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d.
Column 4, Maintenance Category. Column 4 specifies, by the listing of a work time figure in the appropriate
subcolumn(s), the category of maintenance authorized to perform the function listed in Column 3. This figure represents
the active time required to perform that maintenance function at the indicated category of maintenance. If the number or
complexity of the tasks within the listed maintenance function varies at different maintenance categories, appropriate work
time figures will be shown for each category. The work time figure represents the average time required to restore an item
(assembly, subassembly, component, module, end item or system) to a serviceable condition under typical field operation
conditions.
This
time
includes
preparation
time
(including
any
necessary
disassembly/assembly
time),
troubleshooting/fault location time, and quality assurance/quality control time in addition to the time required to perform the
specific tasks identified for the maintenance functions authorized in the Maintenance Allocation Chart. The symbol
designations for the various maintenance categories are as follows:
C ........................Operator or Crew
O ........................Organizational Maintenance
F.........................Direct Support Maintenance
H ........................General Support Maintenance
L.........................Specialized Repair Activity5
D ........................Depot Maintenance
e.
Column 5, Tools and Equipment. Column 5 specifies, by code, those common tool sets (not individual tools) and
special tools, TMDE and support equipment required to perform the designated function.
f.
Column 6, Remarks. This column shall, when applicable, contain a letter code, in alphabetical order, which shall
be keyed to the remarks contained in Section IV.
5This maintenance category is not included in Section II, column (4) of the Maintenance Allocation Chart. To
identify functions to this category of maintenance, enter a work time figure in the "H" column of Section II, column (4), and
use an associated reference code in the Remarks column (6). Key the code to Section IV, Remarks, and explain the SRA
complete repair application there. The explanatory remark(s) shall reference the specific Repair Parts and Special Tools
List (RPSTL) TM which contains additional SRA criteria and the authorized spare/repair parts.
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