1. Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel (AMP) Standards
Ian Lisk, Met Office WMO Manager
Chair WMO CAeM ET/ET
Chair WMO EC Panel TT-AFQ
CAeM-XIV TECO, Hong Kong China
January 2010

2. Audit Trail
ICAO Annex 3, Standards and Recommended Practices for Meteorological Service to International Air Navigation (2007) - refers to
WMO No. 49, Technical Regulations (2007) – refers to
WMO No. 258, Guidelines for the Education and Training of Personnel in Meteorology and Operational Hydrology – Fourth Edition (2002) – refers to
Supplement No. 1 to WMO No. 258, Guidelines for training and qualification requirements for aeronautical meteorological personnel (2006)
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3. WMO No. 49
Vol. II [C.3.1.] states
“Each Member shall ensure that the designated Meteorological Authority complies with the requirements of the World Meteorological Organization in respect of qualifications and training of meteorological personnel providing service for international air navigation”
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4. WMO No. 258 Role Descriptions
Section 1.3:
WMO Meteorologists – ‘… include operational day-to-day work such as weather analysis and forecasting ...’
WMO Technicians - ‘… include carrying out weather, climate and environmental observations, assisting weather forecasters in the preparation and dissemination of analyses, forecasts, weather warnings, ...’
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5. WMO No. 258 Personnel Classification
Meteorologist: a person who holds a university-level degree or equivalent; has acquired an appropriate level of knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science, and has completed the Basic Instruction Package for Meteorologists (BIP-M)
Meteorological Technician: a person who has completed the Basic Instruction Package for Meteorological Technicians (BIP-MT)
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6. Supplement No. 1 to WMO No. 258
Aeronautical MET Forecasters should be either:
WMO Meteorologists or,
Experienced WMO Class II forecasters QUALIFIED BEFORE January 2005
QMS implementation changes the ‘should’ to a ‘shall’
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7. EC Panel of Experts on Education and Training TT-AFQ
EC-LX (2008) asked the TT-AFQ to…
…provide clarification of the meaning of relevant items of text contained in WMO Publication No. 258 and its Supplement 1, including the term ‘or equivalent’
…bring back recommendations to EC-LXI (2009)
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8. WMO EC-LXI (2009) Resolution 4.2/2
Aeronautical MET Forecaster (AMF) and Observer (AMO) Competence Standards to be included in Annex to WMO-No.49 – enforceable from late 2013
‘Meteorologist’ Standard to be included in Annex to WMO-No.49 – enforceable from late 2016
WMO Congress XVI (2011) to be requested to endorse a revised definition of WMO Meteorologist (to include non-degree ‘pathway’)
WMO-No.258 to be revised and updated in 2010/11.
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9. EC-LXI draft ‘WMO Meteorologist’ definition
A person who holds a university-level degree or equivalent level of professional qualifications
Has acquired an appropriate level of knowledge of mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science
Has completed the Basic Instruction Package for Meteorologists (BIP-M)
The level of requisite academic qualifications shall be defined at the national level by WMO PRs in consultation with the appropriate governing bodies.
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10. AMP Job Competences
WMO No. 258 defines job-competency as: an ensemble of related knowledge, understanding and skills, as well as positive work attitudes, required for the efficient execution of a given job
What competences does an AMF need?
What competences does an AMO need?
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11. An AMF should be a WMO Meteorologist1 and shall,
for the area and airspace of responsibility,
in consideration of the impact of meteorological phenomena and parameters on aviation operations, and
in compliance with aviation user requirements, international regulations, local procedures and priorities,
be able to:
Analyse and monitor continuously the weather situation;
Forecast aeronautical meteorological phenomena and parameters;
Warn of hazardous phenomena;
Manage the quality of meteorological information and services; and
Communicate meteorological information to internal and external users.
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12. An AMO shall, be able to: for the area and airspace of responsibility,
in consideration of the impact of meteorological phenomena and parameters on aviation operations, and
in compliance with aviation user requirements, international regulations, local procedures and priorities,
be able to:
Monitor continuously the weather situation;
Observe and record aeronautical meteorological phenomena and parameters;
Manage the quality of meteorological information and performance of systems; and
Communicate meteorological information to internal and external users.
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13. Proposed WMO (CAeM/ETR) Assistance 1
Requirement for ‘secondary level’ performance criteria and knowledge requirement descriptions to enable mapping of national practice to top level competence Standards;
Secondary level performance criteria and knowledge requirements included in the development of a ‘compliance kit’;
Case studies of existing best practice from around the world;
Assessment personnel and who assesses the assessors!?
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14. Proposed WMO (CAeM/ETR) Assistance 2
RTC role;
Further curriculum development workshops for setting and assessing competencies for AMP;
Regional workshops;
Pool of experts to assist, where required, Members with the implementation of competency Standards and assessment (similar to the concept of Roving Seminars);
Development of on-line resources.
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15. Thank you
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