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Geographic Information Systems Specialist

Geographic Information Systems Specialist

The Recent Graduates Program affords developmental experiences in the Federal Government intended to promote possible careers in the civil service to individuals who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs. Current students who are scheduled to graduate within nine months may also apply to these positions. However, these students cannot be appointed until after graduation and the official degree has been awarded and conferred.

Responsibilities
As an advanced trainee, employee will perform assignments to determine type, amount and level of information required to develop and analyze ecosystem management alternatives.
Under the guidance of a higher graded specialist, participates in developing data dictionaries, data models, and metadata for multi-disciplinary information and geospatial applications.
Receives training in the conversion of geospatial information and remote sensing imagery into GIS databases; and in organization and maintenance of resource information and data.
Receives training in more advanced skills, techniques and procedures by performing a variety of productive activities involving the use of geospatial analysis processes, protocols and solutions.
As a trainee, participates in the manipulation and analysis of geospatial data linking a variety of resources such as socio-economics, land, air, water, timber, recreation, wildlife, fisheries, and/or special management areas.
Performs progressively more difficult assignments involving multi-resource analysis.
Works with higher graded specialists to create increasingly more complex thematic map products and presentation materials using established automated map and chart making processes.
In a training capacity, collects and/or receives data for processing and compiling into datasets for producing cartographic models, maps and analysis.
Applies basic geographic and cartographic principles to the resolution of more complicated issues in geospatial database construction and map compilation.