We live in a technological age where information is widely available, and we will see variations in performance across the globe. It is certainly more visible now with the internet. One of the aims of having WMO Competency Requirements is that we achieve a minimum standard of service provision in meteorology. The intended outcome is that if organizations apply these standards to their operational areas, more consistency will be achieved between service providers internationally, and across multiple service areas.
Creating a standardized assessment tool, however, is difficult. Though the science of meteorology is the same everywhere, every organization is different, their tools are different, their forecast process will be different, the structure of their service provision is different, and their user's needs may also be different. Therefore organizations need to tailor the competency requirements to meet their needs. A 'one size fits all' approach does not work. Moreover, when organizations need to consider assessing personnel across multiple competency areas (for example, one forecaster may be responsible for public weather, marine and aviation weather forecasting), the assessment tools become run the risk of becoming complex and organizations need to find ways to create an efficient and effective assessment program.