1. Are you involved in tool control in any way?
Have been: Military 31 years, civilian approx 12 years. Been out for a year.
2. Do you work in the civil or military industry for aircraft maintenance?
Military and civil.
3. What is your role in this field of work?
Various: Tool controller, Engineer and Quality Audits.
4. Have you ever been involved in missing tool procedures?
Yes.
5. How do you account for tool control and who is accountable?
Everyone is accountable for the tools they use and use specific tool control procedures to comply with regulations, see 6, 7 & 9.
6. What types of method do you guys follow for tool control currently?
Shadow boards, tool box contents list, physical checks by independent maintenance personnel before shift start, end of shift and shift change i.e nights.
7. Does your company/work place provide tool control mandatory training
for current employees and/or induction for new employees?
Tool control is part of basic training, re-enforced during induction to the work place and continuation training if necessary.
8. What are the main points of the policy i.e. who is accountable summery of
handling and protocol for lost tools?
See response to 6 above
9. Is there any certain requirement your company need to follow as a minimum standard by CAA and/or EASA for tool control procedures?
Company policy, EASA 145.A.40 regulations and for the military; Regulatory Article 4808 and MAP-01, Chapter 6.1.1 (civilian firms contracted by the military have to comply to these as well).
10. Do you audit compliance for tool control inventories?
Yes both the internal company audits, external company audits, regulator audits and if applicable prime contractor audits.
11. How often the tools are inventoried in the workplace?
See response to 6 above