E-5 Exam: AMR Maintenance Administration

To achieve and maintain maximum material readiness, safety, and conservation of material.

To support the unit's mission.

A centralized local maintenance organization; AIMDs perform aviation maintenance functions that are beyond the capability of the operating squadron or unit.

Rework and upkeep.

Standard rework and upkeep and special rework and upkeep.

The restorative or additive work performed on aircraft, equipment, and SE.

A comprehensive depot-level inspection of selected aircraft structures and materials, correction of critical defects, incorporation of certain technical directives, and limited removal and rework of scheduled removal components (SRCs).

Standard depot-level maintenance (SDLM).

Work done to aircraft, equipment, and SE to improve or change their capability to perform specific functions.

The preventive, restorative, or additive work performed on aircraft, equipment, and SE by operating units and aircraft SE activities.

The periodic or scheduled work performed on aircraft, equipment, and SE after (and as a result of) completion of a prescribed number of flying hours or calendar years.

The work done to aircraft, associated equipment, and SE to improve, change, or restore their capability to perform specific mission functions.

Unscheduled maintenance.

Organizational, intermediate, and depot.

The maintenance instruction manuals (MIMs), the operating and service instruction manuals, or the technical directives (TDs) that pertain to each weapon system or component.

Work performed by an operating unit on a day-to-day basis in support of its own operations.

Line operations, such as servicing, preflight inspections, and minor adjustments that do not require shop facilities; and component removal and installation.

Work performed in centrally located facilities for the support of operating activities within a designated geographical area.

Calibration, off-equipment repair, or replacement of damaged or unserviceable components or assemblies; it also consists of the manufacture of nonavailable parts, periodic inspections, and technical assistance on aircraft components and equipment from supported units.

The SUPPORTING activity.

The SUPPORTED activity.

Work that must be done in industrial-type facilities.

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

Research, design, development, testing, acquisition, and logistic support of all naval aviation procurements relating to aircraft missile targets and associated material and equipments.

Performance and training of maintenance personnel; Aircraft, equipment, and system readiness; Maintenance integrity and effectiveness for all material; Safety; Use of maintenance, manpower, and materials; Planning and scheduling of the maintenance workload; Management and evaluation of work performance; Quality of the end product; Attaining and retaining the combat readiness of the unit; and Continuity during transfer of aircraft and personnel between commands.

A relationship that exists between a superior and subordinate within both staff and line segments of the organization.

The direct supervisory functions of assigning work to subordinates.

A staff relationship.

To service and support the production effort.

The aircraft maintenance officer.

Planning, control, and production; also, the aircraft maintenance officer estimated and programs facilities, equipment, manpower, and traning requirements.

Assistant aircraft maintenance officer; maintenance material control officer; and, aircraft maintenance division and branch officers.

Organizational maintenance activities (OMAs).

It provides administrative services for the maintenance department. It prepares maintenance-related correspondence that requires special attention by the aircraft maintenance officer or higher authority; maintains files of maintenance-related correspondence and nontechnical publications and instructions; ensures distribution of incoming messages, correspondence, and other data, including offcial and personal mail. It also coordinates department administrative security responsibilities with other departments and divisions; and maintains personnel assignment records fot the department.

To prevent defects from occuring from the start of a maintenance operation to its finish.

Prevention, knowledge, and special skills.

Quality management; quality verification; and, technical publications.

It formulates, implements, and audits procedures, instructions, and operations to assure compliance with the governing instructions on quality assurance.

It assures that all materials processed by the maintenance department meet the prescribed quality requirements.

It operates the technical library in support of assigned aeronautical equipment according to the maintenance level of responsibility involved.

The maintenance material control officer (MMCO).

One for maintenance control and one for material control.

Maintenance control or the maintenance control office.

A cooperative working relationship between production and supply.

They make sure that proper parts, tools, and equipment are available to the production divisions in the required quantity and at the proper time; they also compile and analyze maintenance usage data; and, they also furnish technical advice and information to the local supply activity on the identity and quantity of supplies, spare parts, and materials necessary for the assigned workload.

Target Division, Aircraft Division, Avionics/Armament Division, and Line Division

The power plants branch, the airframes branch, the aviators life support equipment branch, and the inspection branch.

The electronics branch, the electrical and instrument branch, and the armament branch.

