The South African Weather Service (SAWS) is a Section 3(a) public entity under the Ministry of Environmental Affairs and is governed by a Board. The organisation became a public entity on 15 July 2001 in terms of the South African Weather Service Act (No. 8 of 2001), as amended in 2013. It is an aut... read morehoritative voice for weather and climate forecasting in South Africa and as a member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) it complies with international meteorological standards. As an Aviation Meteorological Authority, SAWS is designated by the State to provide weather services to the aviation industry, marine and a range of other identified clients and to fulfil a range of international obligations of the government. It provides two distinct services, namely public good services that are funded by government, and paid-for commercial services.
The South African Weather Service's countrywide observational network consists of:
231 Automatic Weather Stations (AWS)
12 Climate Stations (1 x 1st order, 3 x 2nd order & 21 x 3rd order stations)
1180 Rainfall Stations
153 Automatic Rainfall Stations
23 Sea Surface Temperature Stations
12 Voluntary Observing Ships
47 Weather buoys in the South Atlantic and South Indian Ocean
14 Meteorological Radar Systems
1 Global Atmosphere Watch Station at Cape Point
2 Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometre Stations in Irene and Springbok. (A third to operate at Cape Point)
1 Baseline Surface Radiation Network Station in De Aar
A national UVB Biometer network in Cape Town, Cape Point, Port Elizabeth, De Aar, King Shaka Airport and Pretoria
24 Lightning Detection Sensors (excluding 1 in Swaziland)
6 Air Quality Measuring and Monitoring Stations (DEA infrastructure being maintained by SAWS)
11 Upper-air Sounding Stations with Irene also conducting ozone soundings
The South African Weather Service (SAWS) Jobs in South Africa
REQUIREMENTS
Grade 12 with National Weather Certificate; coupled with two (2) years’ experience in weather observation. Previous Island Experience will be an added advantage.
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REQUIREMENTS:
National Diploma in Environmental Sciences/Management/Conservation or Natural Sciences or relevant qualification.
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THE SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE is offering bursaries for study towards the following:
Bachelor of Science on hons level in meteorology
Applicants that have a letter of con
The South African Weather Service invites graduates who are in possession of an honours degree in Meteorology or Atmospheric sciences with at least mathematics on second year university level and p
Key Performance Areas
The candidate will be required to:
Participate in designing, developing, and implementing software solutions to address complex and time-sensitive challenges
Key Performance Areas
The candidate will be required to:
Conduct research and development of a new fire danger index, including formulating algorithms, models, and data analysis t
Key Performance Areas:
Develop and draft public awareness programmes (stakeholder engagement plan) for communities and key stakeholders and ensure implementations.
Liaise with crit
Observation:
Perform routine weather observation duties that include:- Visual weather observation and compile routine reports,
Providing special reports for changes in weather.
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Job summary:
The Senior Forecaster is a shift-worker primarily responsible for forecasting and monitoring of weather, producing of weather forecasting products as well as severe weather wa
Job summary:
The forecaster is a shift-worker primarily responsible for forecasting and monitoring of weather, producing of weather forecasting products as well as severe weather warnings.
Observation:
Perform routine weather observation duties that include: -
Visual weather observation and compile routine reports,
Providing special reports for changes in weather.
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Observation:
Perform routine weather observation duties that include:
Visual weather observation and compiling routine reports
Providing special reports for changes in weather
Providing o
Observation:
Perform routine weather observation duties that include:
Visual weather observation and compiling routine reports
Providing special reports for changes in weather
Providing o
Observation:
Perform routine weather observation duties that include:
Visual weather observation and compiling routine reports
Providing special reports for changes in weather
Providing o
Key Performance Areas:
Provide supervisory and technical oversight of Meteorological Observations activities performed within the Office
Ensure that all systems and processes involved in Meteo
Job Summary
This role is an integral member of the HCM team that implements and monitors the delivery of the Human Capital Management strategy and collaborates with various departments to ensure th
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Job Summary:
To manage the regional observation infrastructure performance through effective maintenance, upgrade, and calibration of Observing Networks to enable
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