AFMETCAL Newsletter - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Page 7AFMETCAL NEWSLETTERApril 2011Volume 31, Issue No. 3News and Notes (continued)(Continued from page 6)The following information was compiled as of February 24, 2011 to give an idea of the workload in thedepartment as this article is being researched:K Area TeamsAFPSL TO Department (continued)TOs in WorkK1, K2, K8 & K9 New, 7Rewrite, 1Revision, 32K3 & K4 New, 20Rewrite, 4Revision, 74K5, K6, & K7 New, 5Rewrite, 2Revision, 23This equates to 166 individual TO work packages at some stage of development in the process. All work ineach section is verified by a Team Leader for the section. All work for the department is verified by atechnical editor and by a format editor. This workload does not include the additional AFTO Forms 252 thatare added after work has been started or the additional AFTO Forms 252 initiated to add multiple P/Ns to ageneral procedure.Our workload varies according to the amount of AFTO Forms 22 generated by field technicians and approvedby AFMETCAL and the result of AFMETCAL calibration determinations for new equipment entering the AFinventory. AFMETCAL must complete review of AFTO Forms 22 and calibration determination processingbefore work is tasked to the TO department. Thus, when an approved AFTO Form 22 or a calibration determinationdrives the need for either a TO update or a new TO, over 2 months may lapse before the tasking arrivesat the TO department.Once the job is tasked to the TO Department, the technical information has to be extensively researched foreach newly added test instrument (TI) or with any changes being made for an existing TI. Internallydeveloped spreadsheets are completed to prove every limit for each test point in the procedure and to verifyany