GIS Technician position available for Summer 2007:
Assateague Island National Seashore seeks to hire a GIS Technician to work
in the Natural Resource Management Division during Summer 2007. The
selected applicant will gain experience in scanning aerial photographs at
high resolutions, utilizing ERDAS Imagine image processing software to
manipulate photographs, and maintaining and updating an MS Access
database. The selected applicant will also have the opportunity to
participate in fieldwork and to utilize GIS to support a variety of
natural resource management projects, including threatened and endangered
shorebird and plant studies, wildlife management, water quality
monitoring, and coastal geomorphologic monitoring.
Currently, the park maintains a large collection of hard copy aerial
photographs that contain valuable information on geomorphic and ecologic
changes over the last half century. Unfortunately, these photos are
underutilized, as they are only available at the park library in a hard
copy format. The GIS Technician will improve access to this collection by
(1) digitally scanning aerial photographs and preparing them for
georeferencing; (2) populating and maintaining an Access database with
photograph descriptions, locations, and file linkages; (3) creating a GIS
shapefile with hotlinks to individual photographs; (4) georeferencing
selected photograph sets into UTM coordinates, and (5) creating FGDC-
compliant metadata for scanned photograph sets.
The position will be full-time for 12 weeks between May and August 2006,
with the possibility of continued part-time work in the fall. Start date
is flexible. Technician will be paid at a GS-04 rate ($12.36 per hour).
Park housing is available in close proximity to the parks Visitor Center
and Headquarters in Berlin, MD for approximately $150 per month.
Knowledge and skills required for this position:
Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen and planning to enroll as a full-time
student for Fall 2007. Successful completion of a background check will
be required as a condition of employment.
Applicant must have a basic knowledge of methods, procedures, and
technology of ArcGIS (ESRI GIS Software) sufficient to view spatial data
in ArcGIS. Basic knowledge of Microsoft Windows-based operating systems,
and software (e.g., Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat) is also required,
along with a familiarity with scanning software and hardware. In
addition, applicants must be able to communicate information in a clear
and concise manner.
The ability to work independently and proactively, and to organize
information both spatially and logically, is also necessary, as the
selected applicant will be organizing and cataloging a large number of
aerial photographs from an area with few static landmarks.
Experience with ERDAS Imagine, MS Access, aerial photography, remote
sensing, and digital image manipulation is desirable, but not required.
How to apply:
Applications must be received by February 26, 2007. Send form OF-612
(available at http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/forms.asp) or resume (to include
information required on form OF-612), contact information for two
references, college transcripts (unofficial is acceptable), and
documentation of full-time student enrollment to
Courtney Schupp
Assateague Island National Seashore
7206 National Seashore Lane
Berlin, MD 21811
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
