National Weather Service Professional Development Series Professional Competency Unit

Description of Job Duty Competency to be Achieved

The ability to distinguish between integral elements of the NWS organization and roles in the Operational mission of the NWS.

Description of Need

New employees must possess a baseline knowledge and understanding of NWS operational and organizational structure to effectively perform their duties.

Specific Job Task Skills and Knowledge

1. Ability to describe the organizational structure of the NWS.

2. Ability to describe the role of systems resource groups, in engineering support functions.

Instructional Components

Instructional Component 3.1: To be determined

Proposed Evaluation

To be defined

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