Ability to communicate weather warnings and alerts. Supervisor or shift leader assigns work by defining overall objectives, priorities, and deadlines, with suggestions on unusual problems or factors. Employee independently plans and carries out assignments, handling problems encountered in accordance with previous training and accepted practices. Completed work is reviewed for technical soundness and conformance with requirements. Assignments do not involve radical departures from past practices and do not require development of new, novel or innovative approaches, methods or techniques.
Judgment is required in the evaluation, selection and optimal use of precedents, and available data.
Performs a variety of assignments which require use and modification of standard meteorological methods, techniques, and procedures. Employee considers the factors involved, including planning of projects, scheduling activities, selection of appropriate established methods, and accommodating changes in conditions. Problems encountered can usually be solved by minor modification of established methods and procedures. The work involves applying conventional techniques to new data or lines of investigation. Commitments such as advisories and warnings to the general public and special user groups may affect the planning of their activities, as well as their safety.