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 Collegecsemerjian@gsc.edu

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 Facilitatorjohn@gisws.com

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