ARTCC RADAR CTLR CONCERNED WITH FACILITY RESECTORIZATION STAFFING PROCS. TOOK 5 MINS FOR SUPVR TO OBTAIN DATA CTLR ASSISTANT DURING PERCEIVED WORKLOAD INCREASE.

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I WAS WORKING THE BONHAM SPECIALTY MCALESTER HIGH RADAR POS COMBINED WITH THE RADAR ASSOCIATE POS AND ASKED FOR A RADAR ASSOCIATE DUE TO WORKLOAD. IT TOOK MORE THAN 5 MINS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS ARE: ZFW HAS ADDED AN EXTRA AREA FOR A TOTAL OF 7; NOT FOR TFC PURPOSES BUT TO ALLOW THE PHYSICAL SETUP OF POS IN THE NEW CTL ROOM WING (DSSR). HOWEVER; WITH ONLY A FRACTION OF THE CTLRS CERTIFIED ON ALL SECTORS WITHIN AN AREA OF SPECIALIZATION AND THE SAME NUMBER OF CTLRS NOW WORKING 7 AREAS INSTEAD OF 6; THE NUMBER OF 'BODIES' HAS TO BE DIVIDED BY 7 -- RESULTING IN A SHORTAGE IN STAFFING. IN SOME CASES; USING 7-8 CTLRS TO DO THE SAME WORK AS 10-12 PLUS BEFORE; WITH FEWER YET CERTIFIED ON ALL POS. MGMNT HAS STATED 'WE WILL MAKE THIS WORK NO MATTER WHAT' AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE PUT SAFETY AS A LOWER PRIORITY TO MAKE THIS '7TH AREA WORK;' REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING ELSE. TO CORRECT THIS; AN OUTSIDE SOURCE HAS TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE THAT IT IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE. EITHER ADD MORE STAFFING OR GO BACK TO 6 AREAS.