An American Meteorological Society (AMS) Certification Program for Meteorologists

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An American Meteorological Society
(AMS)Certification Programfor Meteorologists

• Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM)Program

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• The Who,
• What,
• When,
• Where,
• Why,
• and How
• of the AMS CCM Program

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What is the AMS CCM Program?
The CCM program is a service for the general
public by the AMS. The Society has established
high standards of knowledge, experience, and
character for certified consultants who provide
advice in meteorology to the public. The CCM
program was established to ensure that certain
individuals have been tested and found to meet or
exceed those standards.
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What is the AMS CCM Program?

• The AMS CCM Program

• examines candidates and certifies those who are
  successful
• provides a system to ensure the CCMs maintain a
  high level of professional competence

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What is the Purpose of the CCM Program?
The purpose of certification in the CCM program
is fourfold

• To foster the establishment and maintenance of a
  high level of professional competency and mature
  and ethical counsel in the field of consulting
  meteorology
• To provide a basis on which a client seeking
  assistance on problems of a meteorological nature
  may be confident of mature, competent, and
  ethical professional counsel
• To provide incentive for the continued
  professional growth of the meteorologist after
  completion of his or her academic training
• To enhance the prestige, authority, and success
  of consulting meteorology specifically, and of
  professional meteorology generally, by promoting
  a consistently high order of professional
  activity so that CCMs are recognized as leaders
  in their areas of expertise.

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What are the Basic Qualities of a CCM?
Knowledge
Experience
Character
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What are the Basic Qualities of a CCM?

• A CCM has

• achieved a high level of knowledge in the
  atmospheric sciences
• at least 5 years of experience in applying that
  knowledge
• demonstrated provision of mature, competent, and
  ethical counsel

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Why a Professional Certification for
Meteorologists?

• Professional certification demonstrates
  yourcommitment to

• the highest level of service to
• the general public
• industry
• government agencies
• academic institutions
• the highest standards of professional practice
• a strict code of ethics
• continuing professional development
• contributions to community and profession

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Why Become a CCM?

Professional certificationin the atmospheric
sciences by ones peers should be the ultimate
goal for all professional meteorologists.
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Where Do CCMs Work?
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Where Do CCMs Work?

• Some have their own companies
• Some work for U.S. government agencies
• Some work for state agencies
• Some work in private industry
• Some work in academia
• Some live and work outside of the United States
• Some are employed as experts in specific
  industries
• Some are full-time consultants
• Some undertake consulting over and above their
  regular employment

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Some Areas of Expertise

• Forensic meteorology
• Atmospheric modeling
• Atmospheric chemistry
• Aviation meteorology
• Marine meteorology
• Tropical meteorology
• Radar meteorology
• Satellite meteorology
• Climatology
• Operational forecasting
• Transportation

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Who Can Become a CCM?

• Applicants must be qualified to be AMS members,
  have at least five years of professional
  experience in applying the principles of
  meteorology, and be considered a professional in
  the eyes of fellow meteorologists.
• The qualifications for certification are based on
  an applicants knowledge, experience, and
  character.
• The three qualifications referenced above
  comprise a standard to which an individual
  seeking this recognition should aspire.

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When Should You Apply to Become a CCM?
Once you have achieved

• the educational requirements set forth by the AMS
• at least five years of professional experience
• the respect of your peers in the field

If you have met these basic requirements, now is
the time to apply.
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Where is More Information Available?

• On the Web
• http//www.ametsoc.org/amscert/index.htmlccm

E-mail amsinfo_at_ametsoc.org
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How Can You Become a CCM?
Download an application form http//www.ametsoc.
org/amscert/ccmapplication.pdf

• Print it.
• Complete it.
• Submit it.

Its as simple as that!