Community-Based Air Quality Monitoring Framework

3. Staffing the Project

Staffing an air monitoring project requires personnel with a range of skills to measure air quality successfully. Resources in this section can help determine what skills and experience the project team has already, what other expertise they will need, and whether they need to hire or seek out additional help.

Purpose: Staffing an air monitoring project requires people with a range of skills to successfully measure air quality and properly interpret the data collected.

Resources:

• Staffing & Experience Tool: Helps groups determine their collective expertise and identify lead and support roles for important skills based on categories relevant to community air quality monitoring. (TD Enviro, spreadsheet tool)

Common challenges that these resources help address: Community-based air monitoring project personnel may not have all of the necessary skills or expertise needed to complete their projects. Projects may require more funding or staff support than expected to site, install, operate and maintain air monitors and to manage associated data. An early inventory of the project’s staffing requirements can help avoid unexpected problems later in the process of project development or implementation.