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LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT Forecast for the future CAREERS IN METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS Department of Meteorology

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT PATHWAY TO CAREERS IN METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS Step 1 ABB - 3 good A levels, including A or B Physics and Maths

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT PATHWAY TO CAREERS IN METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS Step 2 A degree in one of the following subjects:  BSc Meteorology & Climate  BSc Environmental Physics  MMet – with a year in Oklahoma!  Mmaths – Maths and Meteorology BSc Physics BSc Mathematics

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT PATHWAY TO CAREERS IN METEOROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICS Post graduate level: MSc courses in Meteorology  Atmosphere, Ocean & Climate  Applied Meteorology  Data Assimilation and Inverse Methods in Geosciences  Applied Meteorology and Climate + Management

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT CAREERS Forecasting With organisations around the word including the UK Met Office and a range of private forecasting companies. Research in Weather, Climate and Environmental Science At universities and government research centres around the world. Consultancy For industries in the UK and overseas whose business is affected by weather, climate factors and other environmental factors

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT SPOTTING A THEME? International Opportunities Governments and Industry Partnerships Global Scale Cooperation World Meteorological Organisation

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT FORECASTING Met Office is the main employer of forecasters Other organisations in the UK and abroad that employ forecasters BBC, ITV employ national & regional forecasters and programme researchers Tomasz SchafernakerLaura Tobin

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT RESEARCH AND ACADEMIA Department of Meteorology at Reading is one of the leading centres for weather, space weather and climate. New multimillion funded Institute for Environmental Analytics hosted at Reading Researchers are part of international teams. (Un)usual places: Active volcanoes- sample dust Arctic - sea ice formation and destruction Deserts - dust storms Storm clouds - fly research aircrafts Tropics - cyclones and typhoons

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT NOT TO MENTION.... Conferences worldwide

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT CONSULTANCY Aviation – RAF and civil Shipping – RN and commercial vessels Energy providers/traders Investment Bankers Insurance companies and re-insurers Government: Health protection (heat waves and cold snaps) Highways Agency/Local Authorities (gritting) Environment Agency Flood defence/prediction (Rivers & coastal Agriculture – crop spraying, harvesting The Emergency Services Leisure organisations – sports events

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT ACTUAL CAREERS TV Forcasters: Laura TobinITV Good Morning Tomas SchafernackerBBC Main News Jay WynneBBC Main News Holly GreenBBC South Sean BattyITV Scotland Simon KingRadio 5 Live 11

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT MORE CAREERS Meteorologist for Swedish Olympic Sailing Team Senior Scientist, National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder Colorado Manager New Zealand Weather Service Weather Producer Sky TV Data Manager, British Antarctic Survey Head of Forecast Office, Heathrow Senior Analyst, Vattenfall Wind Energy, London Meteorologist EDF Trading, London Meteorologist Officer, Royal Navy Head of Catastrophe Research, Hiscox Insurance, London Chief Meteorologist, Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia 12

LIMITLESS POTENTIAL | LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES | LIMITLESS IMPACT EMPLOYMENT RATES Is the employment rate for people with a degree in Meteorology. This is extremely high, with around 85% of graduates finding employment in a related career. 85%