What does a GIS Technician Do?

Thanks for the content, Katie! I am fresh in my first new role as a GIS technician in Portland, Maine

Thank you the information was helpful.

Amazing and informative channel 💯

thank you for the knowledge

Nice video, my first job in the GIS field was a GIS Technician, good description of the job.

I hope you continue to make consistent content, I’m a geospatial engineer in the Army and will be getting out soon. Trying to decide if I want to go to college for it and pursue it as a civilian. Your videos are helping me understand how things work on the outside. Thanks a lot 🙏🏽

Hi, Katie. I'm from Brazil and a geographer. With a bachelor degree in geography I've had geomorphology classes, biogeography, cartography, climatology, hydrography, urban geography, and many more... but I didn't have any GIS classes. I wont complain about the University, I love all the things I've learned and that made me able to understand the world, the environment, the landscape, with huge confidence. But, since I've started to work as an intern (10 years ago) the only thing I've done is working with GIS, especially doing environmental analysis. I've worked with many GIS softwares during this time: Geomedia, MapInfo, ArcGIS, QGIS, GvSIG, SPRING... but I don't have any knowledge in programming. Since we are facing a real bad political situation here in Brazil, I'm studying, prospecting an opportunity to move abroad. For what kind of jobs do you think I am able to apply with this knowledge, or what kind of course I might do (besides practicing my english)? TY for the videos!

Great video! Thanks so much for the information. Of all the GIS positions, which one works primarily on creating maps?

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Great video! I recently accepted a job as a GIS technician. I completed a four year degree at an accredited university so hopefully that helps in ensuring I meet company goals. This video gave me both confidence and some things to think about. While I have knowledge of map making and geodatabase entry, I fear that my skills are not top tier. This video gave me some insight into things I really am not familiar with. My employer did highlight that, despite learning more analytical techniques in school, the position employs very little of those skills. As you said you are more of the companies workhorse, ensuring the more rudimentary tasks are completed.

Towards the end of your video you talked about GIS being employed differently in different countries which I agree ....in USA there is a progression in terms of GIS titles starting from technician , analyst so on and so forth....in India...GIS is focused typically on candidates being able to program....so there actually is no difference between software engineer and GIS expert

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Great video, I just graduate from an associate's degree in GIS in Dallas TX, and GIS technician is probably the position are going to get. However I am looking that there are a lot of GIS jobs right now that are mobile, they especify been working on the road 80 to 100 % of the time. Looks more like a field or a survey technician to me. I would like to now what do you think 🤔

I am having 10 years of work experience in disaster risk reduction and humanitarian where GIS is used a lot. My experience was around PMO but aim more interested in GIS but now moving to GIS, will it be difficult? what you think? Thanks.

Hi! Is GIS developer or specialist not allowed to do video call even with his own cellphone? I am just curious.

Do you know what's the average salary for a technician and analyst in México?

I'm a .Net developer with 5 years of experience, but I love Geography and I might pursue my BS degree in that major. I'm just not sure whether it is worth it. Especially I'm 39 years old. Isn't it too late?

What was your major in college

My daughter is doing a degree of GIS ... is it possible to get job overseas ?

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