AN A320 PILOT SUGGESTS A SEC 1 FAULT MEL SHOULD BE A MAINT FR ITEM NOT A PILOT FR BECAUSE PILOTS ARE NOT TRAINED FOR THE SYSTEM MANIPULATIONS REQUIRED.

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AFTER GATE DEP WE RECEIVED A SEC 1 FAULT ECAM. I ELECTED TO TAXI TO THE 'A' DEICE PAD TO ATTEMPT A RESET COORD WITH MAINT. ALL RESET ATTEMPTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND WE RETURNED TO ANOTHER GATE TO HAVE MAINT MEL THE ITEM. THE MEL IS FRAGMENTED; POORLY WRITTEN AND REQUIRES FOLLOW-UP PROCS BEFORE EACH FLT BUT IS NOT PUBLISHED AS AN 'FR.' FOLLOW-UP PROCS INCLUDE: 1) CHKING BOTH SIDE STICK TRANSDUCERS OPERATING BEFORE EACH FLT (OUR TRAINING NEVER COVERED EXACTLY WHAT A SIDE STICK TRANSDUCER IS). 2) PRESSURIZING AND DEPRESSURIZING VARIOUS HYD SYS BY USE OF THE OVERHEAD MAINT PANEL (ALTHOUGH NOT AN OFFICIAL COMPANY POLICY; OUR TRAINING WAS; 'THAT'S A MAINT PANEL; YOU GUYS SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THAT PANEL'). 3) NO USE OF SPEED BRAKES IN FLT. 4) CHKING ELECTRICAL SYS NORMALITY INCLUDING THRUST REVERSER OP. 5) ASSURING ALL PERFORMANCE PENALTIES HAVE BEEN APPLIED (THIS IS MY BIGGEST PROB). AFTER MAINT COMPLETED THE MEL PROCS; WE RECEIVED AN AMENDED RELEASE FOR MEL ADDED AND NEW RELEASE TIME. THE RELEASE STATED AS AN 'FR' SHOULD BE A MAINT AND NOT AN OPS PROC AND THE MAX THRUST REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE PROVISO SECTION. THE MEL SHOULD BE PUBLISHED AS AN 'FR.' SHOULD BE A MAINT AND NOT AN OPS PROCS. MAX THRUST REQUIREMENT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE PROVISO SECTION.