A B767-300ER WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AN ENG RPT SIGNED OFF BY AN UNQUALIFIED TECHNICIAN.

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I AM AN A&P MECH FOR A MAJOR INTL AIRLINE. ON DEC/XB/99 ANOTHER MECH AND I WERE ASSIGNED 2 TASKS ON A B767-300ER. PER OUR COMPANY'S POLICIES AND PROCS MANUAL; ONLY THOSE PEOPLE DESIGNATED AS 'ETOPS QUALIFIED' MAY SIGN OFF TASKS OR DISCREPANCIES ON MOST SYS ON THE ACFT. A NON ETOPS QUALIFIED MECH MAY WORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AN ETOPS QUALIFIED MECH AND THE ETOPS QUALIFIED MECH MAY SIGN OFF THE NON QUALIFIED MECH'S WORK. I AM NOT ETOPS QUALIFIED; WHILE THE OTHER MECH IS. WE HAD PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP THE FIRST TASK AND AS HE WAS CLEANING UP I BEGAN THE SECOND TASK; WHICH WAS TO REPLACE A #4 BEARING TUBE ASSEMBLY ON A PW4060 SERIES ENG. THE TUBE HAD BEEN FOUND DENTED ON A PREVIOUS INSPECTION ON DEC/XA/99 (NOT BY US). THE OTHER MECH JOINED ME NOT LONG AFTER I STARTED TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE TUBE; AND IN FACT ASSISTED ME WITH THE INSTALLATION. WE COMPLETED THE REPLACEMENT PER THE MAINT MANUAL AND LEAK CHKED THE LINE; WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE OK FOR SVC. LATER IN THE SHIFT THE OTHER MECH MADE ALL THE REQUIRED LOGBOOK ENTRIES FOR THE ITEMS WE HAD WORKED; EXCEPT FOR THE ENTRY FOR THE TUBE REPLACEMENT. HE HANDED THE LOGBOOK TO ME SO I COULD ENTER AND CLR THE ITEM; WHICH I DID. A FEW DAYS LATER; I RECEIVED A MEMO AND COPY OF THE LOG PAGE FROM MY FOREMAN INDICATING THE TUBE REPLACEMENT PROC 'COULD' BE AN ETOPS ITEM AND I MAY HAVE NOT BEEN IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR POLICIES AND PROCS REGARDING ETOPS ONLY TASKS. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION; WE LOOKED IN THE PROCS MANUAL EXACTLY WHAT TASKS WERE; OR WERE NOT; ETOPS ITEMS. AS IT TURNS OUT; ANY MAINT DONE ON THE ENGS (ALL ATA CHAPTERS) IS CONSIDERED AN ETOPS ITEM; SO I WAS MOST DEFINITELY NOT IN COMPLIANCE BY MAKING THE ENTRY FOR THE REPAIR IN THE LOGBOOK. THE MAINT PERFORMED WAS OK; AND I WAS BEING SUPERVISED BY AN ETOPS QUALIFIED MECH. THE SIGNOFF WAS THE PROB.