[2] After leaving school he joined the Civil Service and his first, brief, post was as a clerical assistant for the Department of Social Security.
He transferred to the Met Office as an observer, based mainly at Cardiff Weather Centre but with spells making weather reports for air traffic control at Cardiff Airport, Birmingham Airport, and eight months in the Falkland Islands in 1993/4 working closely with the Royal Air Force.
[2][3][1][4] He went to Coleg Morgannwg in Pontypridd and Reading College of Technology[1] where he attained a BTEC Higher National Certificate in mathematics, statistics and physics in 1993.
Brockway qualified as a forecaster in 1995 and was posted to Birmingham Weather Centre, broadcasting on several BBC Radio stations across the English Midlands.
[2] After a year in London, Brockway took a position at the Met Office headquarters in Bracknell as an Environmental Consultant.
[5] Brockway was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to broadcasting and charity in Wales.