AN ACR MECH WAS ASSIGNED TO TERMINAL AND LINE MAINT OPS WITHOUT QUALIFICATION TRAINING FOR MAINT RELEASE AUTH.

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ALL MECHS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE AS A LINE MAINT MECH YOU MUST BE RELEASE QUALIFIED IN ORDER TO DEFER ACFT FROM MAINT. BECAUSE OF MY SIT AN ENGINEERING NOTICE WAS SENT TO ALL ZZZ MECHS OF WHAT YOU MUST GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO LEGALLY DEFER. UPON ARR TO ZZZ; I HAD ONLY WORKED IN ACFT OVERHAUL. ZZZ IS A LINE STATION AND WORKS UNDER DIFFERENT RULES. EVERY MECH THAT WORKS A LINE STATION IS TRAINED IN ACFT RELEASE PROCS AND IS THEN QUALIFIED TO RELEASE ACFT. TO PROPERLY AND LEGALLY DEFER ACFT AT ACR YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED THIS COURSE. I WORKED AT ZZZ FOR 9 MONTHS BEFORE I COULD RECEIVE THIS TRAINING FOR WHICH I ASKED REPEATEDLY FOR. THE WHOLE TIME IN BTWN I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS POLICY AND HAD BEEN DEFERRING ACFT MAINT. THE COMPUTER HAS A GLITCH IN IT AND WILL ALLOW ME TO DO SO IF I ENTER MY NAME AND FILE NUMBER INTO THE AUTH BLOCK. THIS IS HOW I WAS TRAINED BY MY FELLOW MECHS AND LEAD MECHS WHO ALSO DID NOT KNOW YOU HAD TO BE THROUGH THIS COURSE. I DON'T FEEL THAT I HAVE PUT ANY ACFT OR PAX AT RISK FOR I FOLLOWED ALL ACR REFS AND CALLOUTS FOR EACH DEFERRAL; AND CONTACTED ALL PARTIES THAT NEED TO BE NOTIFIED OF EACH DEFERRAL.