Third Meeting of the Expert Team on Education, Training and Competency (ET-ETC-3)

Third Meeting of Expert Team on Education, Training and Competency
(ET-ETC-3)

A subsidiary body of the Standing Committee on Services for Aviation (SC-AVI)

24 to 26 March 2025, Montreal, Canada


Jump to: Introduction | Meeting Information | Work Plan and Working Documentation | Final Report

Introduction

The third meeting of the Standing Committee on Services for Aviation (SC-AVI) Expert Team on the Education, Training and Competency (ET-ETC-3) will take place at the office of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) in Montreal, Canada from 24 to 26 March 2025.

The objective of the meeting is to discuss and coordinate the activities of ET-ETC during the intersession period plus other issues of relevance. 

Meeting Information

The provisional agenda of the meeting is available in ET-ETC-3/Doc.1.2 while working arrangement for the meeting are contained in ET-ETC-3/INF. 1.3.

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Work Plan and Working Documentation

Download templates here: Decision document (Doc) | Information document (INF) | PowerPoint presentation (PPT)

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DAY 1: Monday 24 March 2024, 0900-1630 EDT (UTC-4)

Agenda Item Doc./INF/Other Title Timing
(EDT)
Participants are kindly requested to register between 0815 and 0845 EDT on the opening day of the meeting
1. Agenda and Organization of the Meeting
1.1 -- Opening of the meeting 0900
1.2 Doc. 1.2 
(27.IX.2024)
Approval of the agenda 0915
1.3 INF. 1.3
(27.IX.2024)
Meeting arrangements 0920
2. Review of the ET-ETC Operating Plan 2024-2027
2.0 INF. 2 / PPT. 2 Review of the ET-ETC Operating Plan 2024-2027 0930
3. Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel Qualification and Competency
3.1 INF. 3.1 / PPT. 3.1 Status of an amendment to the Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49), Volume I and an update to the Compendium of WMO Competency Frameworks (WMO-No. 1209) 1000
Morning break 1030
3.2 INF. 3.2 / PPT. 3.2 Status of an update to the Basic Instruction Package for Meteorologists (BIP-M) and Basic Instruction Package for Meteorological Technicians (BIP-MT) 1045
3.3

Doc. 3.3(1) [VA]

Development of qualification and/or competency requirements for aeronautical meteorology specialism: volcanic ash, space weather and tropical cyclones 1130
Lunch break 1200
3.3

Doc. 3.3(2) [SWx]

Doc. 3.3(3) [TC]

Development of qualification and/or competency requirements for aeronautical meteorology specialism: volcanic ash, space weather and tropical cyclones 1300
3.4 PPT. 3.4 Update to the Guide to Competency (WMO-No. 1205), the Compendium of WMO Competency Frameworks (WMO-No. 1209) and other relevant publication 1400
Afternoon break 1500
3.5 PPT. 3.5 Future skills of aeronautical meteorological personnel (roundtable) 1515
-- -- Close of Day 1 and look-ahead to Day 2 1630

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DAY 2: Tuesday 25 March 2025, 0830-1630 EDT (UTC-4)

Agenda Item Doc./INF/Other Title Timing
(EDT)
-- -- Recap of Day 1 and plan for Day 2 0830
4. Competency Assessor Training, Competency Assessment Tools and Other Resources
4.1 PPT. 4.1 Refreshment of the Services for Aviation Moodle training portal 0840
4.2

PPT. 4.2

Maintenance of the training mapping database (TMD) and a competency assessment toolkit (CAT) on the Moodle training portal 0940
Morning break 1030
4.3 PPT. 4.3 Maintenance of other resources available on the Moodle training portal 1045
4.4

PPT. 4.4

Status of competency assessor train-the-trainer and on-the-job training initiatives as well as WMO Global Campus initiatives 1100
Lunch break 1200
5. Capacity Development
5.1 PPT. 5.1 Lessons learned and identified needs arising from recent WMO training events supported by ET-ETC 1300
5.2 INF. 5.2 / PPT. 5.2 Coordination between ET-ETC and the SC-AVI Thematic Coordinators for Capacity Development 1400
Afternoon break 1500
5.3 INF. 5.3 / PPT. 5.3 Activities of the Capacity Development Panel and/or other WMO bodies of relevance to ET-ETC 1515
5.4

INF. 5.4

Engagement between WMO and the ICAO Global Aviation Training (GAT) Office  1515
5.5 INF. 5.5 / PPT. 5.5

WMO Gender Action Plan and strategies linked to the empowerment of women

1530
5.6 INF. 5.6 / PPT. 5.6 WMO Youth Action Plan and strategies linked to engaging early career professionals 1600
-- -- Close of Day 2 and look-ahead to Day 3 1630

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DAY 3: Wednesday 26 March 2025, 0830-1630 EDT (UTC-4)

Agenda Item Doc./INF/Other Title Timing
(EDT)
-- -- Recap of Day 2 and plan for Day 3 0830
6. Progress Reporting and Other Communication on ET-ETC Activities
6.1 INF. 6.1 Scope of ET-ETC progress report to the SC-AVI-4 meeting 0840
6.2

INF. 6.2

Prospective ET-ETC-related articles for the Services for Aviation Newsletter 0900
7. Update of the ET-ETC Operating Plan 2024-2027
7.0 Doc. 7 Update of the ET-ETC Operating Plan 2024-2027 0930
Morning break 1030
7.0 Doc. 7 (Continued) Update of the ET-ETC Operating Plan 2024-2027 1045
8. Next Meeting and Intersession Coordination
8.1
and
8.2
PPT. 8 8.1) Upcoming conference conference calls of ET-ETC
8.2) Date and location of ET-ETC-4
1130
9. Any other business 1145
Lunch break 1200
10. Outcomes of the Meeting
10.1 PPT. 10.1 (In-Session) Summary of actions or decisions arising from ET-ETC-3 1300
10.2 PPT. 10.2 (In-Session) Summary of recommendations for SC-AVI-4 arising from ET-ETC-3 1345
Reserve time 1430
Afternoon break 1500
Reserve time 1515
11. Closure of the Meeting 1615
-- -- Close of Day 3 1630

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Final Report

The final report of the ET-ETC-3 meeting will be available here in due course (April or May 2025).

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