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benefits seminar: LOCATION EDGE Web - Based Seminars 10AM - 5PM Pacific Time 12 - Jul Central Time 18 - Oct Eastern Time 6 - Dec To regist er for a session, visit the NATCA Portal. Click "Events" on the menu bar on the home page, then select the "2016 NATCA Edge Online Retirement Webinar" link. Follow the questi ons and directions from there. Personalized benefit estimate for participants paid for as an exclusive benefit for NATCA members. You will never be solicited or sold anything, ever! For any questions or problems with registration, please contact Grace Colby, NATCA Executive Administrative Assistant: (202) 220 - 9829, gcolby@natcadc.org . SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT HUMAN PERFORMANCE : Jay Barret t (ZMA) is the Human Performance Liaison fro m NATCA . H is update is below. The fatigue office activities include: • I received the go - ahead from Biggio t o pursue integrating the downloadable fatigue application with the A ll P oints S afety app. We are in the testing phase with the web - based Infinna created app, which is not really good, but we are working on getting it to a place where it will work and be a first attempt to getting something into the controllers' and technicians ' hands that will inform them on their fatigue levels. • It appear s more conversation is taking place on ZOA ' s request for scheduling alternatives. The FSSC met with Biggio and allowed t heir FRMT to move forward with the re - baselining of Fatigue Hazard scores from 2011. The short version of the story is that Dr. Hursh , the fatigue scientist the Agency contracted with , was not all that meticulous or standardized when he assisted back in 2011. We asked the new PhD. t o conduct re - baselining so that moving forward we could be comparing apple s to apples with all the sleep/wake/break assumptions that are input into the model. • I will provide answers to your question s concerning the fatigue survey upon my r eturn to the U . S . The human factors office activities include: • N90 certification standard completion is slipping due to resource issues. There will be a meeting at N90 on June 6th, which I will not attend for obvious reasons, but I am confident that Jason and the ANGC - 1 folks will obtain some level of commitment on moving forward. The money from the contract supporting this effort will dry up at the end of the fiscal year. So, time is an issue here. • Jason and I developed 3 hours of substance for the new OJT I training class that is about ready for prime time. I believe that by end of the calendar year it will be implemented for all new OJTIs. • I just return ed yesterday from ZNY. They are the worst center for certifying developmental s, with a 32% success rate. I have n ot assimilated all my notes on this. Look next month for an honest assessment of what is going on and what the