Creating a Job Card provides the ability to take an aircraft out of service and track discrepancies. This article explains:
how to create a job card; and
best practices for closing job cards.
A job card can be created in various ways within the application, below are details on how to do so within each applicable section.
Click on Maintenance > Job Cards in the left navigation
Click Create in the top left corner of the search grid
The following details are required to create the job card:
Name: The name will be displayed as a reference for the Job Card on search pages and other areas of the platform.
Aircraft: One value is selected from the drop-down list
Start Date: When is the Job Card set to begin
Both the Number and the Notes section of the create job card modal can be edited and are optional fields.
Click Save
Note: Job card numbers will default to the next numeric value based on current logic. Validation is built into the number field to prevent duplicate numbers and will not allow for an entry to be saved with a numerical value if it has already been used.
Access the aircraft profile
Click the Maintenance Tab > Job Cards
Click Create
Access the Schedule Board
Right-click on a single cell and select 'Create Job Card' or click a cell and drag for the number of days the aircraft is projected to be out of service to set the dates accordingly.
Once all applicable data has been entered, click Create.
Only when creating a Job Card via the Schedule Board will the aircraft automatically be taken out of service.
These three sections can also be leveraged to access existing Job Cards when the proper user roles are assigned to the logged-in user.
Access the open job card
Confirm all discrepancies within the job card are designated closed. Closed is checked and a date is input.
If the aircraft was out of service, return the aircraft to service.
Set the job card to Completed: Yes and input the Completed: Date.