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Digital work packages, parts and turnaround

Building a check package, digital task cards and e-signatures, hangar slots and manpower, kitting, non-routine findings, turnaround tracking and release to service. Part 2 of the Modern MRO series.

By Aerospace Garage Desk · Practitioner · 45 minutes · 24 narrated pages

What you will be able to do

  • ✓ Build a heavy-check work package from the approved programme and other sources, computing which tasks fall due before the next visit.
  • ✓ Design task cards and digital task cards that meet European and US expectations, including electronic signatures and electronic records.
  • ✓ Plan hangar slots and manpower from paid to productive hours, applying the man-hour plan rules and protecting the critical path.
  • ✓ Kit parts, tools and equipment before induction, predicting findings and reading kit readiness against the critical path.
  • ✓ Route non-routine findings and open work safely, using handover and independent inspection rules and the lessons of TSB report A02O0349.
  • ✓ Track turnaround time by critical-path cause and issue a release to service that certifies only what is complete.

Course content

Session 1 · From maintenance programme to work package

1.1

  1. Where a check really begins · free preview
  2. Scoping the check and agreeing the work order
  3. Sequencing by zone, phase, dependency and skill
  4. Worked example: building the due list
Session 2 · Task cards, digital cards and electronic signatures

1.2

  1. Anatomy of a task card
  2. From paper cards to digital task cards
  3. Electronic signatures and records: what authorities accept
  4. Worked example: auditing digital sign-offs
Session 3 · Hangar slots and manpower

1.3

  1. The slot plan
  2. Man-hours, productivity and the man-hour plan
  3. The critical path and the daily control meeting
  4. Worked example: loading two bays
Session 4 · Kitting parts and tools before induction

1.4

  1. Kits before the aircraft arrives
  2. Long-lead parts and the findings you can predict
  3. Tools, ground equipment and calibration
  4. Worked example: the kit readiness review
Session 5 · Non-routine findings and open work

1.5

  1. From finding to non-routine card
  2. How findings drive turnaround
  3. Shift handover, open work and independent inspection
  4. From the investigation file: the missing leading-edge screws on C-FACF
Session 6 · Tracking turnaround and releasing the aircraft

1.6

  1. Measuring turnaround time and its causes
  2. The certificate of release to service
  3. Closing the loop into the next package
  4. Worked example: the turnaround waterfall

Who this course is for

Upskill courses are for professional development and are not approved by any aviation authority. Learner Terms

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