WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
RA IV WMO Seminar /Workshop for Aeronautical Competencies and SIGMETs
NAM/CAR Regions
Costa Rica, 25-27 August 2015
TENTATIVE PROGRAMME (UPDATED AUG 25, 2015)
Tuesday, 25 August, 2015
08:00-09:00
Registration
09:00-09:45
Opening Ceremony
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Introductions and logistics, Mr. Juan Fallas and Mr
Oscar Arango
Group photo
Coffee
09:45-10:15
World Meteorological Organization, Mr. Dimitar Ivanov
o WMO Introduction
o Commission for Aeronautical Meteorology (CAeM)
and the ICAO MET panel with their structure,
contributory bodies and tasks
10:15-11:15
Review SIGMET for the preparation, dissemination, and use of
SIGMET information followed by Q&A on CARSAM SIGMET guide,
Mr. Glendell De Souza and Mr Lawrence Pologne
11:00-11:15
Break
11:15-11:45
Routing and Comms for SIGMETs, Mr. Glendell De Souza
11:45-12:45
Lunch
12:45-13:15
Review of SIGMET, Mr Lawrence Pologne
13:15-14:00
Volcanic Ash Tools, Mr. Lawrence Pologne
13:45-14:00
Break
14:00-14:30
Continued…Volcanic Ash Tools, Mr. Lawrence Pologne
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break
15:00- 16:00
Volcanic Ash and the Impacts to Aircraft and Terminals, Mr.
Guillermo Vega
16:00-16:45
Q&A with volcanic ash panel of experts Mr De Souza, Mr Vega,
Mr Pologne and Ms Dumas
16:45
Close for Tuesday
Wednesday, 26 August 2015
08:30-09:00
Arrival
09:00-10:00
AMF_Competencies: 1) Overview of the Top-level and Secondary
competencies and focus on Tropical Cyclones, Thunderstorms and
Volcanic Ash, Ms Karine Dumas
10:00-10:15
Break
10:15-10:50
Methodology for AMF Assessments: 2) Principles of assessments,
toolbox, Ms Karine Dumas
10:50-11:10
Coffee break
11:10-12:00
Group work – Teams will be given one of the 3 competencies
(TC,TS,VA) and will have to choose a tool (from presentation 2)
and develop a scenario on how they would use that tool to assess
their given competency, Ms Karine Dumas
12:00-13:00
Lunch
13:00-14:00
Sharing the scenarios from each team, Ms Karine Dumas
14:00-14:30
SIGMET training for Convection, Icing and Turb Mr Lawrence
Pologne
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break
15:00-15:30
Continued…SIGMET training for Convection, Icing and Turb, Mr
Lawrence Pologne
15:30-16:15
Practical exercise and simulated assessment Ms Karine Dumas
16:15-16:45
Coordination between meteorological services, traffic control
services and pilots to prepare and disseminate AIREP/PIREP, Mr.
Glendell De Souza
16:45
Close for Wednesday
Thursday, 27 August 2015
08:00-08:30
Arrival
08:30-09:00
Introduction to the current status of the WMO Technical
Regulations and Information on the status of implementation of
QMS, competency and qualification requirements, (RHWACs?)
Mr. Dimitar Ivanov
09:00-10:15
Tropical Cyclone and SIGMET, Mr Lawrence Pologne
10:15-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-11:30
Practical exercise and simulated assessment Ms Karine Dumas
11:30-12:30
Lunch
12:30-13:30
Volcanic Ash, VAACs and SIGMET production, Mr Lawrence Pologne
13:30-13:45
Break
13:45-14:30
Continued…Volcanic Ash, VAACs and SIGMET production, Mr
Lawrence Pologne
14:30-15:00
Coffee Break
15:00-15:45
Practical exercise and simulated assessment, Ms Karine Dumas
15:45-16:30
Certificates and closing