The Controlled Work Package

maintenance action, a test, or an inspection is done

SPECIFICATIONS. A specification is any technical

using specific guidelines, tools, and equipment.

or administrative directive, such as an instruction, a

technical manual, a drawing, a plan, or publication,

RELIABILITY. Reliability means the probability

that defines repair criteria.

that an item will perform its intended function for a

specified interval under stated conditions.

AUDIT. An audit, as it applies to the QA program,

is a periodic or special evaluation of details, plans,

SUBSAFE. The acronym SUBSAFE is a short

policies, procedures, products, directives, and

reference to the Submarine Safety Program, which

records necessary to determine compliance with

provides a high level of confidence in the material

existing requirements.

conditions of the hull integrity boundary.

SUBSAFE will be discussed later in this chapter.

CERTIFIED (LEVEL 1) MATERIAL. This is

material that has been certified (as to its material and

physical properties as well as traceability to the

THE CONTROLLED WORK PACKAGE

manufacturer) by a qualified certification activity.

This material has a material and identification

To provide additional assurance that a quality

control (MIC) number assigned along with a

product will result from the in-process fabrication or

certification document.

repair, the CWP was developed. It provides QC

CONTROLLED MATERIAL. This is any material

techniques (requirements or procedures) and shows

objective quality evidence (documentation) of

that must be accounted for and identified throughout

adherence to specified quality standards. These

the manufacturing or repair process. (See level of

requirements or procedures include both external

essentiality.)

(TYCOM) and internal (command-generated)

CONTROLLED WORK PACKAGE. A controlled

information for work package processing and sign-off.

work package (CWP) is an assemblage of

The typical CWP that will arrive at your desk will have

documents identified by a unique serial number that

QA forms, departure from specifications forms, material

may contain detailed work procedures, purchase

deficiency forms, production task control forms, and

documents, receipt inspection reports, objective

QC personnel sign-off requirements. You, and all the

quality evidence, local test results, and any tags,

other work centers involved in the performance of the

papers, prints, plans, and soon that bear on the work

task, must review the contents of each package as well.

performed. This will be discussed later in the

When you review the package, check that the

chapter.

requirements specified for their accomplishment are

correct, in a correct sequence, and so on. Each CWP

DEPARTURE FROM SPECIFICATION. This is a

covers the entire scope of the work process and is able

lack of compliance with any authoritative

to stand on its own. Traceability from the work package

document, plan, procedure, or instruction. A

to other certification documentation is provided by the

detailed discussion will follow later in the chapter.

job control number (JCN).

DOCUMENTATION. This is the record of

You must ensure that the CWP is at the job site

objective evidence establishing the requisite quality

during the performance of the task. If the work

of the material, component, or work done.

procedure requires the simultaneous performance of

procedure steps and these steps are done in different

LEVEL OF ESSENTIALITY. A level of essentiality

locations, use the locally developed practices to ensure

is a certain level of confidence required in the

you maintain positive control for each step.

reliability of repairs made. The different levels of

essentiality will be discussed later in the chapter.

Immediately after a job is completed, but before the

ship gets underway, each assigned work center and the

PROCEDURE. A procedure is a written instruction

QAO will review the work package documentation for

designed for use in production and repair,

completeness and correctness. If you and your workers

delineating all essential elements and guidance

have been doing the assigned steps as stated, this should

necessary to produce acceptable and reliable

not be a problem. Ensure that all the verification

products.

signature blocks are signed. Make sure all references,

PROCESS. This is a set of actions written in a

such as technical manuals or drawings, are returned to

the appropriate place.

special sequential order by which a repair or

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