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I don’t know if you saw this…but our very own Mark Greninger racked up another award. You can see it on the website he helped create for the CGIA. Click here or go to http://cgia.org/2012/04/april-newsflash/ Congratulations Mark!  ACS Training Doug Morales from Public Health passed this to me – the Census Bureau provided this training to his staff, and we will be organizing additional training opportunities in the County where you can learn more. But it contains valuable information that could get you started today! CensusBureau – Accessing Data from the New American Factfinder (slides in pdf format).
And last but not least – the draft of the Los Angeles 2nd Geospatial Summit (April 30th). Hope folks can attend that. Here is a job opportunity in LA for a GIS Technician (reposted from the CGIA website) COME JOIN OUR WINNING TEAM! Come work for the largest importer and distributor of water in the Western United States, with a proud record of reliably delivering high-quality drinking water to Southern California for over 75 years! Our system conveys, treats and delivers an average of 1.7 billion gallons of water per day to 19 million customers in our service area. Our employees enjoy highly competitive salaries and excellent retirement, medical, dental, 401K, and other benefits (see our website). The monthly salary range for the Engineering Technician I position is $4,697 – $6,174. ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN I (GIS TECHNICIAN) The Engineering Services Group currently has one Engineering Technician I (Geographic Information Technician)position open in the Engineering Survey Team within the Infrastructure Section at our headquarters facility at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The Engineering Survey Team is responsible for all GIS mapping and geospatial analyses required to support Metropolitan’s planning, design and operational activities. This team generates hundreds of maps and diagrams every year; from essential location maps to highly complex and data-rich analytical maps. The Engineering Technician hired through this recruitment will work with engineers, project managers, water system operations staff, and technical specialists in an exciting, challenging environment with broad opportunities for career advancement. The successful candidate will be involved in exciting projects associated with our existing facilities and the design of new facilities required to meet future needs. Under close supervision, this position will work in the area of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping and analysis and perform technical assignments using GIS mapping tools. Duties for this position include but are not limited to: performing or assisting in the preparation of GIS-based digital and paper maps, tables and technical reports; preparing, maintaining and reporting on technical or analytical GIS related data; performing or assisting with simple geospatial analyses using ArcView tools, in support of construction, maintenance and operation for a variety of projects. For more details and to apply on-line, please go to MyJobs at www.mwdh2o.com
 OC GIS Page I wanted to pass this along – the California Geographic Information Association (CGIA) website just notified me that the OC GIS group is back. So – if you are in Orange County, enjoy! I look forward to working with the group on inter-county GIS issues! Here’s a link to their site: http://www.ocgis.org/
Please find the agenda for tomorrow’s meeting attached: April eGIS meeting notice and Agenda (.pdf file). We will have updates on LAR-IAC3, the Strategic Plan, a demonstration of a new application for Agriculture Weights and Measures, as well as continued discussion of our draft policies. See you tomorrow! Thanks to Tom Weisenberger for passing along. I guess we just enjoy our jobs! http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2010/pf/jobs/1010/gallery.best_jobs_least_stress.moneymag/5.html GIS Analysts are also the 97th best job (I think #1 though) http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestjobs/2010/snapshots/97.html |
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