Equipment maintenance functions require the use of specialized tools at varying intervals, and their availability to technicians should be simplistic yet structured, allowing for proper management and control. Identifying specialty tools required-as well as managing their acquisition, storage location, utilization control, and funding-is often a much larger task than anticipated. Shop tools should not be confused with general service personal tools supplied by the technician, such as handheld sockets, or larger items normally designated as shop equipment, such as lifts and drill presses. Shop tools exceed the technician tool requirement due to size, complexity, or cost.
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