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| Investigate atmospheric phenomena and interpret meteorological data, gathered by surface and air stations, satellites, and radar to prepare reports and forecasts for public and other uses. Includes weather analysts and forecasters whose functions require the detailed knowledge of meteorology. | Study and interpret data, reports, maps, photographs, and charts to predict long- and short-range weather conditions, using computer models and knowledge of climate theory, physics, and mathematics. | |||
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| Broadcast weather conditions, forecasts, and severe weather warnings to the public via television, radio, and the Internet, or provide this information to the news media. | ||||
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| Gather data from sources such as surface and upper air stations, satellites, weather bureaus, and radar for use in meteorological reports and forecasts. | ||||
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| Prepare forecasts and briefings to meet the needs of industry, business, government, and other groups. | ||||
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| Apply meteorological knowledge to problems in areas including agriculture, pollution control, and water management, and to issues such as global warming or ozone depletion. | ||||
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| Conduct basic or applied meteorological research into the processes and determinants of atmospheric phenomena, weather, and climate. | ||||
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| Operate computer graphic equipment to produce weather reports and maps for analysis, distribution, or use in weather broadcasts. | ||||
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| Measure wind, temperature, and humidity in the upper atmosphere, using weather balloons. | ||||
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| Develop and use weather forecasting tools, such as mathematical and computer models. | ||||
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| Direct forecasting services at weather stations, or at radio or television broadcasting facilities. | ||||
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| Research and analyze the impact of industrial projects and pollution on climate, air quality, and weather phenomena. | ||||
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| Collect air samples from planes and ships over land and sea to study atmospheric composition. | ||||
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| Conduct numerical simulations of climate conditions to understand and predict global and regional weather patterns. | ||||
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| Collect and analyze historical climate information such as precipitation and temperature records to help predict future weather and climate trends. | ||||
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| Consult with agencies, professionals, or researchers regarding the use and interpretation of climatological information. | ||||
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| Make scientific presentations and publish reports, articles, or texts. | ||||
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| Design and develop new equipment and methods for meteorological data collection, remote sensing, or related applications. | ||||
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| Teach at colleges or universities. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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| Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
| Geography | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. | |||
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| Physics | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. | |||
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| English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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| Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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| Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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| Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. | |||
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| Communications and Media | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. | |||
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| Education and Training | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. | |||
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| Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
| Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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| Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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| Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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| Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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| Science | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. | |||
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| Active Learning | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. | |||
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| Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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| Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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| Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. | |||
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| Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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| Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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| Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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| Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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| Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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| Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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| Operations Analysis | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. | |||
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| Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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| Systems Analysis | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. | |||
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| Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
| Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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| Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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| Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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| Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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| Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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| Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. | |||
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| Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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| Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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| Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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| Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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| Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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| Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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| Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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| Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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| Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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| Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. | |||
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| Fluency of Ideas | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). | |||
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| Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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| Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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| Originality | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. | |||
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| Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
| AccuWeather Galileo | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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| Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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| Advanced Visual Systems AVS/Express | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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| Air quality modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Aninoquisi MesoTRAC | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Baron Services FasTrac | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Baron Volumetric Imaging and Processing of Integrated Radar VIPIR | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Cave5D | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| ESRI ArcInfo | Map creation software | |||
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| ESRI ArcView | Map creation software | |||
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| Environmental Research Services RAOB | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Ferret | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Flow Analysis Software Toolkit FAST | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Grid analysis and display system GrADS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| ITT Visual Information Systems ENVI | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Image editing software | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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| Interactive radar analysis software IRAS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Lakes Environmental Software WRPLOT View | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Maplesoft Maple | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Mesoscale modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | |||
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| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | |||
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| Microsoft Outlook | Electronic mail software | |||
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| Microsoft Paint | Graphics or photo imaging software | |||
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| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | |||
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| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | |||
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| PC Weather Products HURRTRAK | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| QuarkXPress | Desktop publishing software | |||
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| SVRPLOT | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| SatView | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| StatSoft STATISTICA software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Systat Software SigmaPlot | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Systat Software SigmaStat | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Unidata GEMPAK | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Unidata Gempak Analysis and Rendering Program GARP | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Unidata Integrated Data Viewer IDV | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Unidata McIDAS-X | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Vis5d+ | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| VorTek Site Assessment of Tornado Threat SATT | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| WINGRIDDS | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| WSI Titan | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| WSI TrueView Professional | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Windflow modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Wolfram Research Mathematica | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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| Word processing software | Word processing software | |||
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| Air quality samplers | Air samplers or collectors | |||
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| Air temperature thermometers | Temperature or humidity surface observing apparatus | |||
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| Analog anemometers | Anemometers | |||
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| Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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| Digital anemometers | Anemometers | |||
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| Doppler radar equipment | Radarbased surveillance systems | |||
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| Graphic tablets | Tablet computers | |||
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| Hygrometers | Hygrometers | |||
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| Laptop computers | Notebook computers | |||
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| Light meters | Lightmeters | |||
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| Mercury barometers | Barometers | |||
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| Next Generation Weather Radar NEXRAD | Radarbased surveillance systems | |||
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| Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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| Psychrometers | Psychrometers | |||
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| Radiosonde launchers | Radiosonde apparatus | |||
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| Rain gauges | Rainfall recorders | |||
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| Relative humidity gauges | Temperature or humidity surface observing apparatus | |||
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| Soil temperature probes | Temperature transmitters | |||
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| Solarimeters | Solar radiation surface observing apparatus | |||
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| Storm chase vehicles | Light trucks or sport utility vehicles | |||
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| Surface temperature probes | Surface thermometers | |||
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| Temperature and humidity data loggers | Temperature or humidity surface observing apparatus | |||
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| Tipping bucket rain gauges | Rainfall recorders | |||
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| Two way radios | Two way radios | |||
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| Weather balloons | Meteorology instrument accessories | |||
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| Weather observation stations | Weather stations | |||
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| Whirling hygrometers | Hygrometers | |||
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| Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
| Required Level of Education | Bachelor's Degree | |||
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| On-Site or In-Plant Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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| On-the-Job Training | Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months | |||
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| Related Work Experience | None | |||
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| Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
| Aerologist | |||
| Air Analyst | |||
| Astrochemist | |||
| Atmospheric Chemist | |||
| Atmospheric Scientist | |||
| Broadcast Meteorologist | |||
| Climate Change Risk Assessor | |||
| Climatologist | |||
| Computer Meteorologist | |||
| Forecaster | |||
| General Forecaster | |||
| Hurricane Tracker | |||
| Hydrometeorological Technician | |||
| Hydrometeorologist | |||
| Marine Meteorologist | |||
| Meteorological Engineer | |||
| Meteorologist | |||
| Meteorologist-in-Charge | |||
| Oceanographic Meteorologist | |||
| Operational Meteorologist | |||
| Physical Meteorologist | |||
| Radiosonde Specialist | |||
| Science and Operations Officer (SOO) | |||
| Service Hydrologist | |||
| Space Operations Officer | |||
| Storm Chaser | |||
| Synoptic Meteorologist | |||
| Tornado Chaser | |||
| Warning Coordination Meteorologist | |||
| Weather Analyst | |||
| Weather Forecaster | |||
| Weather Reporter | |||
| Weatherman | |||
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