Description
Apply remote sensing technologies to assist scientists in areas such as natural resources, urban planning, or homeland security. May prepare flight plans or sensor configurations for flight trips.
Interests
- Realistic
- Conventional
- Investigative
Work Values
- Support
- Working Conditions
- Achievement
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Persistence
Tasks
- Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
- Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
- Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.
- Consult with remote sensing scientists, surveyors, cartographers, or engineers to determine project needs.
- Adjust remotely sensed images for optimum presentation by using software to select image displays, define image set categories, or choose processing routines.
Work Activities
- Working with Computers
- Getting Information
- Processing Information
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
- Analyzing Data or Information
Detailed Work Activities
- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Technology Skills
- Analytical or scientific software
- Presentation software
- Operating system software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Web platform development software
Abilities
- Deductive Reasoning
- Information Ordering
- Problem Sensitivity
- Inductive Reasoning
- Near Vision
Skills
- Critical Thinking
- Mathematics
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Listening
Knowledge
- Geography
- Computers and Electronics
- Mathematics
- Customer and Personal Service
- Engineering and Technology
Most Common Education Level
The “Most Common Education Level” refers to the level of education held by the majority of workers in a given occupation. For example, if the highest percentage of workers in a role have an Associate’s Degree, that suggests this is the typical educational requirement. Knowing this helps you plan how many years of education you may need to pursue that career.
Certificates
Certificate name
Enterprise System Design Associate 10.5Certifying Organization
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
Web Application Developer Associate 10.4Certifying Organization
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
Enterprise System Design Associate 10.5Certifying Organization
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Type
Product/Equipment
Certificate name
Certified Remote Sensing TechnologistCertifying Organization
American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - Imaging & Geospatial Information Society
Type
Core
Income Percentile
The income percentiles show how earnings are distributed within a profession. The 10th percentile means that 10% of workers earned less than that amount. The median (50th percentile) indicates that half of workers earned more, and half earned less. The 90th percentile reflects what the top 10% of earners in the field make.
| Income Percentile | Annual Income |
|---|---|
| Low (10%) | N/A |
| Median (50%) | N/A |
| High (90%) | N/A |
Income by Experience
This table shows how income typically grows with experience—from entry level (0–2 years), to mid-level (3–5 years), to senior level (6–8 years), to expert level (8+ years).
| Experience | Income |
|---|---|
Entry Level  | N/A |
| Mid Level | N/A |
| Senior Level | N/A |
| Expert Level | N/A |
Employability
There are currently 83,300 jobs in this career path. Over the next 10 years, that number is expected to increase to 88,200 positions, reflecting a projected growth of 6%.
The Projected Job Growth figure refers to the expected increase or decrease in employment within a specific career field over a certain period of time.
Projected Job Growth of 6%
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