AN AIRBUS 319 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE CAT 11 RECERTIFICATION SIGNED BY AN UNQUALIFIED TECHNICIAN.

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ACFT ARRIVED WITH A LATCHED FCU-2 FAILURE. A BITE TEST WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND FOUND THAT FLT MGMNT AUGMENTATION COMPUTER-1 AND FMGC-2 CAUSED THE FAILURE. AFTER RESETTING FLT MGMNT AUGMENTATION COMPUTER-1/FLT MGMNT AUGMENTATION COMPUTER-2 CIRCUIT BREAKERS; THE SYS STILL HAD PWR UP PROBS. THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE PULLED AGAIN AND THE A13 OBRM'S PULLED FROM THE GMGC'S; THEN REINSTALLED. THIS PROC; PER AVIONICS ENGINEERING; CLEANS THE MEMORY OF CORRUPTION INSIDE THE FMGC'S. WHEN SYS PWRED BACK UP; THE BITE TEST PASSED AND FAILURE RESET. THE ACFT LOGBOOK WAS SIGNED OFF AND THE ACFT RETURNED TO REVENUE SVC. THE LOGBOOK ENTRY ALSO REQUIRED A CAT RECERTIFICATION. THE RECERTIFICATION ENTRY WAS MADE BY MYSELF THINKING THAT I WAS CURRENT. WHEN I RETURNED TO WORK FOR MY NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT; I PULLED UP MY TRAINING DATES IN THE COMPUTER TO FIND THAT MY CAT CERTIFICATION HAD EXPIRED MAR/XA/01 ON THE AIRBUS. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR TRAINING DEPT HAS ALLOWED CAT QUALIFICATIONS TO EXPIRE BEFORE REQUALIFYING. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FIX FOR THIS PROB IS; BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY; I WILL NOT ACCOMPLISH ANY MORE CAT RECERTIFICATIONS ON OUR ACFT.