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Senior Geographic Information Systems Technician, prov

Description of Duties

This is a technical position responsible for gathering, managing, and manipulating spatial data in a geographic information system (GIS) environment in a municipality.  Duties include performing field work, and working in various weather conditions and on uneven terrain.  This position differs from the lower level title Geographic Information Systems Technician by virtue of its increased level of technical complexity in all aspects of GIS.  The employee reports directly to, and works under the general supervision of a Manager of Operations – GIS or other higher level staff member.  Does related work as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from high school or possession of an equivalency diploma, plus EITHER:

(A)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Environmental Science, Planning, Imaging Science, Computer Science or a closely related field including six (6) college semester credit hours in geographic information systems (GIS) plus either six (6) months paid full-time or its part-time equivalent work experience or two (2) quarters or one (1) semester of cooperative education (co-op) work experience** involving geographic information systems (GIS) that includes data conversion, data creation, feature editing, data analysis, creating reports AND cartography; OR,

(B)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Bachelor's or Master’s degree plus either: one (1) year paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience or four (4) quarters or two (2) semesters of cooperative education (co-op) experience** working with geographic information systems (GIS) that includes data conversion, data creation, feature editing, data analysis, creating reports AND cartography; OR,

(C)  Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems or an Associate's degree plus three (3) years paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience working with geographic information systems (GIS) that includes data conversion, data creation, feature editing, data analysis, creating reports AND cartography; OR,

(D)  Five (5) years paid full-time or its part-time equivalent experience working with geographic information systems (GIS) that includes data conversion, data creation, feature editing, data analysis, creating reports AND cartography; OR,

(E)  An equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of (A), (B), (C) and (D) above.

**Co-op experience can be paid or unpaid.

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