LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION WHEN SPC CLIMBED TO THE ALT OCCUPIED BY INBOUND BMB.

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WORKING THE HDOF POS FOR PALMDALE SECTOR AT EDW RAPCON I RELEASED SPC X CLBING NBOUND TO 11000'. THE SECTOR WAS BUSY WITH TRNING GOING ON AT THE RADAR. 2 MINS LATER ZLA MADE A HDOF TO US WITH BMB Y SEBND AT 11000'. I TOOK THE HDOF AND THEN REALIZED SPC X WOULD BE A FACTOR SO I CALLED PALMDALE TWR TO RESTRICT SPC X TO 10000'. TWR ADVISED THEY WEREN'T TALKING TO SPC X. I TOLD THE RADAR CTLR ABOUT THE SITUATION BUT NOTHING WAS DONE. SPC X CAME OFF WITH NO TRANSPONDER AND NORDO. BMB Y SAID HE WAS TURNING TO THE RIGHT TO MISS SPC X. SPC X CALLED AFTER HE'D PASS BMB Y. IN MY OPINION THE RADAR CTLR SHOULD HAVE TURNED BMB Y TO AVOID THE PROJECTED FLT PATH OF SPC X AS SOON AS THE SITUATION WAS BROUGHT TO LIGHT. ALSO I; BEING JUST RECENTLY CERTIFIED ON THE POS WITH VIRTUALLY NO TIME ON THE POS SINCE BEING CERTIFIED; SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE. THE EMPHASIS TO RUN PEOPLE THROUGH THE TRNING PROGRAM W/O SEASONING ON A POS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: RPTR HAS BEEN AT THIS FAC FOR 4 MONTHS AND HAS VERY RECENTLY CERTIFIED ON THIS RADAR HDOF POS AND ITS ASSOCIATED RADAR POS. AFTER QUALIFYING ON THESE 2 POSITIONS; RPTR WAS IMMEDIATELY PUT INTO TRNING ON THE NEXT POS. RPTR DOES NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE ON THESE 2 POSITIONS BECAUSE HE WORKS THEM SO SELDOMLY. HE ADVOCATES THAT THE FAC ALLOW A NEWLY CERTIFIED CTLR TO WORK THE NEW POS FOR AT LEAST 20 HRS OF SEASONING BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT POSITION. RE: THE SYSTEM ERROR IN THE RPT; RPTR WAS HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LESS THAN STANDARD SEPARATION INCIDENT BECAUSE HE FAILED TO NOTIFY THE RADAR CTLR IN TIME TO PREVENT THE LOSS OF SEPARATION. RPTR APPARENTLY TOOK THE HDOF ON THE INBOUND BMB AND THEN TOOK SOME TIME BEFORE HE REALIZED THE PENDING CONFLICT. HE WAS FAULTED FOR NOT REMEMBERING THE RELEASED SPC AND RESTRICTING THE ALT OF THE INBOUND BMB AT THE TIME OF HDOF.