1. Bureau of Meteorology Training Centre

2. BMTC Structure 2017/18 Onwards
Principal
BMTC
Mr Duncan Tippins
Supervisor
Meteorology Initial
Training
Dr Mick Pope
Supervisor
OOT Group
Mr Paul Froude
SRTG
Supervisor
NFD Group
Mr Nick Bright
National Meteorological
Library
Ms Lily Gao
Ms Galina Brejneva
Administration &
Building Management
Sandra Mifsud
Jodie Daniels
Ron Jarmyn
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3. Meteorologist Initial Training Team
Key Responsibilities
Graduate Diploma in Meteorology (35 weeks)
Basic Instructional Package – Meteorology (26 weeks) 
Virtual Laboratory
Contributing to Introduction to Meteorology course delivery.

4. Observing Operations Training
Key Responsibilities
Radar Initial course (online + 6 weeks) 
Antarctic Observer course (9 weeks)
Hydrogen Generation course (1 weeks)
AWS Operational Support Course (online + 4 weeks)
AWS Site Evaluation Course (online + 2 weeks)
Flood Warning Network Support Course (online + 1 week)
Aerodrome Weather Observer Course (online + 1 week)

5. National Forecaster Development
Key Responsibilities
Aviation Meteorological Forecasting (AMF) competency assessments.
Severe Thunderstorm competency assessments
Fire Weather Competency Assessments
Tropical Cyclone Competency Assessments
Tsunami Competency Assessments
Marine Competency Assessments
Forecast systems training (GFE, Radar, VW)

6. National Meteorological Library
Key Responsibilities
Maintain nationally unique physical library collection
Provide research support services
Maintain digital collections and catalogues

7. BMTC Development
Introduction to Meteorology course (2 days – face to face)
Delivered to 100 external and 50 internal students in 2016/17
Expanding to meet external demand
Develop online modules in support of BIP-M to Grad Dip pathway
Piloting Introduction to Climate course in November (1 day – face to face)
Then expand to external students in 2018.
Investigating Graduate Certificate in Oceanography
In support of key customer (Navy).
Developing online courses for observing weather
Aiming at external market

8. BMTC also…
Supports other Groups with learning resource design and construction.
Maintains extensive library of learning resources that supports all modes of delivery.
Maintains and updates qualification and training records in EBS.
Collaborates with other Groups to deliver training and assessment outcomes

9. BMTC Challenges
Maintaining operational currency in weather forecasting
Maintaining GFE skill set across MIT and NFD
Funding organisation wide training requirements (G&S pressure)
Recruiting internally

10. BMTC- 2017/18 Key initiatives
Initial Meteorology Course transformation:
Development of advanced modules
Support of Observation Strategy:
Enabling transition of obs staff to Hubs through training
Introduction to Meteorology Course
Expand to 18 courses in 2018 to meet growing demand

11. BMTC- 2017/18 Key initiatives
Introduction to Climate course:
1 day course, delivered in regions, similar model to I2M. Pilot in November
Hosting CALMET  in August 2017
Approximately 60 educators from around the world.
Library
Digitization of old Bureau publications
Increasing discoverability of Bureau research (Mendeley)