Editing Meteorologist (section)

==Training==
[[File:PSM V45 D348 Forecasters at work in washington.jpg|thumb|In 1894, a group of US [[National Weather Service|Weather Bureau]] forecasters at work]]
To become a meteorologist, a person must take at least one undergraduate university degree in meteorology.<ref name=UQAM/> For researchers, this training continues with higher education, while for forecasters, each country has its own way of training.<ref name=UQAM/> For example, the [[Meteorological Service of Canada]] and UK [[Met Office]] have their own training course after the university, while [[Météo-France]] takes charge of all the training once the person has passed the entrance examination at the National School of Meteorology after high school.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr|url= http://www.enm.meteo.fr/content/admission-concours-0 |title= Admission et concours|year=2016|publisher=[[Météo-France]] |access-date=November 9, 2019 |quote= Ce concours peut se passer après le lycée, pour le grade de technicien ou après une licence ou des classes préparatoires pour devenir ingénieur. Le candidat qui a réussi le concours peut même être payé pendant ses études s'il travaille à terme pour Météo-France pendant 10 ans. Il a le statut de fonctionnaire.}}</ref> In United States, forecasters are hired by the [[National Weather Service]] or private firms after university, and receive on-the-job training, while researchers are hired according to their expertise.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/jetstream/careers |title=Careers in the National Weather Service|work=NWS JetStream|publisher=NOAA|date=2019|access-date=November 9, 2019}}</ref>

In some countries, such as in United States, there is a third way where a graduate in meteorology and communication at the college or university level can be hired as media meteorologists. They are to be distinguished from [[weather presenter]]s who have only a communication degree.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/media/bro/outreach/pdf/CareerOpportunitiesMeteorology.pdf|title=Career Opportunities in Meteorology|publisher=National Weather Service|access-date=May 29, 2023}}</ref>