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<section article="ghs" article_name="Housing and Community Development" number="16-302" title_number="16" title_name="Montgomery County" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Collective Bargaining">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Montgomery Commission employees are divided into two bargaining units:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the office/professional/technical unit; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the service/labor/trade unit.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The office/professional/technical unit includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>office classification titles in which employees are responsible for communications, recording and retrieving information, and paperwork required in an office;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>professional classification titles in which employees have special or theoretical knowledge that usually is acquired through college training, other training that provides comparable knowledge, or work experience;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>paraprofessional classification titles in which employees perform, in a supportive role, some duties of a professional or technician that usually require less formal training or experience than those duties performed by those with professional or technical status; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>technical classification titles in which employees have both basic scientific or technical knowledge and manual skill that are usually acquired through specialized postsecondary school education or through equivalent on-the-job training.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The service/labor/trade unit includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>classification titles in which employees:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>perform service and maintenance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may operate specialized machinery or heavy equipment; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>have duties that contribute to the comfort and convenience of the public or to the upkeep and care of Montgomery Commission buildings, facilities, or grounds; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>classification titles in which employees must have a special manual skill and thorough knowledge of processes that are acquired through on-the-job training, experience, apprenticeship, or formal training programs.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
