(1) |
The Meteorological Service Provider shall employ, contract, or engage qualified, trained, and competent personnel to provide aeronautical meteorological services for air navigation. |
(2) |
The Meteorological Service Provider shall determine, implement, and assess competencies of its personnel providing aeronautical meteorological services for air navigation. |
(3) |
The Meteorological Service Provider shall assess the competency of its personnel at least once every three years and such competencies shall include the ability to— |
(a) |
analyse and continuously monitor weather situation; |
(b) |
forecast aeronautical meteorological phenomenon and parameters; |
(c) |
warn of a hazardous phenomenon; |
(d) |
ensure quality of meteorological information and services; |
(e) |
communicate meteorological information to users; |
(f) |
observe and record an aeronautical meteorological phenomenon and parameters; |
(g) |
ensure quality of system performance and of meteorological information; and |
(h) |
supervise production and release of meteorological information to users referred in regulation 174.01.1. |
(4) |
Personnel providing aeronautical meteorological services for air navigation shall be suitably trained and qualified. |
(5) |
The Meteorological Service Provider shall establish and implement a comprehensive training programme as well as a training plan to ensure that its personnel are adequately trained. |
(6) |
The Meteorological Service Provider shall establish a system to maintain training and competency assessment records for personnel providing aeronautical meteorological services for air navigation. |
(7) |
The Meteorological Service Provider shall maintain job profiles of personnel providing the aeronautical meteorological service for air navigation. |
(8) |
The training programme and training plan referred to in subregulation (5) shall provide for on the job and refresher training. |
[Regulation 174.02.1 substituted by regulation 23(c) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]