Maintenance Group prepared for LCAP

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  • By Airman 1st Class Nicole Leidholm
  • 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  Nearly 2,800 maintainers at Travis have spent countless hours preparing for the Logistics Compliance Assessment Program scheduled for Sunday through Jan. 10.

The purpose of the LCAP is to provide leadership at all levels with an evaluation of a unit's ability to perform key logistics processes in a safe, standardized, repeatable and technically compliant manner, said Maj. Brian Greania, 860th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander.

LCAP evaluations are conducted on a recurring cycle based on the type of unit being evaluated. The evaluation intervals for active duty units occur every 24 months.

Tech. Sgt. Joel Pelletier, 60th Maintenance Group Quality Assurance chief inspector, said inspectors will be looking for personnel proficiency and verifying that technicians perform tasks in a safe and technically compliant manner.

"When LCAP inspectors are inspecting unit or group programs, they are looking to ensure the programs meet technical orders, Air Force instruction, Department of Defense, state and federal guidance," he said.

The point of QA is to maintain standards throughout the year so that when the time comes for inspections, Airmen are ready.

"The QA team has helped to prepare the maintenance group by increasing the number of inspections performed on maintainers to help them feel more comfortable with the inspection process," Pelletier said. "The different types of inspections that QA conducts, such as Personnel Evaluations, Quality Verification Inspections and Special Inspections, are also performed by LCAP inspectors and provide unit and group leaders with feedback about how well their people and programs are prepared, trained and compliant."

Not only is the QA team working hard to help others prepare for the LCAP, they will be inspected as well.

"During the LCAP, inspectors will be performing Evaluator Proficiency Evaluations on QA personnel which will assess how well our inspectors evaluate technicians performing tasks," Pelletier said. "In addition to being evaluated, any program that QA manages can be inspected by LCAP inspectors to confirm that we are following established guidance. The QA team will also maintain a constant presence on the flightline and backshops, serving as an extra set of eyes, to help keep maintainers focused on safety, TO compliance and provide answers that may arise during the inspection."

After the LCAP inspectors are finished inspecting the different units, the LCAP team chief will assign ratings that accurately reflect observed performance.

To get an outstanding on the LCAP, the maintenance group must score at least 95 percent, according to Greania.
Attitude is one of the keys to success during the LCAP, Pelletier said.

"Remain professional and demonstrate a positive attitude throughout the inspection," he said. "Select an aircraft maintenance task that you feel you are most comfortable and proficient enough with to be evaluated on and seek out an LCAP inspector so that you can demonstrate how well you can perform your job."

Getting evaluated performing a task is only one part of an LCAP evaluation, equally as important is ensuring tech data is current, forms documentation is complete, tools and support equipment is serviceable and training business area records have been documented showing task qualification, Pelletier said.