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.