Reporter states while working radar position; aircraft X and aircraft Y had a loss of separation. Re...

Narrative:

While working [sector] west which is mia south departure; tmb arrival and departure; hst air reserve base arrival and departure and also the position that handles two sky dive businesses both of which were active and flying during this tour on west. The radar room was short of staffing due to operation's manager decreeing that all controllers not current on elms courses must have them current before being assigned a position. There were even controllers doing elms's in the radar room at the supervisor's position. My position of responsibility was getting busier and busier and tmb was requesting releases; hst air reserve base was requesting releases. I was unable to answer the line for either tmb or hst. I asked for help in the form of splitting the position. No help came. There wasn't anybody available due to elms's. I; the west position; have always been a position that in most minds at work should be split but seldom is. I finally got help and as I was trying to start a briefing I had aircraft X southbound and aircraft Y northbound. They were opposite direction to each other and passed 700 to 800 ft apart. No TCAS; no mention from the pilots; nothing at all. Splitting west and having more supervision regarding the operation and not paperwork should be the focus. Elms courses should be assigned with the operation in mind not the other way around. We all need to have bean counters but not at the cost of stripping the operation of man power.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Reporter states while working radar position; Aircraft X and Aircraft Y had a loss of separation. Reporter attributes loss of separation to inadequate staffing because other's were doing other duties as assigned.

Narrative: While working [Sector] W which is MIA South departure; TMB arrival and departure; HST Air Reserve Base arrival and departure and also the position that handles two sky dive businesses both of which were active and flying during this tour on W. The radar room was short of staffing due to Operation's Manager decreeing that all Controllers not current on ELMS courses must have them current before being assigned a position. There were even controllers doing ELMS's in the radar room at the Supervisor's position. My position of responsibility was getting busier and busier and TMB was requesting releases; HST Air Reserve Base was requesting releases. I was unable to answer the line for either TMB or HST. I asked for help in the form of splitting the position. No help came. There wasn't anybody available due to ELMS's. I; the W position; have always been a position that in most minds at work should be split but seldom is. I finally got help and as I was trying to start a briefing I had Aircraft X southbound and Aircraft Y northbound. They were opposite direction to each other and passed 700 to 800 FT apart. No TCAS; no mention from the pilots; nothing at all. Splitting W and having more supervision regarding the operation and not paperwork should be the focus. ELMS courses should be assigned with the operation in mind not the other way around. We all need to have bean counters but not at the cost of stripping the operation of man power.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1162063
Time
Date	201404
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Small Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Departure
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 29
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Miss Distance	Vertical 800

Reporter states while working radar position; aircraft X and aircraft Y had a loss of separation. Reporter attributes loss of separation to inadequate staffing because other's were doing other duties as assigned.