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En route Consoles - AJV - 7 took over responsibility for the work on En route consoles. The agency needs to replace the consoles in all centers. The new voice switches coming soon and the possibility of larger monitors increases the need for new co nsoles. AJV - 7 will be the lead on this project to determine what solutions are feasible. Terminal Work Package 1 - T he demo was completed and high - level requirement documents will be developed from that work. Terminal work package 1 is now part of th e TAMR program. Terminal CHI - The team is still working with TFDM on several CHI efforts in that program. HUMAN PERFORMANCE Jay Barrett (MIA) is the Article 114 Representative for Human Performance. His report is below. Human Factors Activities F11 (TR ACON Certification Standards) — We have some minor issues from standards usage at F11. Most of the issues revolve around the database creation and the ease of filling out the standards checklist. Also , as was expected , there is some misunderstanding on per forming benchmark skills checks. We have had a member on site to monitor answer questions and help the facility stay on track. We will continue this level of support for the foreseeable future. N90 - We have been asked by the NDIS workgroup to provide hum an performance material to be included in the core curriculum at N90. We also intend to do manager training and workshops for the SAIC instructors in late October. These will be followed by workforce briefings concerning the overall NDIS process as well as the training and rollout of the standards. Controller training on the standards will begin in early January. Safety Culture Assessment - The report is still being compiled and edited. Expect release of this by end of October. We have been working on an OJTI instructor manual. This document started in OKC with CAMI, but Tom Adcock and I felt it was too cumbersome to ever be used in the field. We have a group of five people working on scrubbing it and making it more manageable/useful. We hope to have thi s completed by year - end. It could be another tool for the N90 effort. Health & Wellness There has been movement on getting the human performance material into the AT Basics curriculum in OKC. The NDIS workgroup feels, as we do, that the new hires could be nefit from having these lessons as early as possible. We have been provided two contractors from the Ft. Hill group to help us complete the AT Basics material as well as out ATC survival guide. The goal is to have a full time contractor at the academy to deliver the HP content to the students. Fatigue ZOA - Actigraphs should arrive any day from ZOA. We can then complete the assessment of how much sleep is being obtained.