B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Confusion; Situational Awareness
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Issued New Clearance
Human Factors; Airspace Structure; Procedure
I have less than 20 hours of experience at the sector after certification. It is a new sector; as a result of the airspace redesign. I took the hand off on an A320 out of FL310 climbing to FL360. As I took the hand off; I realized that his climb was in confliction with the B757 at FL350. Being new to the sector; I ran through the options I had to resolve the confliction. I decided not to stop the A320's climb at FL340; because I would have been stopping him in another sector; and they had converging traffic at FL340. I decided to turn the A320; and did the coordination to turn him while he was still outside my airspace. I asked the A320 if he could be level at FL360 in time to clear the B757. I did not issue a time clearance. He said he would be level; but I still issued the turn away from the B757. As I watched the situation; I realized that the A320 would not top the B757; so I turned the B757. I did not turn both aircraft enough to ensure 5 miles of separation. Recommendation; possibly have a requirement in the SOP for Sectors X and Y only climb southbound traffic to FL340 and hand them off to Sector Z if they will not be level at FL360 or higher within 10 miles of crossing the common sector boundary. Additionally I lack experience/time at the sector due to the facility's airspace redesign.
Enroute Controller described a loss of separation event when failing to issue corrective action in a timely manner; the reporter listed experience level and familiarity with new airspace as contributing factors.