POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

The Parties recognize that expanding the knowledge and experience of bargaining unit employees is essential to meeting the changing demands on the system.

The Parties at the national level shall discuss and review all bargaining unit position descriptions annually.

Each employee covered by this Agreement shall be provided a position description that accurately reflects the duties of his/her position. Position descriptions shall be consistent throughout the Agency for facilities of equal classification and similar function. However, position descriptions for the Traffic Management bargaining unit may vary based on individual facility requirements. If an employee believes that his/her position description is not accurate, he/she may request a review by the appropriate supervisor and be assisted by a Union representative. A dispute regarding the accuracy of an employee's position description may be handled under Article 9 of this Agreement.

The primary duties of:

a. Air Traffic Controller bargaining unit employees are those directly related to the control and separation of aircraft;

b. Traffic Management bargaining unit employees are those directly related to the efficient management of the National Airspace System (NAS);

c. NOTAM bargaining unit employees are those directly related to the development, dissemination, and interpretation of operating procedures and practices associated with the Federal NOTAM System (FNS); and

d. Flight Service option bargaining unit employees are those directly related to the efficient management of the NAS including In-flight, Preflight, Flight Data, Broadcast, and NOTAM duties.

The Agency retains the right to assign work; however, other duties assigned by the Agency shall normally have a reasonable relationship to the employee's official position description. A reasonable relationship exists for the technical functions associated with training, briefings, quality control, and the technical functions of staff support specialists. When it becomes necessary to assign duties that are not reasonably related to the employee's official position description and are of a recurring nature, the position description shall be amended to reflect such duties.

When it is determined that a short-term need exists for a bargaining unit employee to perform the technical functions associated with training, briefings, quality control, and the technical functions of staff support specialists, the Parties shall collaboratively identify the bargaining unit employee(s) to be used for that specified function and determine if adjustments to the employee’s schedule are necessary.

The duration of these assignments shall not be indefinite and should be consistent with the temporary nature of the activities.

Employees performing these duties shall not be temporarily assigned to another organizational segment and are subject to operational recall.

All proposed changes to the position description of bargaining unit employees shall be forwarded to the Union, in advance, for comment and/or negotiations as required by law and pursuant to Article 7 of this Agreement.