14 December 2007
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
(MOA)
CONCERNING
Air Force Instruction
(AFI) 36-2232, Maintenance Training,
Draft AFMC Supplement,
dated 20 Aug 2007
1. The American Federation of Government
Employees (AFGE) Council 214 and Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), hereafter
referred to as the Union and Management, hereby enter into this MOA regarding the
above matters as they apply to AFGE bargaining unit members covered by the Master
Labor Agreement (MLA) between the Parties.
2. The parties agree that referenced
supplement affects courseware development and reporting responsibilities
related to maintenance training. It does
not introduce changes in workload, create new duties or change performance
management for bargaining unit employees.
The following provisions shall apply:
a. Temporary Recurring Training Requirements
(RTRs) Extensions. Temporary extensions
for RTRs can be approved locally by the Center maintenance (MA) director as
long as they do not violate specific requirements of higher level regulatory
documents. The extensions must be in
writing and a copy maintained by the Center Maintenance Training Manager. Extension requests are routed through Air Logistic Centers (ALCs)/MAW, Aerospace Maintenance and
Regeneration Group (AMARG), Production Acceptance Certification (PAC)/Training
Office Of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for approval by
the Center MA director. The training
provider, if applicable must be notified.
Extensions will not exceed 90 days unless a waiver is obtained from HQ
AFMC/A4. This period is extended to 180
for employees who are on Temporary Duty (TDY).
TDY personnel who have been extended past 90 days will be immediately
retrained upon return, obtain a waiver from HQ AFMC/A4, or be
disqualified/decertified as applicable.
b. Maintenance Training PAC working
groups shall be composed of all product division Maintenance Training Managers
and PAC Program Managers, a representative of the AFGE Local, and chaired by
the center PAC Program Managers.
c. Egress Familiarization/Cockpit Access
Training. All personnel, other than qualified
egress personnel, who require access to cockpits equipped with operational
egress systems, must complete an initial familiarization course that must be
hands-on using an aircraft. When the use
of an actual aircraft is truly not practical, a suitable trainer can be used if
approved by the applicable egress qualification official. This course will include aircraft safe for
maintenance procedures, location and installation procedures of egress safety
devices, cockpit entry/exit procedures, procedures for determining whether or
not an egress component is expended, emergency procedures associated with an
expended egress component and local maintenance concerns identified by the
egress qualification official. Refresher
training will be repeated every 12 months (center option to extend to 15 months
if approved by the Center MA and documented in the local PAC directive) using
an aircraft, maintenance trainer, and/or any media desired by the
instructor. This requirement includes
newly assigned personnel regardless of past experience. If the instructor is not a qualified egress
technician, the training must be witnessed and verified by the applicable
Special Skills Qualification (SSQ) egress qualifying official or an egress
supervisor every 6 months, as a minimum.
The purpose of this course audit is to ensure the adequacy of the course
content and the competence of the instructor.
d. Traditional On-The-Job Training (OJT)
and Structured On-The-Job Training (SOJT) – SOJT will be accomplished by a Work
Leader (WL). When a PAC task
qualified/certified WL is not available to conduct SOJT, a journeyman mechanic
who is PAC certified to conduct the training will be detailed to a WL position
in accordance with MLA Article 20/Details to Bargaining Unit Positions. Traditional OJT will be conducted by a WL or
experienced journeyman (if a qualified WL is not available) who has been
assigned to the employee by the supervisor.
3. The Parties intend to update the 19
November 2002 MOA on Maintenance Training
& Production Acceptance Certification (PAC) Program per AFMCI 21-108 dated 1
May 2002. Until that agreement is
replaced all provisions remain in force.
4. All remedies available under the MLA
or 5 U.S.C. 71 will remain available to the Parties if either party believes
the other has failed to comply with any of the requirements of this MOA.
//SIGNED//
Ellen
Griffith, YC-03 Chief, Depot
Operations Division HQ AFMC/A4D |
//SIGNED// AFGE Council 214 |
|
|
|