Courses

        REGULAR COURSES :

           One year duration

          One year duration

          32 weeks duration with 20 weeks “On-the-Job Training”

          18 weeks duration with 08 weeks “On-the-Job Training”.         

          14 weeks duration with 04 weeks “On-the-Job Training”.

SPECIAL COURSES (different durations) :

Primary Meteorology Course

Seismology and Geomagnetism

Marine Meteorology

Agricultural Meteorology

Hydrometeorology

Radar Meteorology

Satellite Meteorology

Radiosonde Meteorology

Facsimile Operation

Inspection and Maintenance of Observatories

Teleprinter Operation

COURSES for Foreign Trainees :

        Preliminary Meteorology Course (B.I.P. for M.T. Programme) of 18 weeks duration

        Two batches have been completed successfully in 2008 and 2009.

        Next batch likely to be held from March 2010.

Upcoming Courses / Training Schedule for 2010  (Tentative)

1.  70^th Preliminary Met Course      WMO Class III (B.I.P. for Met Technician)      28-11-2009  to  31-01-2010

    (Under progress)

2.  12^th Primary Met Course           WMO Class IV (B.I.P. for Met Technician)      02-11-2009  to  17-02-2010

     (Exclusively for PAF personnel - Under progress)

3.  39^th Basic Forecasting Course   WMO Class II (B.I.P. for Meteorologist)         15-02-2010  to  29-09-2010

4.  71^st Preliminary Met Course      WMO Class III (B.I.P. for Met Technician)      15-03-2010  to  17-07-2010

    (Exclusively for foreign trainees)

5.  Initial Met Course                      WMO Class IV (B.I.P. for Met Technician)      09-08-2010  to  14-11-2010

6.  72^nd Preliminary Met Course      WMO Class III (B.I.P. for Met Technician)      11-10-2010  to  13-02-2011

7.  Long ND course for P.N. personnel (one week duration) in October/November 2010.

QUALIFICATION FOR ENROLMENT

Regular Courses

a.         Initial Meteorology Course

A standard in physics and mathematics equivalent to that of Secondary School Certificate Examination  or  “O  level”  is required. All new comers to Meteorology may join this course.

b.         Preliminary Meteorology Course

Standard in physics and mathematics equivalent to that of Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination or  “A level”  together with some background in Meteorology or successful completion of Initial Meteorology Course.

c.          Basic Forecasting Course

University degree in Physics and Mathematics and successfully completion of Preliminary Meteorology Course.

d.         Post Graduate Diploma  in  Meteorology

M.Sc. in Physics, Maths, Chemistry or Geography.

e.         Advance Meteorology Course

Masters Degree in Physics or Mathematics and successful completion of Basic Forecasting Course.

Special Courses

Qualification is determined according to the requirement of the course.