A B767 ON A MAINT CHK ENG RUN HAD A STEP ON THE JOB CARD MISSED. WHEN THE LEAD TECHNICIAN WAS ADVISED OF THE MISSED STEP; THE TECHNICIANS WERE ADVISED TO CLR THE STEP WITH 'NOT APPLICABLE.'

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LETTER: 'THIS LETTER IS MY ANSWER FOR THE LETTER YOU SENT ME CONCERNING ACFT X. MR X AND I PERFORMED THE REQUIRED ENG RUN AFTER THE PYLON MODIFICATION WAS COMPLETED. I AM TOLD YOU HAVE COPIES OF THE ENG RUN CARD AND CAN SEE THAT THE RUN WAS COMPLETED AND THE GENERATORS DISCONNECTED. WE WERE TOWED INTO THE HANGAR AND WERE REVIEWING THE PAPERWORK AND FOUND AN ADDITIONAL TEST THAT REQUIRED ENGS TO BE RUNNING AFTER WE HAD ALREADY SHUT DOWN. WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE LEAD TECHNICIAN AND SUPVR ON DUTY AND RPTED THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT NEEDED THE ENGS TO BE RUNNING AND THAT WE WERE SORRY THAT WE DIDN'T SEE THEM EARLIER. OUR LEAD TECHNICIANS HAPPENED TO BE STANDING THERE AND OVERHEARD OUR CONVERSATION. THEY BOTH COMMENTED THAT STEP 16 DIDN'T APPLY TO OUR ACFT AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE CARD BECAUSE IT WAS WRITTEN FOR CHKS THAT INSTALL NEW ENGS. WE WERE ONLY REMOVING AND REINSTALLING THE SAME ENGS. AT THAT TIME WE CHOSE TO 'N/A' THE STEP 16 BASED ON THEIR SUGGESTION. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY OUR QUALITY CTL AND MY SUPVR THAT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE AND THAT ONLY AN ENGINEER CAN CHANGE A CARD AND THAT THE LEAD TECHNICIAN'S SUGGESTION TO N/A THE STEP WAS MERELY AN OPINION AND NOT PROCEDURAL. STEP 17 WAS ALSO N/A'ED ON MY PAPERWORK AND ONLY BECAUSE I FELT IT WAS ALREADY COVERED BY OTHER STEPS IN THE PAPERWORK AND MY FAILURE TO READ AND INTERP IT CORRECTLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE REQUIRED TESTS WERE PERFORMED AT ZZZ1 PRIOR TO REVENUE FLT AND AM THANKFUL FOR EVERYONE'S PROMPT ACTION ON THIS. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH OUR QUALITY CTL AND MY SUPVRS THAT THE CARD IS POORLY WRITTEN AND DOESN'T FLOW WELL; WHICH INITIATED THE PREMATURE SHUTDOWN AND LEAK CHK OF THE ENGS. I HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE CARD BE REWRITTEN. I WILL NOT TAKE IT UPON MYSELF TO N/A ANY ITEM BASED UPON BAD INFO OR OPINIONS; BUT ONLY ON THE AUTH OF MGMNT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: INCORRECT INFO RELAYED FROM LEAD TECHNICIAN TO MECHS. INCORRECT ACTION PER MGMNT. POORLY WRITTEN WORK CARD OUT OF STEP. COMPLACENCY OF N/A OF POORLY WRITTEN PAPERWORK.