TRACON CTLR COMPLAINT REFERENCE ATCT LCL CTLR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SEPARATION BETWEEN DEPARTING TRAFFIC AND ORBITING HELICOPTER NEAR ARPT. ACFT IN TCA; SO SEPARATION REQUIRED. OPERATIONAL ERRORS.

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SMA X DEPARTED HNL ARPT AND MADE RADIO CONTACT WITH ME; N RADAR CTLR. I DID NOT OBSERVE A PRIMARY TARGET OR BEACON GENERATED TARGET; SO I ROGERED HIS XMISSION. THEN; I OBSERVED A PRIMARY TARGET LESS THAN A MILE N OF HELI Y AND INSTRUCTED X TO RESET HIS TRANSPONDER. ACFT Y; A GOVT HELI; WAS ORBITING 1-2 MI N OF THE ARPT. THE TWR DID NOT COORDINATE WITH ME THE INTENTIONS OF Y AND IF VISUAL SEP WAS BEING APPLIED TO HIS NW DEPS. I THEN HAD RADAR CONTACT WITH X ABOUT A MILE N OF Y. X WAS INDICATING 700' AND Y APPEARED TO BE AT 500'. I ASKED X IF HE HAD THE HELI IN SIGHT. X SAID HE HAD THE HELI IN SIGHT; BUT THE TWR DID NOT ADVISE HIM OF THE HELI TFC. THIS SAME INCIDENT HAPPENED TO ANOTHER ACFT DEPARTING EBND WITH ANOTHER RADAR CTLR. FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT WAS THE TWR CTLR'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE IN DIRECTIVES; IE; HANDBOOK 7110.65E; PARAGRAPH 2-21 TFC ADVISORIES AND PARAGRAPH 5-64;C--ENSURING THAT POTENTIAL CONFLICTS ARE RESOLVED PRIOR TO TRANSFERRING RADIO COMS. TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE OF THIS INCIDENT THE TWR CTLR INVOLVED SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORK THE LCL CTLR POS UNTIL HE HAS BEEN THROUGH A REMEDIAL TRNING CLASS AND BEEN RECERTIFIED. AN AREA MGR HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS INCIDENT AND NO STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN THIS FAC TO PREVENT THIS PARTICULAR CTLR OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT. THIS MAKES ME VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I AM A PVT PLT AND WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE IF I HEARD THIS PARTICULAR CTLR ON THE RADIO.