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| IntroMet | Introduction to Meteorology |
| MO | Meteorological Officer |
| Met | Meteorologist (BSc) |
| UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| MOC | Meteorologist Operational Course |
| COM | Cours Opérationnel en Météorologie |
| MOIP | Meteorologist Operational Internship Program |
| PSME | Programme de stage en météorologie d'exploitation |
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| TM | Technician Meteorological |
| MTQC | Meteorological Technician Qualification Course |
| UATS | Upper Air Training School |
| TCTI | Transport Canada Training Institute |
| AOTC | Aerological Observers Training Centre |
| F | Cours en français |
| WSS | Weather Service Specialist |
| APTP | Apprentice or Professional Training Program |
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Ice Observer Course #3 UATS 1 UATS 2
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Many of the photos were originally published in the AES / MSC employee magazine Zephyr.
Sometime in the sixties, 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.
Initially, only a three-month basic weather observing course was taught to the new recruits. Later, introductory training was provided to Met Officer courses and subsequently to advanced Met Tech courses (Presentation, Operations, Advanced and Field training). The first staff consisted of several instructors transferred from the various regions. The new ones were selected through competitions.
When Ottawa Airport flying increased significantly, other facilities had to be found. Various closed military bases were considered but in early 1970's a fairly new convent was occupied while a new Transport Canada Training Institute was being built. Cornwall Ontario was chosen as the preferred site and the move was made to the residential school in 1976. The Upper Air training School relocated to Cornwall from Scarborough in the late 1970's.
* approximate dates for locations and names of technical training (Upper Air and Surface) courses:
very early training at Toronto Airport (not documented yet)The last upper air course given in Scarborough was 79-01 with the last training flight being done on April 11, 1979. The last of the staff left Scarborough on May 23, 1979. The UATS moved to Cornwall during the summer of 79.
UATS Toronto Island (and Edmonton): about 1953 to summer 1959
ASTS Ottawa beginning in 1960
TCTI Ottawa from some time in the 1970s until consolidation in Cornwall
UATS Scarborough fall 1959 to fall of 1978
AOTC Cornwall opened in early 1979
1980 (approx): Entry courses renamed Technician Meteorological
1986: Entry courses renamed again to: Meteorological Technician Qualification Course
Upon graduation, you were entered into the National Upper Air pool as an EG-3 and you could be posted anywhere in the country, although preference was given to the region you were hired in if there were vacancies. After one - two years you would be promoted by one level - Surface techs to EG-2 and Upper Air to EG-4. The next promotion for many would be as Officer In Charge (OIC) of the station. If you were in the surface Weather Observing program, you were promoted to EG-4, if Upper Air program EG-5, if combined Upper Air and Surface or Upper Air, Seismology and Ozonesonde program, the OIC was an EG-6.
After a few years, the option of taking pre-Advanced meteorology by correspondence would be offered. This was followed by the Advance Met Course, which then in turn you took the Presentation course. Your level on graduation depended on the station you were posted. If at the site, the tech was required to do both surface weather observing and Presentation, then you were an EG-5. If you did only Presentation, you were an EG-6. The next step in their career path would be as Officer-In-Charge (OIC).
Many Upper Air techs who received a posting to an Upper Air site in the south often stayed in Upper Air for the rest of their career. For many southern Upper Air techs the option of being promoted from an EG -4 to EG-5 was not enough to convince them to go from Upper Air to Presentation when they compared working Upper Air shifts versus the shifts worked by many Presentation techs.
Photos of the CWO courses held at Estevan SK from 1997 to 2002 were
kindly provided by Gerald Shauf, one of their instructors.
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