Maintenance of an active QA program to include
the inspection of all critical areas of each
maintenance action performed, the availability
of qualified quality assurance inspectors (QAIs),
work center collateral duty inspectors (CDIs),
and when necessary, collateral duty quality
assurance inspectors (CDQAIs), and the
operation and maintenance of an ALRE
technical publications library (TPL) to support
all equipment and maintenance in the division
Ensuring liaison and coordination with and
documentation of maintenance from shore
intermediate maintenance activities (SIMAs),
VRTs, naval shipyards (NSYs), and local
maintenance support activities
Planning and submitting budget requests for the
funding of tools, spare parts, and materials
necessary for the proper operation and main-
tenance of ALRE
Maintaining OPTAR expenditure logs and
records
Requisitioning parts and materials to support
ALRE operations and maintenance
Establishing and maintaining an effective tool
control program
All personnel in the maintenance organization are
subordinate and responsible to the maintenance officer.
As work center group supervisors and work center
supervisors, they are responsible for the maintenance of
all systems and equipment assigned to their work
centers. Both the group and the work center supervisors
direct and manage the maintenance program in their
work
centers,
supervise
the
day-to-day
ALRE
operations, ensure proper documentation of preventive
and corrective maintenance, and maintain effective
communications between the work centers and MC to
ensure an up-to-date maintenance profile of the
division. They also direct assigned work center
personnel in the performance of their duties and the
daily operation of ALRE. Group and work center
supervisors are also responsible for the following:
Keeping MC informed of all problems and
equipment status in the work center.
Updating and validating information on the
Visual Information Display System (VIDS)
board with MC daily.
Ensuring that all maintenance documentation is
complete and correct.
Being knowledgeable of procedures for ordering
repair parts, from initial identification through
material receipt.
Being knowledgeable of operating space item
(OSI) operations and listings. (Stocking of OSIs
is a Supply Department function, but inputs for
stocking originate with the work center.)
Maintaining strict tool control accountability
within the work center.
Recommending qualified and responsible
personnel to be CDIs for the work center.
Ensuring that QAIs/CDQAIs or CDIs are
available for all tasks requiring QA inspection.
Assisting the QA Branch in implementing and
maintaining support for the division safety
program by conducting safety training in the
work center, using and promoting practices to
enhance safety, and reporting all accidents and
unsafe practices, procedures, or conditions.
Assisting work center branch officers in
maintaining the training program by ensuring
optimum
use
of
personnel
through
job
assignments
based
on
prior
training
and
experience, that formal in-service training is
conducted, that on-the-job training (OJT) is
conducted under the supervision of qualified
work center personnel, and that Personnel
Qualification
Standards
are
administered
according to established procedures.
Maintaining required reading files and ensuring
that all assigned work center personnel read and
initial the information contained in them on a
monthly basis.
Ensuring that all work center required
publications are available and maintained with
current changes.
VISUAL INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM
(VIDS)
The division overall maintenance status is provided
by a visual display of current maintenance information,
located in maintenance control and maintained by the
maintenance control chief, through the use of the visual
information
display
system
(VIDS)
and
the
maintenance requirement (MR) status boards. These
are important management tools in the maintenance
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