stock, aircraft-specific installation and maintenance-release duties. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

2. 2

   Why receiving inspection exists

   Maintain acceptance checks and a clear hold handover during an urgent receipt

   Objective: Maintain acceptance checks and a clear hold handover during an urgent receipt. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

3. 3

   The regulatory map

   Trace manufactureacceptanceinstallation and record responsibilities through the applicable regulations

   Objective: Trace manufacture, acceptance, installation and record responsibilities through the applicable regulations. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

4. 4

   Classifying components — the five categories

   Classify componentsstandard parts and material and select the appropriate evidence

   Objective: Classify components, standard parts and material and select the appropriate evidence. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

5. 5

   Release documents — production, maintenance and acceptance

   Interpret production and maintenance releasesdocument exceptionscorrections and AOG limits

   Objective: Interpret production and maintenance releases, document exceptions, corrections and AOG limits. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

6. 6

   Eligibility and traceability — proving the part belongs

   Check design identification and preserve source evidence through split lots

   Objective: Check design identification and preserve source evidence through split lots. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

7. 7

   The acceptance procedure and incoming physical inspection

   Combine physical inspection and documentary comparison in a receiving decision

   Objective: Combine physical inspection and documentary comparison in a receiving decision. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

8. 8

   Standard parts and materials

   Accept complete standard-part and material evidence and preserve batch and life information

   Objective: Accept complete standard-part and material evidence and preserve batch and life information. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

9. 9

   Supplier evaluation

   Use supplier evaluation and discrepancy history to maintain effective purchasing controls

   Objective: Use supplier evaluation and discrepancy history to maintain effective purchasing controls. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

10. 10

    Installation eligibility — matching to the maintenance data

    Check aircraft configurationconditional substitution and life/maintenance status before installation

    Objective: Check aircraft configuration, conditional substitution and life/maintenance status before installation. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

11. 11

    Shelf life, ESD, storage conditions and special handling

    Apply material lifeenvironmentalelectrostatic and measurement-equipment controls

    Objective: Apply material life, environmental, electrostatic and measurement-equipment controls. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

12. 12

    Segregation, quarantine and storage

    Maintain effective physical segregationissue blocks and documented hold resolution

    Objective: Maintain effective physical segregation, issue blocks and documented hold resolution. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

13. 13

    Unserviceable, unsalvageable and mutilation

    Distinguish maintenance-due components from unsalvageable items and control their disposition

    Objective: Distinguish maintenance-due components from unsalvageable items and control their disposition. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

14. 14

    Suspected unapproved parts

    Separate approval concernsinternal discrepancies and mandatory safety-reporting obligations

    Objective: Separate approval concerns, internal discrepancies and mandatory safety-reporting obligations. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

15. 15

    Fabrication, records and course summary

    Apply restricted fabrication conditions and retain the right records from the right starting event

    Objective: Apply restricted fabrication conditions and retain the right records from the right starting event. Practise through three decisions with feedback.

Final assessment

• Format: 12 multiple-choice questions drawn from the course question bank, with the options shuffled each attempt.
• Pass mark: 75%.
• Certificate: issued automatically on passing, according to EASA Part-21 21.A.307; Part-145 145.A.42, 145.A.50, 145.A.55 and 145.A.60 with associated AMC/GM; EU component-release acceptance arrangements; FAA AC 20-154A (receiving-inspection knowledge training).