the new geospatial technology competency model: status and prospects
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National Visiting Committee Atlanta GA February 2011. The New Geospatial Technology Competency Model: Status and Prospects. David DiBiase, CMS, GISP Penn State University National Geospatial Technology Center. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The NewGeospatial Technology Competency
Model: Status and Prospects
David DiBiase, CMS, GISPPenn State University National Geospatial Technology Center
Sponsors include the National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education program [DUE #0801893]. Author’s opinions are not necessarily shared by NSF.
National Visiting CommitteeAtlanta GAFebruary 2011
GTCM-based Curriculum Self-Assessment Tool
What difference does it make?
1. Rich Serby comment in Directions webinar
2. GISP Certification Update Initiative3. Curriculum Self-Assessment instrument4. NGAC endorsement?
What’s next?
1. Deploy an online self-assessment instrument
2. Recruit participating institutions (100?)3. Analyze and publish results4. Leverage findings to devise a national
articulation framework?
Implementing the GTCM and Some Ways It is Being UsedNational Visiting CommitteeAtlanta GAFebruary 2011
Chris SemerjianGainesville State [email protected]
Funded by National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education program [DUE #0801893]. Author’s opinions are not necessarily shared by NSF
Implementing the GTCM• Self-assessment• Course & Program Development• Articulation• Professional Certification • National Competition
GTCM Self Assessment v.0.1
David DiBiase, Penn State, 2010
GTCM Self Assessment v.0.2
Gainesville State College GIS Certificate Program 2010
Program Self-Assessment• Version 0.1
• Penn State, Lakeland CC, Southwestern College, Front Range Community College
• Version 0.2• Gainesville State College, Central Georgia
Technical College, Ogeechee Technical College, Front Range Community College
• Online version in development• Target Date: June 1, 2011• Webinars to be scheduled for spring and fall
Articulation: Comparison of GSC and OTC Intro Courses
• Technical College System of Georgia• University System of Georgia
Course/Program Development
• GeoTech representatives are in discussion with the three education systems of Georgia to coordinate articulation and program development with the GTCM and to develop Career Pathways.
GIS Certification Institute•Portfolio-based professional
certification made sense when GISCI was founded in 2004
no comprehensive specifications of geospatial competencies existed
No industry-validated competency specifications defined
GIS Certification Institute•June 30, 2010 - potential GISP exam
▫Board of Directors charged Certification Committee's Core Competencies Working Group to prepare:
"a serious proposal that enables informed discussion and decision-making about the prospect of more-rigorous GISP certification."
GISCI Review Process•Nov 16, 2010:
▫Working group submits a revised proposal regarding certification requirements
•Nov 17, 2010: ▫Certification committee reviews and
comments on proposal•Dec 15, 2010:
▫Certification committee delivers endorsed proposal to GISCI Board of Directors
Working Group Recommends •Adding examination•Modifying the portfolio application to
conform to the GTCM•Inform existing GISP’s and potential
GISP candidates that examination and portfolio will require applicants to demonstrate mastery of competencies identified in the GTCM
Professional CertificationGISCI Invites Comment on Proposed Examination Requirement – January 26, 2010
The GIS Certification Institute (GISCI) today made public a proposal to update requirements for GIS Professional (GISP) certification. Key among the proposed updates is the addition of a required examination. The Working Group that prepared the proposal recommends that the exam be based on the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Geospatial Technology Competency Model and related resources.
