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2016 CBA Tentati ve Agreement Page 36 of 217 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 e fficient 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 ar e 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. Section 5. 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 speci fied 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. Section 6. All proposed changes to the position description of bargaining unit employees shall be forwarded to the Union, in advance, for comment and/or ne gotiations as required by law and pursuant to Article 7 of this Agreement. ARTICLE 18 CONTROLLER - IN - CHARGE (CIC) TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST - IN - CHARGE (TMSIC) TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR - IN - CHARGE (TMCIC) NOTAM SPECIALIST - IN - CHARGE (NSIC) Section 1 . The CIC/TMSIC/TMCIC/NSIC is intended to provide watch supervision for the continuous operation of a facility or area where a supervisor is not available. Assignments of employees to CIC/TMSIC/TMCIC/NSIC duties are used, when necessary, to supplement the supervisory staff. Section 2. Management direction, guidance and/or goals for the shift shall be conveyed in facility directives and/or during the shift/area position briefing. Section 3. CIC/TMSIC/TMCIC/NSIC premium pay shall paid at the rate of ten (10 ) percent of the applicable hourly rate of base pay times the number of hours and portions of hours during which a specialist is assigned CIC/TMSIC/TMCIC/NSIC duties. This premium pay is paid in

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