Raise Test Requirement
Explanation
This activity is used to create a testing task for the maintenance engineers
to validate and ensure that an asset meets its certification requirements. This
activity focuses on the checks which should be carried out following maintenance
activities on an aircraft in order to provide reassurance of handling characteristics,
performance or to establish the correct functioning of the systems which can
be fully established during ground testing. Following are examples of the tests
which can form part of these functions:
- Fuel transfer and consumption checks
- Ground runs to establish operating temperatures
- Flight control movement assurance checks
In many instances these checks are included in the maintenance manual for
the asset. However, as maintenance personnel are required to certify that all
aspects of maintenance meet with the required standards for release to service,
they often perform additional checks to validate and confirm the correct functioning
of systems and functions. When major modifications or even component changes
have occurred as part of the maintenance visit, the maintenance manual or other
reference material does not often provide the information required by engineers
to satisfy the specific needs for a full release to service.
There are two options which can be used to create these additional testing
requirements for an asset:
- Convenience task - This will be used to assign a convenience
task or manual event to the maintenance order where the contents and requirements
of the test is established and well known. Refer the activity
Add Convienience Tasks to Maintenance Order for more information.
- Manual maintenance event - This can be used when the task that
is to be carried out by the test is not included in the task library and
where maintenance engineers wish to expand and highlight the specific task
which needs to be performed as part of the test function. Use following
steps to create a manual maintenance event and for more information refer the activity Register Manual Maintenance Events.
- Create a new record in Manual Maintenance Event page.
- Connect predefined task cards or define a manual task card in the
Task Cards tab. The Source determines the type of task card you
will set up for the event.
- Enter required requirements in Resources, Material Usage
and Sign Off Req tabs. Resources, material and sign off
requirements will be retrieved automatically for the predefined task cards.
- Once the manual event is planned, it can be connected to a valid maintenance
order from Event Details tab.
Prerequisites
- The serial must exist in Fleet and Asset Management.
- If a convenience task is required for the test, it must have been defined
for the serial.
System Effects
- When the requirements of the test are not known, a manual maintenance
event can be created and task cards, resources, material, and sign off requirements
can be planned for the event. The manual event can be assigned to a maintenance
order for further processing.
- When the requirements of the test are not known, the required convenience
task is can be assigned to a maintenance order for further processing.
As a result of this activity, a work order with basic information for the
service request is created. You can enter additional information for the work
order.