A technician reports being assigned work on a B737-800 without qualification training.

Attributes
ACN	497040
Time
Date	200012
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : powerplant technician : airframe
ASRS Report	497040
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	maintenance : technician
Qualification	technician : powerplant technician : airframe
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Factors
Maintenance	contributing factor : schedule pressure performance deficiency : unqualified personnel performance deficiency : training
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Maintenance Human Performance
Primary Problem	Maintenance Human Performance

Narrative:

On dec/xa/00 I was assigned to work aircraft xyz. I informed my crew chief that I was not qualified to work this specific fleet type. Night shift manager X then assigned me to work under fleet qualified technician Y. It was my understanding that technician Y was to back sign my work. Because I was not fleet qualified on this aircraft, this created an unsafe work condition and placed me in jeopardy of an accident or injury.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A TECHNICIAN RPTS BEING ASSIGNED WORK ON A B737-800 WITHOUT QUALIFICATION TRAINING.

Narrative: ON DEC/XA/00 I WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK ACFT XYZ. I INFORMED MY CREW CHIEF THAT I WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO WORK THIS SPECIFIC FLEET TYPE. NIGHT SHIFT MGR X THEN ASSIGNED ME TO WORK UNDER FLEET QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN Y. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TECHNICIAN Y WAS TO BACK SIGN MY WORK. BECAUSE I WAS NOT FLEET QUALIFIED ON THIS ACFT, THIS CREATED AN UNSAFE WORK CONDITION AND PLACED ME IN JEOPARDY OF AN ACCIDENT OR INJURY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.