diff --git a/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/BrAPIObservationLevelNamesController.java b/src/main/java/org/breedinginsight/brapi/v2/BrAPIObservationLevelNamesController.java
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+/*
+ * See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.breedinginsight.brapi.v2;
+
+import io.micronaut.http.HttpResponse;
+import io.micronaut.http.HttpStatus;
+import io.micronaut.http.annotation.Controller;
+import io.micronaut.http.annotation.Get;
+import io.micronaut.http.annotation.PathVariable;
+import io.micronaut.http.annotation.QueryValue;
+import io.micronaut.security.annotation.Secured;
+import io.micronaut.security.rules.SecurityRule;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.brapi.client.v2.ApiResponse;
+import org.brapi.client.v2.model.exceptions.ApiException;
+import org.brapi.client.v2.modules.phenotype.ObservationUnitsApi;
+import org.brapi.v2.model.BrAPIIndexPagination;
+import org.brapi.v2.model.BrAPIMetadata;
+import org.brapi.v2.model.pheno.BrAPIObservationUnitHierarchyLevel;
+import org.brapi.v2.model.pheno.response.BrAPIObservationLevelListResponse;
+import org.brapi.v2.model.pheno.response.BrAPIObservationLevelListResponseResult;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.auth.ProgramSecured;
+import org.breedinginsight.api.auth.ProgramSecuredRoleGroup;
+import org.breedinginsight.brapi.v1.controller.BrapiVersion;
+import org.breedinginsight.daos.ProgramDAO;
+import org.breedinginsight.model.BrAPIConstants;
+import org.breedinginsight.model.Program;
+import org.breedinginsight.services.ProgramService;
+import org.breedinginsight.services.brapi.BrAPIEndpointProvider;
+import org.breedinginsight.utilities.Utilities;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Slf4j
+@Controller("/${micronaut.bi.api.version}/programs/{programId}" + BrapiVersion.BRAPI_V2)
+@Secured(SecurityRule.IS_AUTHENTICATED)
+public class BrAPIObservationLevelNamesController {
+
+    private final BrAPIEndpointProvider brAPIEndpointProvider;
+    private final ProgramDAO programDAO;
+    private final ProgramService programService;
+
+    @Inject
+    public BrAPIObservationLevelNamesController(BrAPIEndpointProvider brAPIEndpointProvider, ProgramDAO programDAO, ProgramService programService) {
+        this.brAPIEndpointProvider = brAPIEndpointProvider;
+        this.programDAO = programDAO;
+        this.programService = programService;
+    }
+
+    @Get("/observationlevelnames")
+    @ProgramSecured(roleGroups = {ProgramSecuredRoleGroup.PROGRAM_SCOPED_ROLES})
+    public HttpResponse<BrAPIObservationLevelListResponse> observationlevelNamesGet(@PathVariable("programId") UUID programId,
+                                                                                       @Nullable @QueryValue("page") Integer page,
+                                                                                       @Nullable @QueryValue("pageSize") Integer pageSize) {
+
+        log.debug("fetching observation level names for programId: " + programId);
+
+        Optional<Program> program = programService.getById(programId);
+        if(program.isEmpty()) {
+            log.warn("Program id: " + programId + " not found");
+            return HttpResponse.notFound();
+        }
+
+        String programDbId = program.get().getBrapiProgram().getProgramDbId();
+        ObservationUnitsApi api = brAPIEndpointProvider.get(programDAO.getCoreClient(programId), ObservationUnitsApi.class);
+
+        try {
+            ApiResponse<BrAPIObservationLevelListResponse> response = api.observationlevelsGet(null, null, programDbId, page == null ? 0 : page, pageSize == null ? 1000 : pageSize);
+
+            BrAPIIndexPagination responsePagination = (BrAPIIndexPagination) response.getBody().getMetadata().getPagination();
+            List<BrAPIObservationUnitHierarchyLevel> levelNames = new ArrayList<>();
+            if(response.getBody() != null) {
+                levelNames = response.getBody().getResult().getData().stream().filter(level -> !level.getLevelName().equals(BrAPIConstants.REPLICATE.getValue()) && !level.getLevelName().equals(BrAPIConstants.BLOCK.getValue()))
+                        .collect(Collectors.toList());
+            }
+
+            log.debug(String.format("found %d observation level names", levelNames.size()));
+
+            return HttpResponse.ok(new BrAPIObservationLevelListResponse().metadata(new BrAPIMetadata().pagination(responsePagination))
+                   .result(new BrAPIObservationLevelListResponseResult().data(levelNames)));
+        } catch (ApiException e) {
+            log.error(Utilities.generateApiExceptionLogMessage(e), "Error fetching observation level names");
+            return HttpResponse.status(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, "Error finding observation level names");
+        }
+    }
+}