Department of the Interior
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Duties:
- Compile, review, and produce digital spatial databases, metadata, and other digital cartographic products
- Collect, edit and process LiDAR and bathymetry data to create DEMs, contours, and hillshades
- Coordinate with the GIS Lab Manager to train and develop work plans for GIS student interns.
- Perform quality assurance and quality control on digital data sets to ensure the data meets Cartographic Standards
- Operate a government vehicle as an incidental driver
Qualifications Required:
Applicants must meet one of the following to qualify for the GS-07 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-06 level in the Federal service that is in or related to the duties of this position. Specialized experience may include work in the fields of cartography, physical geography, geodesy, astronomy, photogrammetry, oceanography, computer science, land surveying, geophysics, and remote sensing if it equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position.
Examples of GS-6 level work: Performs drafting and mapping work to produce a variety of cartographic products; prepares or modifies digital maps; digitizes, scans, creates, complies, or drafts maps, diagrams, and data according to basic cartographic principles; creates digital data bases, map layouts, and base maps using Geographic Information System (GIS); prepares illustrations, maps, and charts using standard GIS and/or drafting methods according to basic cartographic principles and publication standards; edits previously digitized data for completeness, coding, and accuracy.
Applicants may substitute successful completion of 1 year of appropriate graduate level education (18 semester hours, 27 quarter hour or the equivalent) in cartography or other field of study directly related to the work of this position for the required 1 year of specialized experience, provided it demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of this position.