GIS Technician Apprentice

PART TIME ROLE - 20 HOURS PER WEEK

PAY = $22/HOUR

Individuals in this role support with the production of high quality geographic and demographic materials that would be used for commercial real estate marketing and market analysis purposes.

This role is learning Geographic Information Systems (GIS) fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures and assists other GIS staff within the commercial real estate industry. Learning to work with large data sets for analysis of geospatial information, with manager direction and review

• Learn to support the production of map-based results demonstrating ESRI suite, with a heavy focus on paper/static or online map results. Use third party mapping platforms (e.g. Adobe Creative Suite) to produce best-in-class aesthetic results.
• Assist the team with mapping workload overflow as needed.
• Acquire and maintain accurate market data (e.g., existing/proposed locations of office buildings, malls, shopping centers, retailers). Helps to perform quality assurance and routine diagnostics on data and databases.
• Extract, format, and transform demographic- and location-related data from various databases for use with mapping services. May use protocols to identify problems with datasets and routine extraction processes, resolve issues, and systematize processes for future work.
• Log and prioritize work assignments using the company's proprietary web-based map ordering and workflow management system.
• Help to maintain a map library of commonly used maps and results for dedicated regions.
• Responsible for keeping current with continuing internal training and informative assignments geared towards sophisticated GIS analysis.