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ARTICLE 19 <br />SHIFT EXCHANGE <br />19.01 Effective the beginning of the first pay period after Union ratification and County approval of <br />this Agreement, employees may exchange shifts up to a maximum of twelve (12) shifts or <br />partial shifts of four (4) hours or more and six (6) partial shifts less than four (4) hours each <br />fiscal year when the change does not interfere with the operations of the Fire Department, <br />and when prior approval is granted at the discretion of the Emergency Services Director or <br />his designee. Each shift or partial shift exchange shall be considered an occurrence. Shift or <br />partial shift exchanges are limited to no more than 3 occurrences consecutively regardless of <br />the fiscal year they would occur. Any leave contemplated under this Agreement taken <br />between shift exchanges shall be considered an occurrence towards the 3 consecutive limit, <br />but not towards the fiscal year total, under this section. Chit forms or any other method <br />authorized by the Emergency Services Director shall be used for this purpose. <br />19.01.1 The Emergency Services Director may provide a carve out for education. <br />19.01.2 The Firefighter Fair Chairman may assign up to seventy (70) full or partial <br />standby arrangements <br />19.01.3 The Union President may assign up to seventy (70) full or partial standby <br />arrangements. <br />19.02 The exchanging employees shall both be of equal classification, including solo paramedic per <br />section 33.10, and out -of -rank eligible. Deviations from this provision may only be approved <br />by the Emergency Services Director or his designee in his sole discretion. Any such approval <br />shall be on a case by case basis and shall not establish a past practice when considering <br />future requests. <br />19.03 The submitted request for a shift exchange shall indicate the shift date that each employee <br />will work for each other, and the dates shall be within the same fiscal year unless a longer <br />period is approved by the Emergency Services Director or his designee. Failure to provide <br />32 <br />