Extreme Weather Professional
3 days ago
Weather Observer.Job Description:
The role of a Weather Observer is to perform weather observing and data collection tasking under the supervision of the Meteorological Operations Manager and Camp Manager.
Key responsibilities include maintaining a safe workplace program, ensuring that safety is the highest priority in the workplace, and complying with all ASC Environmental, Safety and Health (ESH), Waste Management and Quality Assurance requirements, goals, policies and procedures.
Primary responsibility is weather observation. Intensive weather reporting occurs on days when there are flights. Observation, recording, and reporting of surface weather conditions begins six hours before aircraft depart McMurdo station.
Hourly observations are reported via Portable Polar Meteorological Kit (PPMK) and to MacWeather forecaster via Iridium phone during PPMK outage.
On non-flight days, weather is reported three times a day.
Observes, records and reports wind direction, wind speed, cloud height, cloud cover, surface visibility, and other weather conditions and phenomena following Federal Meteorological Handbook (FMH1-b) standards.
Maintains and reports Quality Control Report to Meteorological Operations Manager.
Sets up and maintains portable weather station and operates handheld ceilometer.
Operates and maintains backup sensors.
Assists with daily reporting. Communicates with McMurdo via HF radio and Iridium phone.
Contributes to end of season report and Quality Control Report, as required.
Required physical activities include working outside in extreme cold weather conditions, lifting and moving items, parts, assemblies, and equipment up to the safety regulation maximum, heavy lifting, climbing in and out of equipment, crawling, and working outdoors in extreme cold.
Frequently lifts the safety regulation maximum.
Performs functions with manual equipment such as shovels, picks, and similar implements.
Assist with cooking, track food use, plan re-supply, galley tasks and dishwashing as needed.
When not reporting weather, works as support labor for general camp and science support activities.
Duties may include loading/unloading aircraft, preparing cargo for movement, packaging, labeling, weighing, and palletizing cargo, communicating weights and sizes of cargo with Fixed Wing Supervisor, assisting with waste retrograde and hazardous cargo identification - labeling and handling prior to shipping back to McMurdo Station via fixed wing aircraft, separating and disposing of materials, tracking and manifesting hazardous waste, responsible for packaging and documenting hazardous cargo, prepare and stage equipment and maintains storage berms, performs fuel tests on aviation fuel, performs fuel transfers, via pipe, hose and tanks, refueling aircraft, buildings and vehicles with hand or electric pump, tracks and reports quantities of fuel delivered to field and amounts given to aircraft, assists with tracking maintenance and repair needs of all equipment in camp, assists with operating small mechanical equipment, including chainsaws, drills, welderators, etc., as appropriate, provides mechanical assistance in the repair of vehicles and other equipment, operates light equipment vehicles, such as snow mobiles and tracked vehicles, may groom around camp and runway, assists in the installation and maintenance of the skiway as needed, assists grantees with support requests and needs, as required.
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