Draft Recommendation 3.2(2)/1 (CBS-16) SATELLITE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGISTS THE COMMISSION FOR SYSTEMS, Recalls the request of the Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress to technical commissions to assign high priority to the development of job competency standards within the area of responsibility of each of the commissions; Recognizes that the levels of skill and knowledge of operational meteorologists related to satellite data are not matching the needs of many Members; Notes that the proposed guidance document Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists developed within the WMO-CGMS VLab describes the underpinning skills supporting the WMO Competency areas that relate to the use of satellite data by operational meteorologists; Stresses that the guidance document should be used in conjunction with addressing the WMO qualification and competency definitions, for example to assist trainers in developing appropriate learning objectives for satellite-related elements of their courses; Recommends to endorse the proposed Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists, and that it be linked to, or included in, the forthcoming on Competency under development by the WMO ETR Programme. __________ 1 Annex to draft Recommendation 3.2(2)/1 (CBS-16) W O R L D M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N ______________________________________________________
Draft Recommendation 3.2(2)/1 (CBS-16) SATELLITE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE FOR OPERATIONAL METEOROLOGISTS THE COMMISSION FOR SYSTEMS, Recalls the request of the Sixteenth World Meteorological Congress to technical commissions to assign high priority to the development of job competency standards within the area of responsibility of each of the commissions; Recognizes that the levels of skill and knowledge of operational meteorologists related to satellite data are not matching the needs of many Members; Notes that the proposed guidance document Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists developed within the WMO-CGMS VLab describes the underpinning skills supporting the WMO Competency areas that relate to the use of satellite data by operational meteorologists; Stresses that the guidance document should be used in conjunction with addressing the WMO qualification and competency definitions, for example to assist trainers in developing appropriate learning objectives for satellite-related elements of their courses; Recommends to endorse the proposed Satellite Skills and Knowledge for Operational Meteorologists, and that it be linked to, or included in, the forthcoming on Competency under development by the WMO ETR Programme. __________ 1 Annex to draft Recommendation 3.2(2)/1 (CBS-16) W O R L D M E T E O R O L O G I C A L O R G A N I Z A T I O N ______________________________________________________
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