Medium Large Transport
Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 7.0
Workload; Distraction; Communication Breakdown; Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert
Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
Ground Control cleared Flight AB on local IFR flight plan; Flight AB requested own navigation to VOR for full procedure at 2;000 feet. The MVA throughout most of ZZZ airspace is 2;400 feet and normal practice is to clear all IFR aircraft above the MVA. Ground Control did not coordinate the abnormal altitude with Local Control. I did not catch the altitude and due to traffic Flight AB could not get own navigation on departure. I issued a departure heading to Flight AB to avoid traffic that put Flight AB into a MVA of 2;400 feet.Ground Control should only issue IFR aircraft altitudes at or above MVA.
Flight AB was assigned 2;000 feet from the Clearance Delivery position on a local IFR flight plan. The request was to fly their own navigation for full VOR Runway XX circle to Runway X approach. Flight AB was assigned a 080 heading on departure that goes into a 2;400 foot MVA area. The weather at the airport was 10 miles/CLR. I climbed the aircraft to 3;000 feet to get them above the MVA and started the process of getting him on course to the VOR for their approach. There was training on Local Control taking place and social distancing guidelines make it difficult for the OJTI to review the strip marking. The 080 heading is near 180 degrees off what the Departure Controller would expect. The Local Controller should coordinate aircraft that are that far out range of their flight plan. Review of strips prior to sending it the approach would help all controllers be on the same page.
TRACON Controllers reported social distancing; during the training period; may have contributed to an incorrect altitude assigned to the aircraft.