PHASE THREE. A fireman who is not able to successfully complete a territorial examination and skills performance check ride given at the completion of the maximum time allowed for Phase Two trips as set forth in B.2., this Article, will enter Phase Three of main-line trips. Said fireman will be notified in writing, with a copy to the Local Chairman, UTU-E, prior to entry into Phase Three. Phase three trips will consist of not less than 30, and not more than 60, days of additional qualification trips over the territory in which the fireman is expected to pass a territorial exam and skills performance check ride. After completion of the third phase, the fireman will be given a territorial examination and a skills performance check ride which will include a company officer other than the officer who administered the final Phase Two check ride to the employee, the satisfactory completion of which will result in the fireman being promoted to locomotive engineer and receiving a certificate and qualification as a train service engineer. C.1. Firemen who are off for a period of more than 30 consecutive days during Phase Two shall, upon their return to service, have their Phase Two time period extended by not less than the number of days missed or not less than the duration absent (whichever is greater) to a maximum of the standard Phase Two time for the District. C.2. Failure to satisfactorily complete hostling training as set forth in Section A.3. of Article II, the midterm examination in Section B. I of Article II or Phase Three student engineer training as set forth in Section B.3 of Article II; or failure to satisfactorily pass the required examinations or the final skills performance simulator exam in B.1.5 of Article II with a score of not less than 85%, after the second attempt during the classroom and simulator training set forth in this agreement, will result in the Fireman's release from the training program. Upon release from the training program, any FRA certification obtained pursuant to this agreement shall be considered invalid and the employee will forfeit any certificate associated therewith.
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