National Geospatial Skills and Competency
Competition• Competition will test student aptitude in
• Geospatial concepts• Spatial analysis and applications • Presentation skills
• Exam based on Geospatial Technology Competency
Model (GTCM) • Insure that the most relevant skills and
knowledge are being assessed
• Presentations judged by GISP’s
Meta-DACUMs and Plans for Future Remote Sensing Technician DACUM
John JohnsonDACUM [email protected]
Funded by National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education program [DUE #0801893]. Author’s opinions are not necessarily shared by NSF
National Visiting CommitteeAtlanta, GAFebruary 2011
Geospatial Technology Competenc
y Model
Competencies specific to an occupation identified by DoL & partners:• GeoTech using DACUM Job
Analysis
DOL Job Analysis • 14 general task descriptions• Collected by workforce
analysts• 6 Interests & 6 work values• Tools and technology• Wages & employment
trends
GeoTech DACUM Job meta Analysis• 55 task categories from 476 specific job
tasks• Ranked by importance and learning
difficulty• Collected from 76 existing/former GIS
Technicians • Validated by 413 GIS professionals• 35 knowledge & skill categories from 230
values• 27 behaviors categories from 102 values• Tools, future trends & conditions
GIS Technician Job Analyses
PLANNED Prior to the ASPRS Conference, Milwaukee, May 1 & 2
Panel Session: “Geospatial Workforce Needs Coming into Focus”
Remote Sensing Technician DACUM Job Analysis
Tentative Panel of Expert Workers :
Name Location Job Title EducationJason Brown Reston, VA Remote Sensing Scientist (1 yr) Master’s DegreeGeorge Riner Rohnert Park, CA Research Technician I (3 yr) Master’s Degree in GISThomas Jones West Bend, WI Principal, Geospatial Intelligence (1 yr) Bachelor’s Degree, CMS-RSMary Sitton Linden, VA President/Imagery Analyst (17 yrs) Bachelor’s Degree, CMS-RSErin Kees Rochester, NY Lidar data processor – lead (2.5 yrs) Bachelor’s DegreeIndu Jeyachandran Santa Clara, CA Postdoctoral Student (2 yrs) PhD Civil Engineering
2009 DACUM “Remote Sensing Scientist”Charles Clancy San Ramon, CA GIS/Remote Sensing & Geodesy Analyst Chevron,Lawrence Fox III, Humboldt State Univ, CA Emeritus Professor and Senior Advisor, Institute for Spatial AnalysisKevin Koy, U. C. Berkeley CA Manager, Geospatial Innovation FacilityLaura E. P. Rocchio, Los Angeles, CA Senior Outreach Scientist, Science Systems Applications Inc., Cindy Schmidt, Moffett Field, CA Research Scientist, San Jose State NASA, NASA Ames Research Center
Employment Projections by Geospatial Occupation
Employment Change ‘08 – ‘18 Total Job Openings Job Title Code 2008 2018 # %
Computer specialists 15-1000 3,424,300 4,187,000 762,700 22.3% 1,383,600
Other computer specialists 15-1099 209,300 236,800 27,500 13.14% 72,600
Geospatial Information Scientists & Technologists *
15-1099.06
Geographic Information Systems Technicians *
15-1099.07
Architects, surveyors, and cartographers 17-1000 237,900 278,000 40,100 16.84%
86,300
Cartographers and photogrammetrists ** 17-1021 12,300 15,600 3,300 26.79% 6,400
Surveyors 17-1022 57,600 66,200 8,600 14.88% 23,300
Geodetic Surveyors * 17-1022.01
Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians
17-3000 826,200 878,300 52,200 6.31% 220,000
Surveying and mapping technicians
17-3031 77,000 92,700 15,700 20.40% 29,400
Surveying Technicians 17-3031.01 Mapping Technicians 17-3031.02
Physical scientists 19-2000 275,500
317,200
41,700 15.1% 123,000
All other physical scientists 19-2099 27,400 30,400 3,000 11.07% 10,100 Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists *
19-2099.01
Life, physical, & social science technicians
19-4000 356,500 400,700 44,100 12.4% 172,900
Life, physical, and social science technicians, all others
19-4099 64,700 73,300 8,600 13.33% 36,400
Precision Agriculture Technicians * 19-4099.02
Remote Sensing Technicians * 19-4099.03
Source: US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "Occupational Employment Projections to 2018," published in the November 2009 Monthly Labor Review. * Indicates New and Emerging Occupations in the O*NET SOC 2009 Taxonomy. ** Indicates in the Top 50 Fastest-Growing Occupations (Career One Stop).
TARGETING OTHER GEOSPATIAL JOBS FOR ANALYSIS
Existing
Department of Labor
Future Activities – 2011-2012▫Develop Qualitative Assessment Tool
for GIS Technician (upper tiers of GTCM)▫Conduct additional DACUM job analysis ▫“R.S. Technician” ?
Identify a host & sponsor to recruit panel of workers & validate outcome
Provide job analysis services to Colleges who want to develop or update curriculum.
▫Validate job analyses results with industry
▫Consolidate results with similar studies
▫Present findings - Esri EdUC
Long Term Activities ▫Develop & update qualitative assessment
tools
▫Conduct, validate & consolidate DACUM job analyses for: Survey Technicians? Precision Agriculture Technicians? GIS Scientists and Technologists? Other?
▫Continue to monitor job/employment demand
▫Update & revise existing geospatial job analyses
Discussion for Session 2 Topics