The National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC) provides initial and continuing education to
NOAA
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NWS employees in the areas of equipment (operations, maintenance and repair), management,
meteorology
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,
hydrology
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, systems support, and related activities. NWSTC's staff develop and deliver courses in a number of formats including residence classes and workshops,
web-based
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and computer-based
self-study
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Overview
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tutorials, teletraining (interactive web delivery), and work aides. It is located in
Kansas City, Missouri
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.
In addition, NWSTC staff provides consulting services,
research and development
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(R&D), technical and operational documentation assistance, and
system deployment
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Deployment implies moving a product from a temporary or development state ...
support. The NWSTC Leadership Academy also offers leadership training to all federal agencies.
NWSTC's goal is to teach job-specific and practical skills; integrate systems so the whole, instead of individual parts of the problem, can be recognized; emulate the NWS working field environment; and provide students the ability to work and experiment with concepts or equipment as part of learning.
NWSTC's mission is to align the training of NOAA/NWS employees with the advancement of science and technology for NOAA to earn the public's trust and perform with service-based excellence.
See also
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Forecast Decision Training Branch (FDTB)
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Warning Decision Training Branch
The Warning Decision Training Division (WDTD), known as the Warning Decision Training Branch until April 1, 2015, is one of three training organizations in the NWS Training Division which also includes the Forecast Decision Training Branch and the ...
(WDTB)
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Radar Operations Center
The Radar Operations Center (ROC) is a National Weather Service (NWS) unit that coordinates the development, maintenance, and training for the NEXRAD weather radar network. It is located near the University of Oklahoma Westheimer Airport in Norma ...
(ROC)
References
External links
National Weather Service Training Center (NWSTC)
National Weather Service Forecast Offices
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