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Meteorology technician

Other names

atmospheric scientist, weather service specialist, meteorological instrumentation technician, climatological technician, MET tower installation technician, metrologist assistant, weather station operator, meteorological researcher, MET services technician, meteorological technician, wind technician, aviation meteorology technician

Physics, chemistry and earth science

They collect weather facts with special tools, report what they see, and help scientists who study the weather.

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  1. 1

    Collect lots of weather information.

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    Give weather information to users like airline companies.

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    Use special tools to measure the weather.

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Uganda programmes: NCHE accredited programmes and the health, vocational and teacher training bodies

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National Council for Higher Education, UHPAB, UVTAB, the TVET Council, UNMC, AHPC, UNITE and others. Gathered by The Collar360.

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Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

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Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

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In other languages

français
technicien de la météorologie/technicienne de la météorologie
español
técnico de meteorología/técnica de meteorología
العربية
فني الأرصاد الجوية
português
Técnico de meteorologia/Técnica de meteorologia
Deutsch
Meteorologietechniker/Meteorologietechnikerin
italiano
tecnico meteorologo

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