繁體中文
服務範圍
天文台科學主任嘅工作唔止天氣預報。除咗分析天氣形勢、發出預報同警告信號,佢哋亦要操作雷達同衛星系統,並提供氣候、授時及地球物理、輻射監測、海洋物理、航空氣象、海洋氣象同應用氣象服務,以及數據處理同資訊科技支援。部分崗位要輪班或隨時候召,颱風、暴雨等惡劣天氣期間通常最忙。
入職條件
入職要同時滿足學歷、經驗或深造、語文同測試四方面。學歷方面須持指定理科嘅一級或二級榮譽學士學位;經驗方面須有最少兩年氣象相關工作經驗,或改以相關理科碩士學位代替;語文方面須喺綜合招聘考試中文運用同英文運用兩卷取得「一級」;另須通過《基本法及香港國安法》測試。天文台亦可能安排本地專業培訓或送海外進修。
職系同晉升
科學主任係天文台嘅主要專業職系,職級由低到高包括科學主任、高級科學主任、助理天文台台長同天文台台長。較高職級會承擔更多督導、管理同對外事務,亦要統籌大型服務同研究項目。天文台亦會安排科學主任接受本地或海外專業培訓,以應付職務需要。薪酬按公務員薪級表所屬職級訂定,以公務員事務局公布嘅薪級資料為準。
English
Range of services
Observatory Scientific Officers do more than forecasting. Besides analysing weather situations and issuing forecasts and warning signals, they operate radar and satellite systems and provide climate, time and geophysics, radiation monitoring, ocean physics, aviation meteorology, marine meteorology and applied meteorology services, along with data processing and IT support. Some posts involve shift work or on-call duty, and the workload usually peaks during severe weather such as typhoons and rainstorms. Officers may also brief the public, the media and other government departments when significant weather threatens the territory.
Entry requirements
Entry requires qualifications, experience or further study, language and the test together. On qualifications, a first- or second-class honours bachelor's degree in a specified science subject is needed; on experience, at least two years of meteorology-related work experience, or a relevant science master's degree in place of experience; on language, Grade 1 in both Use of Chinese and Use of English in the Common Recruitment Examination; and a pass in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test. The Observatory may also arrange local professional training or overseas study.
Grade and progression
The Scientific Officer grade is the Observatory's main professional grade. From the bottom up the ranks are Scientific Officer, Senior Scientific Officer, Assistant Director and Director of the Hong Kong Observatory. More senior ranks carry greater supervisory, managerial and external duties and coordinate large service and research projects. The Observatory also arranges local or overseas professional meteorological training to meet the demands of the job. Pay follows the civil-service pay scales for the grade held, as published by the Civil Service Bureau.