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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 149 of 217 Section 5. Within ninety (90) days of the signing of this Agreement, the Parties at the national level shall establish a joint National OPAS Implementation workgroup i n accordance with Article 114 of this Agreement. The workgroup shall consist of at least three (3) members from each Party. The Union's National OPAS representative and the Agency's Program Manager for the OPAS Program Management Office shall be the co - le ads of the National OPAS Implementation workgroup. The national co - leads will designate members of the national workgroup to participate in the activities of the Implementation and Deployment, and Program Support functions. Except for the national co - lea ds, workgroup members will also serve as members of the national OPAS training cadre as described in Section 6 of this Article. The National OPAS Implementation workgroup will place a priority on implementing OPAS at facilities listed in Appendix XX (Appen dix Article 118 - 2) within a period of eighteen (18) months from the beginning of training at the first site. Section 6. The national OPAS training cadre will consist of four (4) teams. Each team will be comprised of the following: one (1) Union, one (1) Agency, and one (1) additional instructor. The national OPAS training teams will jointly provide facility training to a maximum of ten (10) participants. The National OPAS Implementation Workgroup will advise the Parties at the local level of the number of allocated slots for their facility. The Parties at the local level will collaboratively identify the number of Agency and Union participants. The participants from each facility shall be designated as the local OPAS training cadre and will consist of tea ms comprised of one (1) Union and one (1) Agency participant. The local OPAS training team(s) will jointly provide training to all employees within their facility. All training and related activities shall be conducted on duty time. Section 7. Bargaining unit employees (BUE) will be assigned one or more of the following authorization levels and associated rights: a. Principal Facility Representative (PFR) b. Scheduler c. Bidding Administration d. CIC+/CIC e. BUE The highest associated right(s) shall apply for BUEs with more than one (1) authorization level. The authorization levels identified in this Section and their associated rights are defined in the OPAS Authorization Level Agreement dated [CBA implementation date]. The Parties at the national level shall ne gotiate any changes to authorization levels and associated rights, as appropriate. Section 8. Employees will not be required to maintain an FAA email address in order to access OPAS or to receive notifications. Section 9. Employees shall be provided the ability to view OPAS outside of the firewall on PCs, Macs, and mobile devices.

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