Entering skill type resource for a work unit

This page allows you to add or modify the details of the skill type resources required for executing the work unit. Tell me more.

Select the “Estimate Resources – Skill” link at the bottom of the “Edit Part Program Information” page.

The “Edit Estimate Resource Requirement – Skills” page appears.

The system displays the following fields in the “Part Details” group box:

Part #	The number identifying the part for which the skill type resource requirement must be defined.
Part Description	The textual description of the part.
Maintenance Process	The maintenance process of the part, which could be “Hard-Time”, “On-Condition” or “Condition Monitoring”.
Program Status	The status of the part program, which could be “Fresh” or “Authorized”.
Revision #	The revision number of the part program.

Enter the following in the “Maintenance Activity Details” group box:

Work unit #

Use the drop-down list box to select the work unit for which the skill type resource requirement must be specified. The system lists all the work units in “Active” status that have been defined for the part program and prefixes it with “TSK”, “SP” or “WP” based on the type of the work unit.

Click the “Get Details” pushbutton to retrieve the resource details that are already defined for the work unit.

The system displays the following when you click the “Get Details” pushbutton:

Work Unit Desc	The textual description of the task, standard procedure or work package.
Maintenance Type	The type of the maintenance activity to be carried out, which could be “Overhaul”, “Repair”, “Inspection”, "Retire", ”Others” etc.,
Work Center #	The number identifying the work center where the work unit has to be performed.
Work Center Description	The textual description of the work center.

Enter the following in the “Resource Details” multiline:

Resource #	The number identifying the resource required for completing the work unit. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory. The resource must have already been defined in the “Work Center“ business component. The same resource cannot be entered twice in the multiline.
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Note: In the event of modifying the already associated resource number, the system displays an error message. Also, to delete an existing resource number, check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline and click the "Delete" pushbutton.

The system fills in the following field after you click the “Edit Resource Estimates” pushbutton:

Resource Description

The textual description of the resource

.Enter the following:

Time Unit	Use the drop-down list box to specify the unit of measurement of the resource time, which could be “Hours”, “Days” or “Minutes”.
Reqd. Duration	The number of hours, minutes or days the resource is required to complete the work unit (Decimal). Ensure that the number entered in this field is a positive integer.
Required Number	The number of resources required for completing the work unit (Integer). Mandatory. Ensure that the number entered in this field is positive.
Sign off (Y/N)	Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether or not the user has to sign off after the work unit has been carried out by the resource. The options available are “Yes” and “No” and the system leaves the field blank by default.

The system displays the following field when you click the “Edit Resource Estimates” pushbutton:

Resource Cost

The cost of the resource.

Note: Ensure that at least one resource detail is entered in the multiline.

Click the “Edit Resource Estimates” pushbutton to update the resource details for the work unit.

Entering skill type resource for a work unit – An overview

This page allows you to add or modify the details of the skill type resources required for executing the work unit. If you wish to define the resources for the work unit, you can enter details such as resource code, required duration and the number of resources needed. You can also indicate whether or not sign off is required. Based on this information the sign off sheet will be automatically generated by the system during work reporting. You can also retrieve resources that have already been defined for the work unit and modify its details. The system updates the resource details and sets the current server date as the last modified date.