Sign Off Task

Explanation

Once all sign-off requirements for measurements, parts, tools, and steps are complete, the task can be certified by an authorized staff certifier, an independent inspector (RII), or, if required, by both.

If the fault or task has a flight safety impact or ETOPS significance, an independent inspector’s sign-off is required.

The independent inspector can only sign after the staff certifier has signed. The same user cannot sign as both the staff certifier and the independent inspector.

If assigned, a certifier or inspector can certify the task through a skill requirement. If not assigned, they can sign off on the task using the Final Sign Off button on the Task Details page.

The final sign-off completes the task.

Note: If a corrective task of a fault or non-routine has a repair reference, which requires MOC authorization selected for it, the technicians, crew leads, and supervisors cannot complete it until a maintenance operations controller (MOC) approves the repair reference. It is because the steps and labor requirements of the repair reference are added only after the MOC approves the repair reference. However, the other steps and labor assignments of the corrective task can be completed while MOC approval on the repair reference is pending or rejected.

Prerequisites

If the staff certifier or independent inspector signs off the task using the Final Sign Off button, there should be no Work Started skill assignments within the task.
All part records, tools, skills, measurements, and steps are signed off.
The staff certifier or independent inspector must have the task sign-off permission enabled on the User Permissions page.
If the maintenance task requires panel opening/closing, the MPC close tasks of all its panels must be signed off.
To close an MPC close task, you must;
- Sign off on all MPC open tasks of the panels in the MPC close task.
- Complete all maintenance tasks that require the same panels to be opened/closed.

Procedure

Signing Off and Completing a Task

Log in to the IFS Cloud.
Go to the Task Details page.
Do one of the following to go to the task card:
- If you have an unfinished skill assignment, select the assignment and select Finish.
- If you don’t have an assignment, select Final Sign-Off.
Record an action and select Save.
Under Task Certification, select Record Task Certification. If the certifying staff sign-off has already been completed, select Independent Inspector (RII) and select Record Task Inspection.
- If required, you can edit or revoke the final sign-off.
Enter the Approval Number, the Final Sign-Off note, or both.
Select Finish. If digital signature is enabled, select Sign.

Once all task sign-off requirements are met, the task is complete.

System Effects

The status of the task changes to Completed.
The status of the corresponding fault changes to Closed.
The status of inactive skill assignments with the status Assigned are changed to Cancelled.
When sign off by both the staff certifier and independent inspector is required, once the staff certifier signs off on the task, skills, measurements, parts, tools, and steps cannot be added to the task.
When task status changes to Complete, information related to the component change, installation or removal is sent to configuration management service (CMS) for validation. During the time from task completion until CMS validation, a yellow banner is displayed on the task/fault card to indicate that the CMS validation is still pending. If a red banner is displayed on the task/fault card, a configuration issue has been identified. A detailed warning can be viewed by clicking View Warnings on the Task/Fault Part Change page on the mobile application. On the web application, the detailed warning can be viewed on the Part Removals and Part Installations tabs of the Task Details page, by expanding the row with the configuration warning. If a configuration warning is displayed for a task or fault, it is also indicated via the Configuration Warning badge on the Work Tasks page/tab for the task.
For more details, see About CMS Validations. For information on the impact on the aircraft configuration in CAMO, based on values set in CAMO for warning parameters, refer to the CMS API Guide published with CAMO documentation.
Upon completing a REPL task published from CAMO, the status of the REPL task changes to CANCEL in CAMO.
If a repair reference added to a fault/non-routine has follow-on tasks, they will be initialized and published automatically from CAMO when the corresponding corrective task is completed.