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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 vary at different maintenance categories, appropriate work

time figures will be shown for each category. The work tine 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

operating 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

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 alphabetic order, which shall

be keyed to the remarks contained in Section IV.

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EXPLANATION OF COLUMNS IN TOOL AND TEST EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, SECTION III.

a. Column 1, Reference Code. The tool and test equipment reference code correlates with a code used in the

MAC, Section II, Column 5.

b. Column 2, Maintenance Category. The lowest category of maintenance authorized to use the tool or test

equipment.

c. Column 3, Nomenclature. Name or identification of the tool or test equipment.

This 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 Tool List (RPSTL) TM which contains additional SRA criteria and the additional

spare/repair parts.

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