the Boiler/Feedwater Test and Treatment Course
(certification course).
3-M SYSTEMS
The primary objective of the Navy Ships
Maintenance and Material Management (3-M) Systems
is to manage maintenance and maintenance support in a
manner that will ensure maximum equipment
operational readiness. OPNAVINST 4790.4B, volumes
I, II, and III, contain all of the detailed procedures and
instructions for the effective operation of the 3-M
Systems. That includes examples of the forms discussed
in this chapter. Other instructions on the 3-M Systems
are found in the type commanders maintenance
manuals.
This chapter will discuss the most common records
of the 3-M Systems that must be kept current in the
engineering department.
PLANNED MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES
In an effective Planned Maintenance System
(PMS), PMS schedules must be accurately filled out
and posted in a timely manner. PMS schedules are
categorized as cycle, quarterly, and weekly.
Cycle Schedule
The Cycle PMS Schedule displays the planned
maintenance requirements to be performed between
major overhauls of the ship. The following information
must be tilled in on the cycle schedules: ships name and
hull number, work center designator code, maintenance
index page (MIP) number, components or systems
name, and maintenance scheduled in each quarter after
overhaul.
The engineer officer must supervise all cycle
scheduling of engineering department maintenance,
and then sign and date the Cycle PMS Schedule before
it is posted.
If there is a need to rewrite the Cycle PMS
Schedule, the old schedules should be filed with the last
quarterly schedule with which it was used.
Quarterly Schedule
The Quarterly PMS Schedule is a visual display of
the work centers PMS requirements to be performed
during a specific 3-month period. Spaces are provided
to enter the work center, quarter after overhaul,
department heads signature, date prepared, and the
months covered. The schedule has 13 columns, one for
each week in the quarter. These permit scheduling of
maintenance requirements on a weekly basis
throughout the quarter. There are also columns to enter
the MIP number and PMS requirements that may
require rescheduling. There are tic marks across the
top of the scheduling columns for use in showing the
in-port/underway time of the ship for the quarter.
The engineer officer must supervise scheduling of
PMS on the quarterly schedule for his department. The
engineer officer must then sign and date the schedule
before it is posted. At the end of each quarter, the
engineer officer must review the quarterly schedule,
check the reasons for PMS actions not accomplished,
and sign the form in the space provided on its reverse
side. The division officer is responsible for updating the
quarterly schedule every week. Completed quarterly
schedules should be kept on file for 1 year.
Weekly Schedule
The Weekly PMS Schedule is a visual display of the
planned maintenance scheduled for a given work center
during a specific week. The work center supervisor uses
weekly schedules to assign and monitor work on the
PMS tasks by work center personnel.
The Weekly PMS Schedule contains blank spaces
to be filled in for work center code, date of current
week, division officers signature, MIP number minus
the date code, component names, names of personnel
responsible for specific maintenance requirements,
outstanding major repairs, and situation requirements.
The work center supervisor is responsible for
completing the Weekly PMS Schedule and for updating
it every day.
FEEDBACK FORM
The PMS Feedback Report Form, OPNAV Form
4790/7B, provides maintenance personnel with the
means to report discrepancies and problems and to
request PMS coverage. All PMS Feedback Reports are
sent to NAVSEACANs or TYCOMs, based on the
category of the feedback report.
Feedback reports are originated in the work center
and must be signed by the originator. They are then
screened and signed by the division officer and the
engineer officer before being forwarded to the 3-M
coordinator. The 3-M coordinator will date and sign the
feedback report, serialize it, and return the green copy
to the originating work center. The originating work
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