Aviation machinist's mates, metalsmiths, electricians, or personnel who are striking for the Storekeeper (SK) and Aviation Maintenance Administrationman (AZ) clerical ratings.

To support and supplement the work of O-level maintenance?

No, they concentrate their efforts on repairing and testing aircraft components.

Safety of personnel and equpment; The need for training maintenance personnel in the most efficient and effective methods; The quality of workmanship and materials used in maintenance; The reliability of each equipment and its component parts and the procedures used in the maintenance of the equipment; and Qualifications of all quality assurance personnel, including collateral duty inspectors.

Production control and material control.

Production control.

The production efforts of their assigned work centers, scheduling components into work centers, and assigning priorities as directed by production control.

A complete picture of the maintenance situation for any given time, and also makes recommendations for improvement.

Power plants, airframes, avionics, armament equipment, aviation life support equipment, and support equipment.

The specified level of maintenance for the airframe and structural components; movable structures and surfaces, including their hydraulic and pneumatic control and actuating systems and mechnisms; air-conditioning, pressurization, visual improvement, oxygen, and other utility systems; and seat and canopy ejection systems and components.

To increase aircraft readiness by giving local maintenance and supply managers timely and accurate information that they require in their day-to-day management and decision-making process; To reduce the administrative burden of the fleet; and To improve the quality of up-line reported data.

The number of aircraft and systems.

At least once a day.

VIDS/MAF Maintenance Action Form (OPNAV 4790/60) and Signal Tabs.

They forward copies 1 and 5 to the work center for discrepancies found on the aircraft/SE.

That the maintenance action is complete, that tool control inventories have been conducted at the proper intervals, that quality assurance measures have been met, and that the documentation is complete and correct.

The component should be properly packaged and preserved; then, it is sent to the AWP unit or its equivalent.

Maintenance actions have been completed; Tool control inventories have been held at the appropriate times; The component has been adequately preserved/secured for routing to the AMSU; Documentation is correct; and Quality assurance measures have been met.

To report on equipment maintenance actions; also to document the removal and processing of a repairable component or item to AIMD.

Copy 1 - work center register, control, and processing copy; Copy 2 - QA/A suspense file copy; Copy 3 - maintenance control register; Copy 4 - aircraft discrepancy book (right side) copy; and Copy 5 - work center MDR verification copy.

Copy 1 - work center register, control, and processing copy; Copy 2 - supply department VIDS copy; Copy 3 - production control register; Copy 4 - RFI/BCM copy; and Copy 5 - work center MDR verification copy.

It summarizes, by work center, all maintenance actions, TD compliance, and data entered in the Failed/Material block of the VIDS/MAF.

A three-character, alphanumeric code that identifies an activity within a major command.

A six-character, numeric code assigned to each aircraft reporting custodian for identification.

A three-character, numerc code that is used to identify work centers within an organization.

A four-character, alphabetic code that identifies the end item of equipment on which work is performed, such as aircraft, engine, or SE.

A four-character, numeric code used to show the date. The first character of the code is the last digit of the year, and the last three characters of the code show the day of the year.

A 9-, 10-, or 11-character, alphanumeric code used to separately identify each maintenance action.

A subassembly or subassembly repair action completed separately from the major component repair action.

A one-, three-, five-, or seven-character numeric or alphanumeric code and normally identifies the system, subsystem, set, component, and part of the end item being worked on.

A one-character, alphabetic or numeric code that descibes what maintenance was performed on an item identified by a Work Unit Code.

A five-position code assigned to manufacturer's and nonmanufacturer's organizational entities and contractors of items procured by agencies of the Federal Government and is commonly called the Manufacturer's code.

A three-character, alphanumeric code used to describe the malfunction occuring on or in an end item.

A 12- or 13-character code used to identify a specific technical directive by type number, revision, amendment, part and kit number.

A one-character, alphabetic or numeric code used to describe the type of work accomplished.

A one-character, alphabetic code that identifies when the need for maintenance was discovered.

A two-character, numeric code that shows the type of data being reported.

A prefix and four numbers.

A one-digit, numeric code used to show the reason no maintenance is being performed.

To record acceptance information, custody and trasnfer, rework, preservation and depreservation, and TDs.

By scheduling predictable maintenance.

By the 25th of the month prior to which it applies.

The planning and coordination needed to improve the overall maintenance program.