The Maine Department of Marine Resources in Boothbay Harbor, ME has a contract for temporary staffing that will provide some or all of the services described below. If you or someone you know may be interested, please respond by email using the contact information for Seth Barker below.

 

GIS Technician

 

Job Description: The position will assist in the development of a coastal and marine GIS for use by the Maine Department of Marine Resources and other Maine State agencies. The position will also assist in training, data creation, management, distribution, and modeling using ArcGIS. The majority of the work will be carried out at the MeDMR Fisheries Laboratory in West Boothbay Harbor. This is a contract position with no benefits. This job pays $14/hr and does not have benefits.

 

Possible Tasks:

- Data management and metadata for conversion to Citrix based software delivery Data management and metadata for creation of a Coastal Atlas.

- Gather and process Species of Concern data

- Eelgrass habitat modeling using UNH PTSI tool

     

Need to know:

- Basic ArcMap environment (extensions and customizing the ArcMap

environment)

- Editing of vector data and attributes (setting the editing environment, digitizing, basic editing operations, quality control) Raster data creation and management Data management (ArcCatalog, geodatabase essentials, SDE basics, data

parsing)

- Metadata creation and editing (ESRI tools) Basic cartography (map symbolization, projections, layouts) Use of Arc Toolbox

 

Desirable skills:

-Modeling and ESRI Model Builder

-Basics of Topology

-Python or VBA scripting

 

Additional requirement: A valid driver’s license.

 

Start Date: May 2010

Duration: three months (based on presently available funding)

Contact:

 

Seth L. Barker

Bureau of Resource Management

Maine Department of Marine Resources

194 McKown Point Road

West Boothbay Harbor, ME  04575

 

207.633.9507  - Desk

 

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