Task - Planning of Task

               
Task - a piece of work to be done. 
Task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance. charged with a variety of tasks duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.
   Planning -   is the function of management  that involves setting objectives and determining a course of action for achieving those objectives.
 Planning requires that managers be aware of environmental conditions facing their organization and forecast future conditions.
  Planning is the process of thinking about the activities required to achieve a desired goal. It is the first and foremost activity to achieve desired results. It involves the creation and maintenance of a plan, such as psychological aspects that require conceptual skills.
       Before commencing a task, an engineer, engineering team or planner should ask themselves a number of questions. 
  1. The organisation shall have a system appropriate to the amount and complexity of work to plan the availability of all necessary personnel, tools, equipment, material, maintenance data and facilities in order to ensure the safe completion of the maintenance work. 
  2. The planning of maintenance tasks, and the organising of shifts, shall take into account human performance limitations. 
  3. When it is required to hand over the continuation or completion of maintenance tasks for reasons of a shift or personnel changeover, relevant information shall be adequately communicated between outgoing and incoming personnel.Ref.(CAR145.A.47)
            1. Physical Work - AME is a relatively active occupation. Regardless of the job being done, most tasks tend to have elements of fine motor control, requiring precision, as well as activities requiring strength and gross manipulation.
            2. Repetitive Tasks - can be tedious and reduce arousal (i.e. be boring). Most of the human factors research associated with repetitive tasks has been carried out in
manufacturing environments where workers carry out the same action many times a
minute. This does not generally apply to maintenance engineering.
            3. Visual Inspection - is one of the primary methods employed during maintenance to ensure the aircraft remains in an airworthy condition
           4. Complex Systems All large modern aircraft can be described as complex systems. Within these aircraft,there are a myriad of separate systems, many of which themselves may be considered complex, e.g. flying controls, landing gear, air conditioning, flight management computers. 
                 Before commencing a task, an individual engineer, engineering team or planner should ask themselves a number of questions. 
  1. Do I/we know exactly what the task is that has to be done?
  2. Are the resources available to do it effectively (safely, accurately and within the time permitted)? Where resources include:
               • personnel;
               • equipment/spares;
              • documentation, information and guidance;
              • facilities such as hangar space, lighting, etc.
                • Do I/we have the skills and proficiency necessary to complete the task?

 Information about specific tasks should be detailed on job cards or task sheets. 
These will indicate the task (e.g. checks or inspection, repair, replacement, overhaul)
 and often further details to aid the engineer (such as maintenance manual references, part numbers, etc.).

CAR 145. A.47 Production planning
a) The organisation shall have a system appropriate to the amount and complexity of work to plan the availability of all necessary personnel, tools, equipment, material, maintenance data and facilities in order to ensure the safe completion of the maintenance work.
b) The planning of maintenance tasks, and the organising of shifts, shall take into account human performance limitations.
c) When it is required to hand over the continuation or completion of maintenance tasks for reasons of a shift or personnel changeover, relevant information shall be adequately communicated between outgoing and incoming personnel.

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