Management of Labor Standards for Airframes at Aeronautical Depots
Abstract
The Military Departments use labor standards to measure the aeronautical depots' efficiency and effectiveness in overhauling, modifying, and repairing aircraft airframes, engines, and components. Labor standards measure the time it takes a trained worker, working at a normal pace and according to specific methods and working conditions, to produce a prescribed unit of acceptable quality maintenance work. There are two types of labor standards, engineered and nonengineered. Engineered standards are a series of observations and analyses of the performance of work, which result in a specific time for a recorded method of work. Nonengineered standards are estimates of the time required to perform a specified amount of work. In some cases, nonengineered standards may be based on the previous actual amount of time in which a given task was performed. The Army has a goal to engineer 80 percent of the standards for 50 percent of its programmed work load, while the Navy and the Air Force had a goal to engineer 80 percent of the standards in their total programmed work loads.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 31, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA380330
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense