A B737-300 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AUTOLAND CAT IIIA STATUS CERTIFICATION ACCOMPLISHED BY AN UNQUALIFIED TECHNICIAN.

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MECH CALLED ME IN MAINT CTL FOR AUTH TO RECERTIFY AN ACFT HEADS UP GUIDANCE SYS TO CAT IIIA STATUS. I ENTERED HIS EMPLOYEE NUMBER IN OUR HEADS UP GUIDANCE SYS MECHS SCREEN ON COMPUTER. HIS NAME CAME UP INDICATING HIS RECERTIFICATION STATUS WAS CURRENT AND I AUTH THE RECERTIFICATION. IT WAS DISCOVERED LATER (I ASSUME BY THE TRAINING DEPT UPDATING RECORDS) THAT IT HAD BEEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS SINCE THIS MECH'S LAST CAT IIIA RECERTIFICATION. ACCORDING TO OUR PROCS AT ACR; IF IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 6 MONTHS SINCE A MECH HAS PERFORMED A CAT IIIA RECERTIFICATION HE IS NO LONGER CONSIDERED CURRENT AND MUST PERFORM A RECERTIFICATION WITH A HEADS UP GUIDANCE SYS TRAINING DESIGNEE TO BECOME CURRENT. IF A MECH IS NOT CURRENT HIS NAME IS NOT SUPPOSE TO COME UP ON THE HEADS UP GUIDANCE SYS MECH'S SCREEN WHEN HIS EMPLOYEE NUMBER IS ENTERED. TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOUND A CORRUPT DATABASE ALLOWED THIS MECH'S NAME TO COME UP EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT CURRENT. THE PROB WAS IMMEDIATELY CORRECTED WHEN FOUND; AND THE ACFT WAS RECERTIFIED BY A CURRENT MECH.