AN AIRBUS 330 REQUIRED A BRIGHTNESS CHK OF COCKPIT DISPLAY UNITS WITH A SPECIAL INST LACKING A CALIBRATION CHART AND NO TECHNICIAN TRAINING.

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JOB CARD 2602 ISSUED BY PLANNING. DROPPED DEAD IN 4 HRS. CALLS FOR BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENT OF DISPLAY UNITS USING A LUMINANCE METER; LS-100; TOOL #T650001. HAVING NEVER PERFORMED THIS TASK; IT TOOK A WHILE TO READ; RETRIEVE TOOL; AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS WHAT. NEITHER MYSELF NOR ANYONE IN THE SHOP HAVE HAD TRAINING ON TOOL #T650001. HAVING BEEN ISSUED JOB CARD AND READING; THERE WASN'T A FIGURE 1. HAD TO CALL MAINT CTL AND HAVE FIGURE 1 FAXED. FIGURE 1 GIVES VALUES ACCEPTABLE. AFTER READING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS REQUIRED; IT WAS DETERMINED THAT TOOL T650001 WAS UNACCEPTABLE. THE LUMINANCE METER AS TO HAVE A CORRECTION FACTOR WITH UNIT TO MAKE CALCULATION. INFORMED MAINT CTL THAT METER COULDN'T BE USED WITHOUT CORRECTION FACTOR. MAINT CTL TRIED TO DEFER CHK; BUT PLANNING WOULD NOT DEFER. HAD TO HAVE TOOL #T650001 FLOWN IN FROM ZZZ. THIS TOOL HAD THE CORRECTION FACTOR LISTED WITH TOOL. PERFORMED JOB CARD PER JOB CARD; BUT TILL PAPER IS CONFUSING AND BY NOT HAVING BEEN TRAINED ON TEST EQUIP; IT TOOK TIME TO EVALUATE THE ANALYSIS REQUIRED. ALL UNITS CHKED WITHIN TOLERANCE THAT I DETERMINED TO BE ACCURATE. ACR X NEEDS TO PROVIDE MORE TRAINING ON TEST EQUIP AND PROCS.