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:

1. Convenience task - This will be used where the contents and requirements of the test is established and well known.
2. Service request - This can be used where 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.

Prerequisites

To perform this activity, basic data related to a service request such as maintenance organization and work type should be defined in the IFS/Basic Data for Maintenance.

System Effects

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.

Window

Service Request
Maintenance Order

Related Window Descriptions

Service Request
Service Request/General
Maintenance Order
Maintenance Order/Assign Tasks
Maintenance Order/Assign Tasks/Pending Tasks

Procedure

Use the following procedure to enter information on a new service request:

1. Open the Service Request window and create a new record (F5). The system's date is displayed by default in the Entry Date field. Change this value if necessary.
2. Enter your signature in the Reported By field. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
3. The WO Site field displays the user's default site. Use the List of Values to select another site that the user is connected to, if appropriate.
4. Click the General tab
5. Enter information in the Contact and Phone No fields.
6. In the Directive field, enter a description of the service to be performed.
7. Enter the work type in the Work Type field, if appropriate. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
8. Enter the maintenance organization in the Maint Org field. Use the List of Values to select a suitable value.
9. Save the information (F12).

Use the following procedure to assign a task to the maintenance order:

1. Open the Maintenance Order window and query (F3) for the necessary maintenance order.
2. Click the Assign Tasks tab and then click the Pending Tasks sub tab.
3. Locate the required task, and select the Include Task? check box for the record.
4. Save the information (F12) to distribute the task to the maintenance order.