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WMO Job Competencies Strategy

WMO; Education and Training Programme

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Responses to ETR Office survey

Regional ResponseTotal Members in Region

Number of Responses

“Development Status” in Region (number of responses in

(brackets))A B C

RA I 53 16 46 (12) 6 (3) 1 (1)RA II 36 15 18 (3) 8 (5) 10 (7)RA III 12 7 4 (1) 3 (2) 5 (4)RA IV 23 12 13 (8) 7 (3) 3 (2)RA V 21 13 14 (7) 2 (1) 5 (5)RA VI 46 39 9 (6) 14 (11) 23 (5)Non Member 2 2       Totals 193 104

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Overall staff numbers

 

Numbers of Members with staffing of Number A B C

Less than 4 1 1    

Between 4 and 7 1 1    

Between 8 and 15 3 3    

Between 16 and 31 7 6 1  

Between 32 and 63 4 3 1  

Between 64 and 127 14 10 2 2

Between 128 and 255 18 7 6 5

Between 256 and 511 23 4 9 10

Between 512 and 1023 10 2 4 4

Between 1024 and 2047 13 1 1 11

Between 2048 and 4195 4   1 3

Between 4196 and 8391 4     4

More than 8392 2     2

Total number of Responses 104 38 25 41

Estimate total globalNMHS workforce to beof the order of200,000 to220,000

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Staffing Profiles

Reported staff numbers

Organisation entity Professional Technical Other Total

Weather Services 27574 9072 8645 45291

Climate Services 3106 1140 316 4562

Hydrological Services 1989 1351 1605 4945

Observations 17156 7684 4399 29239

Communications and Computing 6623 1880 1430 9933

Administration and Management 19025 2755 7556 29336

Oceanography (not asked) 99   110 209

Agrometeorology (not asked) 200 120 20 340

Research (not asked) 1756 89 157 2002

Training 1009 192 451 1652

Environmental monitoring 1531 871 1988 4390

Other support functions 3971 2121 5121 11213

Equipment Maintenance and Installation 2235 1336 666 4237

  86,274 28,611 32,464 147349

Total staff over all categories * 147,349     147349

WMO contextWMO context

WMO Congress Cg-16 (2011) recommended that all technical commissions make definition of competency standards a high priority

At global level, best not to link capability to perform job tasks to a qualification or classification Members run their services differently Allows members to set their own formal academic qualifications

Competencies provide high level “standard” descriptions of job tasks Minimum level of knowledge, skills and behaviors Members can then adapt to suit national requirements

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What are Competencies?What are Competencies?

Focus on the key aspects of job tasks Exist alongside defined work processes and

procedures Can be observed Are ongoing and evolve only slowly Are the responsibility of the service area (PWS,

Marine, Aeronautical …) to define, not the training area

Related concepts (but not job competencies)Related concepts (but not job competencies)

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Classifications (also not competencies)Classifications (also not competencies)

Meteorologist/Meteorological Technician or other national designation

Determined by qualifications (not competencies) Usually linked to pay grades or scales Are usually achieved early in career Do not directly relate to the work tasks An individual could be qualified to meet a

classification (i.e., they have a degree) but not be competent to carry out job tasks

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How do competencies fit?How do competencies fit?

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Increased workforce capability

Requirementsflow

Responsible bodiesResponsible bodies

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Technical Commisions responsible for developing qualifications and competencies in their domains of expertise (Cg-16)

Technical Commissions

Technical Programmes

CBS All programmes under WWW Active areas are WIS, PWS, and Tropical Cyclones)

CAeM Aeronautical meteorology

CHy Hydrology and water resources

CCL Climate

CIMO Observations

CAgM Agricultural meteorology

JCOMM Marine and oceanography

ETR Panel: Competencies for training providers. Also coordinates across TPs to develop competencies. EC Panel reviews.

See updates at http://training.wmo.int (under Training Activities)

Standards and Recommended PractisesStandards and Recommended Practises

Standards – must comply Aeronautical Meteorological Forecasters and

Observers – competencies 1 December 2013 qualifications (AMF only) 1 December 2016

Recommended practises – should comply Trainers General Forecaster other PWS competencies – to be

discussed at CBS in September Marine meteorology competencies to be discussed at

JCOMM MG Climate service provider competencies at CCl in July

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DocumentationDocumentation

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WMO Technical RegulationsWMO – No. 49 Vol I

Part II Chapter 4 Definition of BIP-M/MT

Part II Chapter 5 Competencies

AMF / AMOTrainers

Regulations Manual / Guides

WMO-No. 1083 BIP-M

New publication to come on competency development

and assment

Material on CAeM website

Trainer publication

Organizational versus individual competenciesOrganizational versus individual competencies

Governments pay for organization competencies: capabilities of the organization as a whole to carry out its mission

NMHSs determine their work forces Either everyone can do everything, Or teams are built so that the they collectively

meet the competencies.

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Competency statement format Competency statement format (based on CAeM (based on CAeM competencies)competencies)

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PWS competenciesPWS competencies

In 2010, CBS took action to develop competencies in PWS and for client relations.

General forecasting competencies will be the foundation for each of the specialist areas.

EC Panel Members have already provided comments and feedback to the PWS OPAG.

Earlier versions have been circulated to the ETR community, Gerald Flemming from Ireland leading the coordination of the PWS competency development

Discussed during SYMET 2013

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Top level PWS competency statementsTop level PWS competency statements

1. Analyse and continually monitor the evolving meteorological and/or hydrological situation;

2. Interpret observational and model data to forecast meteorological and hydrological phenomena and parameters;

3 Develop forecast products and warnings of hazardous and high-impact phenomena;

4 Ensure the quality of meteorological and hydrological information, systems and services;

5 Effectively communicate meteorological and hydrological information, together with associated uncertainties where appropriate, to internal and external users.

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PWS - General ConsiderationsPWS - General Considerations

FUNDAMENTAL WMO/PWS COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR A WEATHER FORECASTERThe competency requirements for the work of an operational forecaster can be divided into five top level competency areas. Taking into consideration the following:The nationally-defined PWS areas of responsibility;meteorological and hydrological impacts on society; and,meteorological and hydrological user requirements, local procedures and priorities,

a PWS Weather Forecaster should have successfully completed the BIP-M1(as defined in the revised WMO-No 49, Volume I), and, in taking into account conditions a to c, should be able to perform the work indicated in the five top level competencies below:

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PWS – Competency statement and descriptionPWS – Competency statement and description

Analyse and continually monitor the evolving meteorological and hydrological situation

Analyse and interpret all available data to correctly identify weather features relevant to (or, likely to be relevant to) the area of forecast responsibility;

1.1 Background knowledge and skills Applies the theory, methods and practices of meteorological and/or hydrological analysis and diagnosis;Shows the ability to visualize/conceptualize meteorological and/or hydrological information in multiple dimensions (spatial, temporal);

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Tailoring WMO competencies to national levelTailoring WMO competencies to national level

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WMO Tech RegsWMO-No. 49

High level statements

Second level statements from WMO guides or websites

Adaption to national level by met service provider

www.wmo.int

Thank you for your attentionJeff Wilson, Director, Education and Training Programme

Patrick Parrish, Chief of Training Activities