National Weather Service Training Center
The National Weather Service Training Center provides initial and continuing education to NOAA/NWS employees in the areas of equipment, management, meteorology, hydrology, systems support, and related activities. NWSTC's staff develop and deliver courses in a number of formats including residence classes and workshops, web-based and computer-based self-study tutorials, teletraining, and work aides. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri.
In addition, NWSTC staff provides consulting services, research and development, technical and operational documentation assistance, and system deployment support. The NWSTC Leadership Academy also offers leadership training to all federal agencies.
NWSTC's goal is to teach job-specific and practical skills; integrate systems so the whole, instead of individual parts of the problem, can be recognized; emulate the NWS working field environment; and provide students the ability to work and experiment with concepts or equipment as part of learning.
NWSTC's mission is to align the training of NOAA/NWS employees with the advancement of science and technology for NOAA to earn the public's trust and perform with service-based excellence.
