PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF APPRENTICE WEATHER OBSERVERS. GRADUATES OF ATC COURSE ABR25231
Abstract
Apprentices graduated from this course are well prepared to meet the requirements of the Job Training Standard and most of the job requirements. The recommendations include that instructors place more emphasis on the requirement for accuracy in the use of equipment and in taking readings and plotting weather data, and that during Block IV of the course (a period devoted to practical exercises in the operation of a weather station) more assignments be made which will require apprentices to research Air Weather Service manuals and publications. The evaluation indicated that the course would be more closely aligned with the job requirements if the course levels established in the Job Training Standard for the following tasks were increased: (a) observes, records, and encodes storms using radar observations; (b) uses AFCSM 105-2 series; and (c) uses AWSM 105-2 series. As a result of indications of excessive or unproductive training, an investigation was recommended to determine the feasibility of reducing the course in the following areas: (a) practical exercises devoted to plotting weather data; (b) operator familiarization of the AN/CPS-9 radar; and (c) mathematical computations of sea-level pressure, altimeter setting, dew point and relative humidity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0403344
Entities
People
- Earl F. Pruitt
Organizations
- Air Armament Center