shrug-l: US Department of Labor announces release of Geospatial Technology Competency Model

[Tripp Corbin]

>From the Dept. Of Labor Website:

 

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training
Administration today announced the release of an industry competency
model for geospatial technology. There are now 16 models available on
the Competency Model Clearinghouse available through the department's
One-Stop Career Centers website. The Geospatial Technology Competency
Model has been developed by researching and analyzing publicly available
resources, existing skill standards, competency-based curricula and
certifications to provide an employer-driven framework of the skills
needed for success in geospatial technology. 

 

"Competency models offer workers an opportunity to learn what it takes
to enter a particular field," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis.
"The geospatial model serves as a guide for those who want to both find
a good job and map out a long-term career pathway in any of several
geospatial technology fields including surveying and mapping, computer
science and information science."

 

The model will serve as a resource for career guidance, curriculum
development and evaluation, career pathway development, recruitment and
hiring, continuing professional development, certification and
assessment development, apprenticeship program development and outreach
efforts to promote geospatial technology careers.

 

ETA worked with employer and education partners for two years to develop
and validate a model that represents the broad range of services,
technical and manufacturing professions, and products within the fields
of geography, surveying and mapping, computer science, information
science and other specialized areas of application that comprise
geospatial technology. The GeoTech Center, a government, academia and
industry partnership funded, in part, by a grant from the National
Science Foundation and based at Del Mar College, led the validation
process.

 

The model builds on previous efforts to describe geospatial industry
skill needs, including the Geospatial Technology Competency Model
developed at the University of Southern Mississippi. The new model
groups competencies into foundational competencies, core geospatial
competencies and competencies for three geospatial sectors: positioning
and data acquisition, analysis and modeling, and software and
application development.

 

To access the new competency model, visit the Competency Model
Clearinghouse at http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/. 

 

For more information on the range of Department of Labor employment and
training programs visit http://www.doleta.gov. 

 

Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP
Vice President, GIS/IT
ESRI Authorized Instructor
CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer
Keck & Wood, Inc. <http://www.keckwood.com/> 
(678) 417-4013
(678) 417-4055 fax



 

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