Gis Officer III– Job Group K (1 Post) at County Government of Nandi

Requirements for Appointment:

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Geographic Information Systems, Geography or its equivalent;
• Higher National Diploma in Geographic Information Systems, Geography or its equivalent with 3 years experience.

Key Tasks:

• Designing maps, graphics, illustrations and layouts;
• Communicating information through the use of color, symbols, style and other means;
• Using computers to compile and produce graphs for specialist and general users;
• Researching, selecting and evaluating map source data for use in the preparation or revision of maps and charts to various scales;
• Analyzing and evaluating map able information;
• Liaising with surveyors and designers;
• Collating data provided by remote sensing techniques (the means by which spatial and environmental data about the earth are acquired by sensors located in satellites and aircraft);
• Operating a photogram metric plotting instrument or a digital photogram metric workstation (DPW), which views the photographs stereoscopically, or in a 3d format;
• Design, maintenance and manipulation of geographical information (Gdatabases;
• Working with geographical information systems (GIS) to see, model and analyze landscape features;
• Using desktop publishing packages to edit and formulate information;
• Capturing, maintaining and outputting digital geographic data;
• Generalizing map data to allow for a reduction in scale (derived mapping);
• Checking and appraising the content and accuracy of maps, charts and printing proofs;
• Keeping up to date with emerging specialist software;