AN MD80 ON A B CHK HAD BOTH RADIO ALTIMETERS TESTED AND AIRPLANE REMAINED IN AUTOLAND STATUS. TEST WAS PERFORMED BY UNQUALIFIED TECHNICIAN.

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I WAS ASSIGNED THE AVIONICS PORTION OF A 'B' CHK ON ACFT X. SPECIFICALLY; PATTERN CARD X. THIS CARD REQUIRES AN OP TEST OF THE CAPT AND FO'S RADIO ALTIMETER. I HAVE ONLY BEEN IN AVIONICS FOR APPROX 4 MONTHS. I HAVE YET TO EVEN TAKE THE AVIONICS QUALIFYING TEST. I ALSO HAVE NOT BEEN TO ANY LMP (LOWER MINIMUM PERFORMANCE -- CAT 3 AND AUTOLAND QUALIFICATION) CLASSES. BOTH CREW CHIEFS ARE AWARE OF MY QUALIFICATIONS; SO I DID NOT THINK THAT THIS WAS AN LMP ISSUE. THE CREW CHIEFS; KNOWING MY LACK OF LMP QUALIFICATIONS; DO NOT ASSIGN ME TO LMP TASKS. SOMETIMES I ASSIST LMP QUALIFIED MECHS WITH LMP TASKS; BUT I NEVER SIGNED FOR THE WORK. I THINK THAT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT THIS CARD. I THINK THAT THE CREW CHIEFS THOUGHT THAT SINCE THERE WAS NO MAINT PERFORMED ON THE SYS; AND THE SYS HAD NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED OR DISCONNECTED THAT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SYS HAD NOT BEEN COMPROMISED. I ASSUMED THAT THIS WAS A NON-LMP ITEM BECAUSE MY CREW CHIEFS WERE AWARE OF MY QUALIFICATIONS; AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WOULD KNOWINGLY ASSIGN ME TO A TASK THAT I AM NOT QUALIFIED FOR. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO 'B' CHKS WHERE THE PATTERN Y CARD (RETURN TO SVC) WAS ASSIGNED; WHICH IS REQUIRED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY AN LMP QUALIFIED MECH. MY CREW CHIEFS HAVE HAD AN LMP QUALIFIED MECH ACCOMPLISH THIS CARD. THE Y CARD SPECIFICALLY STATES AT THE TOP OF THIS CARD THAT IT MUST BE PERFORMED BY AN LMP QUALIFIED MECH. MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE X CARD AND ANY OTHER CARDS THAT REQUIRE AN LMP QUALIFICATION TO AVOID ANY FURTHER MISUNDERSTANDING OR VIOLATIONS OF ANY FAR'S.