GIS Technician REF: PED/DP/GS/02 at Stellenbosch Municipality

Minimum Requirements:

• Tertiary Qualification in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or a related field
• 1-3 years relevant experience
• Valid Code B Driving License

Other Requirements:

• Results-driven, team player with a customer-focused approach
• Knowledge of geomatics principles and ability to apply this knowledge
• Ability to communicate well at all levels (both written and verbal)
• Positive attitude
• Ability to plan and organize workloads effectively to enhance performance
• Willingness to work irregular hours
• High level of computer literacy, specifically in GIS system applications
• Sound knowledge of Geographical Information Systems and regulations
• Good research and analytical skills
• Proficient in MS Office

Added Advantage:

• Experience within a municipal or government setting
• Registered with South African Geomatics Council as a GISc Technician

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Obtain and extract data from specific sources, such as spreadsheets and databases
• Check data for errors as it is entered
• Formalize and enhance templates
• Manage the central repository and documents
• Demonstrate knowledge of capture methods for primary spatial data
• Develop a basic understanding of GIS data structures for data acquisition
• Understand elements contributing to data quality and metadata
• Capture geo-information from secondary data sources
• Demonstrate knowledge of sources for spatial data
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of GPS data
• Capture data with GPS for GIS
• Understand computer database management systems
• Develop simple SQL queries
• Understand principles of spatial data in databases
• Create simple databases (e.g., file geodatabases)
• Understand various spatial data formats and attribute data types
• Complete an original, basic GIS project under supervision
• Apply basic GIS software functions
• Perform basic spatial and hybrid queries under supervision
• Understand basic concepts and theory of networks
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of spatial modeling in GISc
• Understand concepts of cartographic modeling