ZAB center controller observed a staff specialist working a sector to attain proficiency time leave ...

Narrative:

I was working one sector [and a staff person getting their monthly proficiency time] was plugged in to work [another sector]. [They] were talking really fast like it was busy; so I was quicklooking [their radar scope]. [They] had an aircraft on present heading for a long time right towards an area of high terrain with MSAW (minimum safe altitude warning) alerting. Believing [they] didnt see it; I called the d-side (assist) to tell them to turn the aircraft. [The staff person] issued a vector that was vastly insufficient and still ran the aircraft through an area of high terrain even after being notified.[this person] likes to come down and keep currency which is fine; but [they] are always working like it is busy when in point of fact it really isn't. [They] seem unable to safely work moderate levels of traffic safely; as demonstrated above. [This person] is a distraction to the area when keeping currency because of talking so loud and fast like it's super busy and distracts the other controllers. I would recommend skill enhancement [to] safely keep their currency; because as of now [they aren't] proficient when working; and creating a distraction as well as a safety risk.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZAB Center Controller observed a staff specialist working a sector to attain proficiency time leave an aircraft on a vector below the Minimum Vectoring Altitude even though the Low Altitude Alert was activated.

Narrative: I was working one sector [and a staff person getting their monthly proficiency time] was plugged in to work [another sector]. [They] were talking really fast like it was busy; so I was quicklooking [their radar scope]. [They] had an aircraft on present heading for a long time right towards an area of high terrain with MSAW (Minimum Safe Altitude Warning) alerting. Believing [they] didnt see it; I called the D-side (Assist) to tell them to turn the aircraft. [The staff person] issued a vector that was vastly insufficient and still ran the aircraft through an area of high terrain even after being notified.[This person] likes to come down and keep currency which is fine; but [they] are always working like it is busy when in point of fact it really isn't. [They] seem unable to safely work moderate levels of traffic safely; as demonstrated above. [This person] is a distraction to the area when keeping currency because of talking so loud and fast like it's super busy and distracts the other controllers. I would recommend skill enhancement [to] safely keep their currency; because as of now [they aren't] proficient when working; and creating a distraction as well as a safety risk.

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	1667173
Time
Date	201907
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZAB.ARTCC
State Reference	NM
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 7.0
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

ZAB center controller observed a staff specialist working a sector to attain proficiency time leave an aircraft on a vector below the minimum vectoring altitude even though the low altitude alert was activated.