About Our Company: 3883647 Canada Nav Services (note email resume wxman45@hotmail.com)

Providing Weather Observing Services and Aerological Services to Nav Canada and Environment Canada for 25 years and currently operate at 7 locations across Canada.


Below is information regarding the weather observing position at Victoria airport


Training:

Position requires 6 week training in Cornwall Ont requires grade 12 diploma to attempt the course but better if some post secondary unless you did good in high school

Course is quite extensive (there is a lot of material covered requiring memorization, study ect, basic math (add, subtract, divide, multiply with calculator including positive and negative numbers applicants must pass course to get job (job requires Nav Canada certification that person has successfully completed training.).

We require trainee to obtain criminal record check prior to attending training
and we will arrange this for the successful applicant.

3 written tests spread throughout course and overall average must be at least 75 to pass.

We pay all costs to attend training including return airfare to Ottawa (Nav Canada provide transfer to Cornwall) .

400.00 a week training allowance not subject to deductions.

No wages paid on course.

We pay for trainees to stay at Nav Canada training center (meals included). Site is called Dev Center and web site available on line.


Employment

Perform weather observations to a MANOBS standard

We require trainee to obtain criminal record check prior to attending training
and we will arrange this for the successful applicant

Station Operates 24 hrs per day shifts are either 0730AM to 0730PM or 730 PM to 0730AM 7 days a week 24 hrs per day

Hours are (72-84 hrs bi-weekly) and would be both day and night shifts (if staff request they can work exclusively nights.)

The position offers the ability to remain in long term stable employment and many staff have been with us for over 10-20 plus years in fulltime employment.

Rate of pay is 20.00/hr with yearly increases equal to the CPI rate of inflation.

Job duties

Observe and report current weather conditions at Victoria Airport such as:

going outside at least once an hour (more often if active weather is occurring an assessing (by use of eye sight )

Current Prevailing Visibility (greatest distance you can see for half or more of the horizon) ie 1/8 mile, 1 mile, 3 miles , 40 miles?

Current Sky Condition ie is sky overcast, broken, scattered or few amount of clouds, types of clouds, height of different clouds.

Current Present weather ie rain, rain showers, intermittent rain, snow, snow showers ,fog, drizzle, freezing drizzle, haze, hail , mist, smoke, blowing dust or no present weather.

Transmit information inside on a computer and confirming observation is sent and received correctly.

Go back to observing current weather conditions.

The job is very low stress and observers work alone and often have a lot of time on their hands

(observations only done on the hour unless significant weather is occurring and generally it only takes a few minutes to perform a weather observation).

As long as staff are maintaining a continuous weather watch they can engage in other activities between observations
ie read , watch tv, use internet.ect (staff cannot of course sleep or leave the station between observations ie leave immediate airport property) and in fact during periods of no significant weather in fact need some means to keep busy or active.

Weather Observing

Introduction

Observing stations around the world continually observe various weather elements.

In addition while the equipment automatically reports Barometric Pressure, Wind Direction and Speed, and
Current Temperature Dew Point observers are trained on course how also to perform these items with out the equipment.

These observations, along with specific measurements of atmospheric conditions, are recorded each hour, 24 hours a day.

However, with adverse weather, it is often necessary to record conditions more frequently as up-to-the-minute
data is vital to areas such as aviation.

These detailed weather observations, taken at frequent intervals, form the backbone of all weather forecasts.
We must be able to accurately describe existing conditions before forecasters can hope to make reasonable predictions.

In this program you will learn how to observe, measure and record existing weather conditions in a variety of coded formats. In addition, you will learn the proper procedure to enter and transmit this information for national and international distribution. The data recorded by you in the field is used in the preparation of official publications and by both government and industry in the preparation of statistical analyses.


Questions

1) Do you have a drivers license and vehicle to get to the Airport location?

>>> 2)Have you ever worked night shifts before or been required to work statutory holidays?

>>> 3) Can you describe your educational background? ie including marks ect

>>> 4) When/what was the last course you completed?

>>> 5) How do you think you would perform on the course and why?

>>> 6) Have you ever been convicted of a criminal offence?

>>> 7) Are you able to enter into a written employment agreement?

>>> 8) Are you colour blind or otherwise have impaired vision?

>>> 9) Do you have normal hearing? ie (Thunderstorms are reported and ended as to when you hear or dont hear

thunder?)
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