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Tool Calibration Management
Schedule a Free WalkthroughEvery tool in the repair station on one register — calibration due dates seen before they lapse, and each tool tracked out of the crib to the work order it is on, and back.
What is Tool Calibration Management?
A torque wrench that went out of calibration three weeks ago is not a tooling problem — it is every work order it touched since. Tool Calibration Management is the register that stops you finding that out afterwards: every tool and piece of test equipment in the repair station is held with its identity, location and status, the calibrated ones carry their interval and next-due date, and each issue from the crib is recorded against the work order it went out on.
Built for FAA Part-145, AS9110, and EASA Part-145 repair stations, where “show me the calibration record for the tool used on this job” is a question with one right answer and no time to look for it.
One Tool Register
Every tool, gauge and piece of test equipment in the station — owned, leased or personal-issue — with its number, description, manufacturer, serial, location and current status, so the inventory is a record rather than a walk around the shop.
Due Before It Lapses
Calibrated tools carry their interval, last calibration and next-due date, with the certificate attached. What is due this month, and what is already overdue, is a screen — not a spreadsheet somebody remembers to open.
Out, and Back
Issue a tool from the crib against a work order and a technician, and record its return and condition. At any moment you can answer what is out, who has it, and which job it is on.
What's included
Tool Register
Every tool with number, description, manufacturer, model, serial, owner, location, category and status — calibrated or not.
Calibration Schedule
Interval, last calibration, next due and the calibrating vendor, with the due list ordered by what lapses first.
Calibration Certificates
The certificate held against the tool with its date, standard used and result, so the evidence sits with the record.
Tool Crib Issue & Return
Issue against a work order and a technician, with date out, expected return, actual return and condition on return.
Work Order Traceability
Which tools went out on a job, and which jobs a tool has been on — the list you need the day a tool fails calibration.
Overdue & Quarantine
Tools past due flagged and held from issue, with unserviceable and out-for-calibration handled as states rather than sticky notes.
Out-of-Tolerance Recall
When a tool fails calibration, the work orders it was issued to since it last passed are listed for impact assessment.
Reminders
Email as a calibration date approaches and again once it passes, so a lapse is something scheduled around, not discovered.
Reports & Audit Trail
Tool status, calibration due and issue history as printable reports, with every movement dated and named.
How the workflow runs
- Register — add the tool with its identity, owner and location, and mark whether it requires calibration.
- Set the interval — record the calibration interval, the last calibration and the vendor; the next-due date follows from it.
- Issue — the tool leaves the crib against a work order and a technician, with the date out and expected return.
- Return — the tool comes back, its condition is recorded, and it is available again.
- Recall for calibration — as the due date approaches the tool is flagged, sent out, and held from issue until it returns with a certificate.
- Prove it — the register, the certificates and the issue history are what an auditor reads, rather than a binder assembled the night before.
Tools, equipment and calibration is an audit scope like any other — see the Audit Management System for how findings against it are tracked to closure.