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National Office Week in Review: September 19, 2017

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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DE PARTMENT OSHA: Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) MOU Webinar The Slate Book CBA went into effect over one year ago. Contained within the CBA is an MOU that requires the Agency to a dhere to the Indoor Air Quality Program Implemen tation Requirements (IAQ PIR). It is important to immediately report any and all signs of water intrusion, as the IAQ PIR requires actio n within particular timeframes. The OSHA Committee, along with Geoff Bacci, will be holding a webinar regarding the MOU on Sept. 28 at 1 p . m . E DT . Click here to r egister for the webinar . SURVEY – TRAINING The FAA over the next year will be reviewing many aspects of air traffic training, including proficiency a nd skill enhancement training. One goal is t o identify training topics that may need to be updated, while investigating new and more effectiv e methods in program delivery. Your participa tion in completing the linked survey conducted by the FAA's Center of Excellence for Technical Training and Human Performance will assist them in identifying the topics and delivery methods to be examined. NATCA recommends participation in this survey. Click here to start the survey. Partic ipation is completely anonymous. SURVEY – IFR/VFR CONFLICTS ATO's Safety and Technical Training group (AJI) has been asked to assess the effectiveness of awareness campaign materials related to IFR/VFR co nflicts. The purpose of this survey is to gather opinions on how IFR and VFR traffic is handled at your facility. The goal at this time is to gather baseline information on the current culture, attitudes, and behaviors related to managing potential IFR/VFR conflicts. The plan is to provide a follow - up survey in about a year, to assess changes in attitudes or behavior related to IFR/VFR conflicts. This IVF/VFR Conflict Attitudes survey is voluntary and all responses are anonymous. No identifiable informatio n is included in this survey. NATCA has recommended participation in this survey. Please click this link to take the survey: http://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/bmp5mY NATCA Safety & Tech Upd ate Week of Sep t. 1 8 , 2017 ATO OPERATIONAL CONTINGENCY GROUP (ATOC) Jason Grider (ZFW) is the Article 114 Representative for NATCA. Also, included in Mr. Grider's duties is Article 114 representation for the Business Continuity Plan (BCP). Mr. Grider's report for this m onth is below: August was a very busy month . Mr. Grider traveled to the c ommand center following the ATC - 0 event at ZDC to participate in a scrub of the event. Mr. Grider was part of a team made up of members of industry and the FAA. The team walked throu gh the event from beginning to end, and documented all of the lessons learned. The team determined that one of the areas that most needs improvement is in communication. It was recommended that a workgroup be put together to find collaborative solutions to the issues found during the scrub.

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