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TO 00-20-14 30 September 20112.5.2 PMEL Facility Requirements Documentation. AFMETCAL specifies PMEL facility requirements and performsreviews of facility project documentation. Design and construction are an owning command responsibility. AFMAN 32-1094, Criteria for Air Force Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory Design and Construction, AFH 32-1084,Facility Requirements, and AFI 32-1024, Standard Facility Requirements, are some of the major publications involved.TO 00-20-14 (Section 8, PMEL Facility Operational Requirements) contains facility operating parameters for PMELs.2.5.3 Equipment. Equipment is obtained through the Air Force Equipment Management System (AFEMS) by ASCauthorizations from ALC Commodity Management, AFMETCAL or local purchase.2.5.4 Expense Items. Expense items (parts, tools, furnishings, etc) are obtained through the Standard Base SupplySystem (SBSS) from ALC Commodity Management, local purchase or local manufacture.2.5.5 Technical Data. Technical data is obtained from the Air Force TO System, AFMETCAL, other DoD Agencies orlocal purchase.2.5.6 Management Information System (MIS). Software and hardware that provides inventory, processing, calibrationscheduling, job data documentation and quality assurance functionality.2.6 PERSONNEL.PMELs shall have sufficient personnel, having the necessary education, training, technical knowledge and experience fortheir assigned functions. PMEL managers shall ensure that training of personnel is kept up-to-date and consistent withemployee assignments and development.2.6.1 Qualification/Training Records. Qualification, training, or certification records shall be maintained on the relevantqualifications, training, skills and experience of all technical personnel certifying/verifying TMDE. The documentationmay be maintained in electronic or traditional format. The term training in this context is defined as “records maintainedin the PMEL that document management approval for specific technicians to perform specific tasks or types of tasks.”These records (however named) should be of sufficient detail to provide confidence in the task competence of assignedpersonnel. Military specialty training standards or similar documents are a convenient method to satisfy this requirement.2.7 PROGRAM INTEGRATION.TMDE requiring support drives all resource needs and normally comes from three sources. They are (A) centrallyprocured items resulting from a systems acquisition, (B) centrally procured replacement buys and (C) locally-procuredTMDE.2.7.1 AFMC Centrally Procured TMDE. Close working relationships among the System Program Directors (SPDs),AFMETCAL's measurement area and systems planners, ALC Commodity Managers, Product Group Managers, MaterialGroup Managers, AETC/TT, and the using commands are necessary to ensure proper planning, programming, budgeting,acquisition, training and distribution of resources needed to support this TMDE are provided.2.7.2 Centrally Procured Replacement TMDE. Close working relationships among ALC Commodity Managers,AFMETCAL measurement area planners, Product Group Managers, Material Group Managers, AETC/TT, and the usingcommands are necessary to ensure planning, programming, budgeting, acquisition, training and distribution of resourcesneeded to support this TMDE are provided.2.7.3 Locally Procured TMDE. The local user/buyer funds support requirements. Before contracting for TMDE, thebuyer shall coordinate support requirements with PMEL. See TMDE User Responsibilities in Section 3 for moreinformation.2-4