Jackson County
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Type:
Full Time
Posted:
03/26/2009
Deadline to Apply:
04/24/2009
More Information:
Jackson County Personnel
Description
Jackson County Land Information has an open opportunity for a GIS Intern. The limited term employee will assist in creating and editing geographic information system (GIS) layers for Jackson County. The GIS Intern will work under the direction of the Jackson County Land Information Officer. Compensation is $10.00/hr and has no benefits.
This position will be responsible for assisting office staff with a variety of GIS projects. Tasks may include:
- Researching and creating a Jackson County Road Right-of-Way dataset
- Updating and correcting the county Public Land Survey (PLS) grid for use in the county geodatabase
- Converting a variety of data into the county geodatabase
- Creating and adjusting numerous other GIS datasets
Qualifications
- Candidates should be enrolled in or a recent graduate of a bachelor or associate degree program or higher in geography, land records, geology, natural resources or related field.
- Experience using ESRI’s ArcGIS 9.* and Microsoft Office (Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word)
- Familiarity with the Public Land Survey System
- Ability to work with technical equipment such as a plotter, large format scanner, GPS unit, and general equipment such as computers, scanners, fax, copy machines, etc
- Candidates must be able to work independently and in a timely manner. Good communication skills and dependability is essential.
Term: Late May through August 2009