Special Skills. Five percent (5%) of the employees (not less than one person) to be laid off within a class within an agency shall be exempt from the seniority factor when the State determines that there is a need for special skills. “Special skills” refers to jobs difficult to fill with a replacement except after extensive training. Where practical, the State will attempt to meets its “special skills” requirements be exempting the employees with the highest seniority among employees with the same special skills. Management decisions on special skills shall be subject to expedited arbitration provided, however, that no back pay remedy shall accrue to any individual employee.
Special Skills. Must have a valid Commercial Drivers License (CDL) from the State of New Jersey within ninety (90) days of obtaining this position and the ability to drive a truck, operate snow removal equipment, operate a backhoe, loader, lift truck, post hole digger and post puller and fork lift in the related job duties and emergencies. Must be able to operate all sign fabrication computerized equipment, including a personal computer.
Special Skills a. So long as the Sixth District shares a radio channel with the Germantown district, involuntary assignments onto a non-rotating day and evening shift will not be made based upon an officer’s intoximeter skill. When the department learns that a separate radio channel will be assigned to the Sixth District, it will use its best efforts to assign Sixth District officers to the next available intoximeter training.
Special Skills a. The Department will seek intoximeter operator volunteers for assignment onto each of the shifts with priority given to the evening and midnight shifts. If there are no intoximeter operator volunteers from within the district, the Department will search countywide for an intoximeter operator volunteer for the available shift hours. If a volunteer from another district is found and based upon bona fide operational need as reasonably determined by the Employer, a shortage is not created within the officer’s originating district, that officer will be permanently assigned to the district that is in need of an intoximeter operator. In the event that no volunteers that meet the above criteria from other districts come forward, the operator(s) will be selected by inverse seniority from the station personnel list. The Department will use its best efforts to assign an officer from the shift on which an intoximeter operator was involuntarily transferred onto, to the next intoximeter training school for which vacancies exist. Once this officer is trained and certified, the officer who was involuntarily transferred will be transferred back to his/her shift.
Special Skills a. The Department needs two certified breathalyzer operators assigned to the midnight shift in each district. The two operators will initially be selected from the volunteer list. If there are no breathalyzer operator volunteers from within the district, the department will search countywide for a breathalyzer operator volunteer. If a volunteer from another district is found, that officer will be permanently assigned to the district. The vacant position that is created from the resulting transfer will be filled by the transfer, from the district, of an officer on the basis of inverse seniority. In the event that no volunteers come forward, the operator(s) will be selected by inverse seniority from the station personnel list. The Department will use its best efforts to assign an officer from the midnight shift to the next breathalyzer training school from which vacancies exist. Once this officer is trained and certified, the officer involuntarily transferred to the midnight shift will be transferred back to his/her shift at the end of the fiscal year quarter following the quarter in which the training occurred.
Special Skills. When the EMPLOYER requests a qualified applicant with special skills and abilities, the Union shall refer, to the best of their ability, such EMPLOYEE who is qualified to perform the work.
Special Skills. When a particular employee with special skills, knowledge or qualifications is needed to perform the work, the Employer is not required to offer voluntary overtime assignments. These may include, but are not limited to, Canine Officers, SWAT team members, Task Force, Detectives, DARE or other specialized assignments not mentioned. Nothing in this section limits the employer to the number and type of specialized and skilled personnel employed.
Special Skills. The District may choose when conducting a layoff to retain an employee who would normally have been laid-off because of the special skills, training, or abilities that the employee to be retained has which are required for the position. In exercising this right, the District will notify the Federation of the District’s intent to implement this exemption option and will discuss the reasons for exercising the exemption process with the Federation.
Special Skills. Must have valid New Jersey drivers license and the ability to drive a truck, operate snow equipment, operate a backhoe, loader and fork lift in the related job duties and emergencies. Must have a valid Commercial Drivers License (“CDL”) from the State of NJ within ninety (90) days of obtaining this position.
Special Skills. The District may choose when conducting a layoff to retain an employee who would normally have been laid-off because of the special skills, training, or abilities that the employee to be retained has which are required for the position. In exercising this right, the District will notify the Federation of the District’s intent to implement this exemption option and will discuss the reasons for exercising the exemption process with the Federation. The District and PFSP agree employees who are in positions that require specialized training or certificates as required by the grantor (i.e. federal funds) will be considered as exempted from bumping unless the more senior employee has the required training.
