Table Four - DND
Technician
Courses and Conferences (see Notes)
(all course photos by year of
graduation
unless noted)
Much
Help Needed with Names and / or Dates
Notes re DND
Technician
(Met Tech) Terminology and Designations (with thanks to Milt Pelley)
Regarding terminology, in the fifties
there
were Met Obs and later their name was changed to Met Techs. When the
Basic
Met Ob courses started (presumably in the 1940s), they apparently
started
aa Course Number 1 and by 1958 they were up to Number 58 (not related
to
the year).
At about the time of Unification
(1968), the Pay Level
(PL) system began with the basic course being PL3, and other courses
being
PL5, PL6, (later PL6A and PL6B).
Subsequently in the seventies, all
military
trade courses were changed to "Trade Qualification" (TQ) and there are
TQ3, TQ5, TQ6A, and TQ6B. With the advent of PL and TQ, the
courses
were identified by the trade course (TL or TQ) , the level (3, 6A, or
6B)
and number, which was composed of the last two numbers of the
year
(e.g. 76 for 1976) and the number of courses in that particular year
(e.g.
7601, 7602, etc.).
Prior to unification (February 1,
1968),
RCN trade training was identified as Trade Groups, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
(from
Dick Crowell).
There were also a few special courses
titled
Met Ob Advanced, Corporals' Met Course, Met Tech Briefer, Met Tech Pres
(Presentation), plus Upper Air (Radiosonde) courses and Ozalid (White
Printer)
courses.
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