No Aircraft
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Training / Qualification
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Procedure
Often I get asked questions concerning paperwork as an instructor. The problem is I am finding new supervisors are given a stamp without anyone explaining what they can or cannot stamp. So as tribal knowledge and miss information travels the new supervisors are told by coworkers they can stamp anything that is why they have a stamp. This is why we are finding work pack signed off by new supervisors that are not qualified to sign for anything because they never got a day of training.
Maintenance instructor reported that new supervisors are unclear on company policy regarding what they are allowed to stamp; resulting in a potential safety issue.