The MESA Training Program: Training related to PUMA 2015

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1 The MESA Training Program: Training related to PUMA 2015 Ben Maathuis and Tesfaye Korme MESA Training Contractor 12 th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa Kigali, Rwanda Session 2, Tuesday 13 September 2016

2 Layout of presentation Background Objectives DE based courses Onsite Training Curriculum for system administration and application training Facilities at the Training Centres Status Onsite Training Onsite training execution Concluding remarks

3 Background MESA Training Program started 2 years ago: Established a Training Office in Addis Ababa, with 3 full time staff and additional staff from other Training Consortium members Established an overall course curriculum which is based on MESA Training Needs Analysis, consisting of: Distance Education, offering: generic technical courses; dedicated thematic courses; communication / policy oriented courses (having onsite component). Classroom Training, offering: system administration training; environmental thematic courses using MESA-Station (estation2.0); meteorological thematic course using MESA-PUMA2015 stations.

4 DE based courses DE courses specially developed to support the METEO community are: EUMETCast, DE course has been conducted number of times (in FR and EN), also staff from METEO community participated. System Administration for AMESD Station Operations (basic and more advanced): The purpose of course(s) is to provide (new) participants with the knowledge necessary to continue operations and manage the existing stations established under the AMESD programme; Till now about 85 participants registered and retrieved course materials (in FR and EN) from Learning Management System (LMS). Supporting MESA Station Mobilization & Operation: providing the necessary background materials (by Supply Lot # 1) to familiarize the responsible staff prior to station mobilization; Various downloads of materials (in FR and EN) from LMS.

5 Onsite training Onsite course has a duration of 5 days, maximum number of participants is 22 persons/course. Executed at WMO Regional Training Centres in Africa: Meteorological Training Institute, South African Weather Service (SAWS) (Pretoria-South Africa); Institute for Meteorological Training & Research (IMTR) (Nairobi- Kenya); l'ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'aviation Civile (EAMAC) (Niamey-Niger); Mauritius Meteorological Service (MMS) (Vacoas-Mauritius). Onsite training has already been successfully executed at 3 centres, SAWS is pending.

6 Curriculum System Administration PUMA2015 For system administration there is a focus on system maintenance and troubleshooting, with more detailed discussion on: UPS, computer (keys and disks), antenna, system synchronization, backup and restore, remote access (VNCViewer and FTP) and support, use of Tuleap, installation of new RPMs.

7 Curriculum Application Training Overview of the PUMA2015 System and use of the meteorological display system (Synergie) Exercises on the software functionality, with focus on creation of customized forecasts (validity period 24 to 30 hours) for end users like: Civil Aviation Industry: Local Flights (<25,000 feet); International Flight (>= 33,000 <=45,000 feet). Marine Industry: Navigation, Entertainment; Transport; Fishery. General Public. Area of interest is based on participants place of origin.

8 Generic facilities at the training centres EKU with appropriate license subscription

9 Training centre configuration User Training

10 Training Centre configuration System Administration

11 Status training / training centres Training of Trainers (ToT) on MESA / PUMA System Administration was combined to enhance sustainability; Trainees participating in ToT have been actively participating in development of curriculum for onsite training; Course curriculum is including hands-on exercises to gain further experiences with new system / application; Training centres now have their own (pool of) trained staff who can provide training, Training Contractor (TC) mainly responsible for administrative issues; MoU in place between TC and Training Centres; Currently use is made of 3 Training Centres, SAWS is pending.

12 Onsite Training related to PUMA2015 Status onsite training FR EN no. participants Curriculum Design PUMA system / application dual dual 10 Training of Trainers System Admin Application Users Training System Admin (conducted till 09/2016) Application 1 20 Users Training System Admin (planned till 06/2017) Application No. trainees: 350

13 Onsite training execution l'ecole Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'aviation Civile (EAMAC) Antenna in the middle is used for EUMETCast reception

14 Onsite training execution - EAMAC Training cluster at EAMAC and PUMA2015 System Administration course ongoing Mr. NDOYE Bassirou, PUMA2015 system administration trainer, signing the course certificates

15 Onsite training execution - IMTR Arrival of equipment at start of ToT course at the training centre and detailed inspection by beneficiaries Participants during ToT, defining the content of the system administration onsite training

16 Onsite training execution - IMTR Pointing of antenna, part of the system administration training using spare antenna at KMD Participants reporting on weather forecasts (group assignment conducted each day) in training room

17 Training material preparation Training Office in Addis now also equipped with station. Will be used to prepare more training materials, especially for self-training. All will be made available in the LMS.

18 Concluding remarks Soft copies of all relevant training materials are provided during onsite training, all materials are also available in LMS (even prior to training); More training material (exercises) under preparation, using TC system; PUMA2015 stations at Training Centres work according to expectations; Training Centres have appropriate EKU license and are receiving necessary services to conduct the User Application training; Foreseen / planned onsite training events to be executed without any major problems / issues; DE based (advanced) training and LMS support also continue accordingly without any issues; Targets as specified in MESA Capacity Building Strategy ToR can be achieved.

19 Concluding remarks Hardware (including data license) and software, training materials, curriculum and training methodology have been successfully transferred to Regional Training Centres; PUMA 2015 trainings have become part of the short-term trainings offered at the WMO Training Centres; Regional Capacity on PUMA Stations administration and application has been built through MESA Training; Integrating of both PUMA and MESA Systems Administration training has provided wider technical skills to system administrators that enables them to troubleshoot both systems in case of need; Advanced courses could be offered at the Training Centres based on the infrastructures and training curriculum put in place and can be further utilized during GMES.

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