GIS Technician - G118 Tax Assessor

This position performs technical duties in the collection of geographic data and in the production of geographic maps and reports.

• Assists the public by telephone, mail, and in person with information related to city maps, addresses, and other geographic data.
• Assigns street addresses utilizing standard procedures to determine new and corrected addresses. Conducts property research to assure correct mapping information.
• Produces and distributes address letters; produces and distributes map prints. Interpolates deeds and plats; inputs graphic and non-graphic land data into the GIS system.
• Performs various drafting and typesetting duties in the production of stationary, brochures, maps, and other printed materials.
• Operates equipment to print a variety of forms, booklets, and other items.
• Performs a variety of clerical, administrative, and data entry tasks; compiles information and prepares reports; tracks and processes documents; enters and retrieves data.

• Knowledge of GIS technology and its applications.
• Knowledge of the hardware and software used in GIS applications.
• Knowledge of cartography practices. Skill in problem solving and decision making.
• Skill in operating standard office equipment including work related computer applications.
• Skill in the analysis of GIS data and in the creation of GIS related reports.
• Skill in oral and written communication.

Knowledge and level of competency commonly associated with the completion of specialized training in the occupational field, in addition to basic skills typically associated with a high school education. Sufficient experience to understand the basic principles relevant to the major duties of the position, usually associated with the completion of an apprenticeship/internship or having had a similar position for one to two years.

The work is typically performed while sitting at a desk or table or while intermittently sitting, standing, or stooping. The employee occasionally lifts light objects and must distinguish between shades of color. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:

• Feeling – perceiving attributes of objects by touch with skin, fingertips.
• Grasping – applying pressure to object with fingers, palm.
• Handling – picking, holding, or working with whole hand.
• Hearing 1 – perceiving sounds at normal speaking levels, receive information.
• Hearing 2 – receive detailed information, make discrimination in sound.
• Lifting – raising objects from lower to higher position, moving objects side to side, using upper extremities, back.
• Manual Dexterity – picking, pinching, typing, working with fingers rather than hand.
• Mental Acuity – ability to make rational decisions through sound logic, deductive reasoning.
• Repetitive Motion – substantial movements of wrists, hands, fingers.
• Speaking – expressing ideas with spoken word, convey detailed, important instructions accurately, concisely.
• Standing – for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping – bending body downward, forward at waist, with full motion of lower extremities and back.
• Talking 1- expressing ideas by spoken word.  
• Visual Acuity 1 - prepare, analyze data, transcribing, computer terminal, extensive reading. 
• Visual Acuity 2 - color, depth perception, field of vision. 
• Visual Acuity 3 - determine accuracy, neatness, observe facilities/structures. 
• Walking - on foot to accomplish tasks, long distances, or site to site.

The work is typically performed in an office.

Salary : $19