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User Training on RInstat for Climate Data Analysis
2019-12-05 13:12:38| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
GENERAL CONDITIONS START February 2020 TYPE OF BUSINESS Aerospace CONTRACT Freelancing WORKING LANGUAGE English DEADLINE 15 Jan 2020 SKILLS The provider shall have Excellent knowledge of and working experience in the programming language R and the statistics software RInstat. Excellent knowledge and working experience in statistics. Excellent skills in developing training material and delivering training. An ability to engage with training participants and instructors to collaboratively solving statistical questions and software RInstat and CM SAF R Toolbox related issues. Experiences in working in developing countries Experiences in distance learning methodologies. The provider shall be able to demonstrate the following behavioural skills Service and User Focus Team working and coordination Quality Orientation Fluency in English is mandatory and a working knowledge of French would be a highly significant advantage. TASKS The key person shall provide support on RInstat and statistical analysis of climate data using RInstat during Client climate trainings events andor training events jointly organized with partners. This includes, but is not limited to the installation of RInstat on digital devices, such as users computing environments training on the application of RInstat to both, time series of satellite and in situ data and comparison between them addressing training participants questions related to the application of RInstat to time series of both satellite and in situ climate data. This shall include responding to questions related to statistical problems e.g. related to time series analysis spatial statistics. The key person shall provide training material for Client climate training events. The format of the material will depend on the format of the event, which can be an online event, a facetoface event or a combination of both. The appropriate format of and the material will be specified by Client in the corresponding WP. The key person shall provide to Client a draft version of the training material in advance to each event, to allow review and discussion. Final versions shall also be provided prior to each event. Deadlines will be specified in the corresponding WP on a case by case basis. Per facetoface event the key person shall make available the number of trainers requested by Client. Trainers shall travel to the location where the onsite training takes place and be present throughout the duration of the training event. Note The duration of a facetoface training is usually 3 5 days. It is estimated that per event no more than two trainers may be required for the entire duration of the event. Training events are usually hosted in Europe or Africa, but may also take place elsewhere. Per synchronous online training event the key person shall make available the number of trainers requested by Client. The trainers shall connect to the tool selected by Client e.g. Webex, Skype and provide live sessions andor contribute to them as requested by Client. This includes being available for test sessions upon request. The purpose of the test session is to ensure the technical functionality of the session setup. Note The duration of online live training sessions is usually 1 3 hours. The key person shall provide the training materials agreed with Client prior to facetoface and online training events as applicable. Per asynchronous selfpaced online training, the key person shall design and steer the training modules and materials or contribute to the design and steering of the training modules and materials related to RInstat. All training material for nonlive online events shall be integrated into the online course structure provided by Client. Note Moodle is the online platform used to provide nonlive online training. Per asynchronous selfpaced online training, the key person shall respond to the questions of the training participants throughout the duration of the training period to be specified in the corresponding WP within one working day. Note The duration of an online training can vary from 1 2 weeks expecting participants to invest 10 hours per week to several month, expecting participants to invest 2 5 hours per week. The number of active participants of an online training is not expected to exceed 50. The key person shall be ready to develop RInstat functionalities to support users of satellitebased climate data in combining long time series of both, satellite data and station data, upon request. This will be specified in the individual work packages.
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