STAFF DIVISIONS.—The staff divisions of the I-level maintenance department provide services and support to the production elements. They serve in much  the  same  way  as  the  QA  division  and maintenance administration division of an O-level activity. The  administration  division  functions  as  the coordinator for all records and reports, directives, correspondence,   and   personnel   matters   for   the department. Personnel in the I-level administration division perform the following duties: Conduct  liaison  with  the  administrative department regarding department personnel Safeguard  and  distribute  personal  mail  to department personnel, when appropriate Control the classified matter required by the department Distribute  approved  locally  issued  reports  and studies Coordinate  transportation  and  communication requirements for their department Establish  and  coordinate  the  department  training requirements. and obtain any school quotas needed to support these requirements Assign  spaces  to  the  various  divisions,  and establish the responsibility for security and cleanliness of such spaces Assume the responsibility for the cleanliness and security of vacant or unassigned maintenance spaces Arrange  department  participation  in  joint inspections of facilities assigned to tenant activities, especially incident to the arrival or departure of a tenant activity The QA division of I-level maintenance activities has  the  same  primary  functions  as  those  of organizational activities—to prevent the occurrence of defects.  Personnel  in  this  division  use  statistical analysis to compare the results obtained with the results desired. Through research, they find methods of improving effectiveness of the overall maintenance effort. The objectives of the QA division in I-level maintenance are identical to the objectives of QA in O-level  maintenance  activities. MAINTENANCE  MATERIAL  CONTROL.— In  an  intermediate  activity,  maintenance  material control  is  organized  much  like  the  maintenance material control of the organizational activity. It has two work centers-production control and material control. Production control is the central point of the entire maintenance effort. IMAs exist to support operating activities. Personnel working in the production control work center plan and schedule the workload. The workload consists of repairing, testing, and processing aircraft parts, components, and related equipment. Intermediate activities tend to be large. Because of this tendency, the location ofvarious work centers, and the number of components handled daily, it is not practical to control each component inducted from a central  production  control  area.  Production  control delegates some of its functions to certain selected production divisions. These divisions are responsible to production control for the production efforts of their assigned  work  centers,  scheduling  components  into work centers, and assigning priorities as directed by production control. The maintenance data base administrator/analyst (MDBA/A)  provides  qualitative  and  quantitative analytical information to the AM0 via the MMCO for continuous review of management practices within the department or activity The MDBA/A is established at the I-level to monitor, control, and apply the MDS. The MDBA/A also serves as a contact point between work centers  and  the  DSF,  and  is  responsible  for  the management of all aspects of the MDS including NALCOMIS  reports  and  inquiries  at  the  l-level. Specific responsibilities of the MDBA/A are parallel to that of the SA/A at the O-level. If an activity is operating with VIDS, the analyst will be assigned to QA/A. Production control cooperates with staffmembers. It uses staff findings and recommendations to improve the overall maintenance effort. Together with the administration  division,  the  QA  division  and  the MDBA/A,  maintenance  material  control  provides  the intermediate  aircraft  maintenance  officer  with  a complete picture of the maintenance situation for any given time, and also makes recommendations for improvement. The  material  control  center  coordinates  and controls the supply functions of the department. It acts as a liaison between the department and the local supply, activity. It processes all supply and material transactions for the other divisions of the department. Other functions of the material control center are as follows: Requisitions  material l-10