Elements and Performance Criteria
- Collect and interpretweather and oceanographic data
- Ocean and weather conditions are observed and correctly interpreted in accordance with established nautical and meteorological practice
- Measurements of current local meteorological and oceanographic parameters are correctly made and recorded using appropriate shipboard instruments in accordance with established practice
- Meteorological charts, publications and related documentation are updated, stored and maintained as per procedures and chart/publication publisher's instructions
- Meteorological charts, publications and related documentation are handled and used in ways that ensure continued availability, utility and length of life
- Observations of weather and cloud formations are made and interpreted in accordance with established practice
- Weather charts and satellite images are acquired and interpreted