GIS TECHNICIAN - SENIOR

Supplemental Questionnaire

This is the supplemental questionnaire for the classification of GIS Technician - Senior. Part I will not be scored or used for determining minimum qualifications but is provided for the applicant to review prior to completing the questionnaire and may also be used when determining assignment. Part II will be scored based on your checked responses. Part III will not be scored but may be used by the hiring authority when determining which applicants to invite to hiring interviews. Narratives provided by applicants describing training and/or experience will not be scored but will be available to the hiring authority and may be utilized for interview and selection determinations.

By continuing in this examination process, you are certifying that all information provided is the supplemental questionnaire is true to the best of your knowledge.

If selected for interview, you may be required to display and respond to questions to validate your responses to this exam.

Part I: Minimum Qualifications- Not Scored

This section will not be scored but may assist with determining how the applicant reports meeting the minimum qualifications for this position.  

Do you have two years of responsible journey level experience performing duties similar to those of a Geographic Information Technician II in Placer County?

Do you have the equivalent to an Associate's degree from an accredited college with major course work in cartography, GIS or a related field?

Part II: Relevant Knowledge and Experience - Scored Examination

For the items in this section, please indicate your level of training and experience and then provide a brief description of your related experience in the space provided.

Describe your experience with using ArcDesktop.

Describe your experience with using Model Builder in GIS.

Describe your experience with using AutoCAD.

Describe your experience with reading and interpreting CAD drawings.

Describe your experience with digitizing features in GIS using digital CAD drawings.

Describe your experience with digitizing features using paper copies of CAD drawings.

Describe your experience in creating attribute tables to associate with newly created GIS features.

Describe your experience with creating features in GIS using GPX files or other file formats generally utilized on handheld GPS data collectors.

Describe your experience in maintaining GIS features and attributes in an SDE geodatabase environment using versioning.

Describe your experience verifying accuracy of digitized data using source material to ensure the quality of GIS data.

If you indicated any experience, please briefly describe.

Describe your experience preparing maps, schematics, line drawings, color graphics, charts, graphs, and tables for use in reports and presentations.

Describe your experience with creating a map book with linked data frames used for insets, and extent rectangles in presentation maps.

Describe your experience with using data driven pages.

Describe your experience with using feature linked annotation.

Describe your experience with geoprocessing tools in GIS such as Clip, Union, Merge and Buffer.

Describe your experience with map projections.

Describe your experience with the geo-rectification of images and aerial photography.

Describe your experience with using advanced level definition queries that require visual basic or python coding.

Describe your experience with using legends that are dynamically linked to feature layers.

Describe your experience with joining spatial data to tabular data in order to generate symbology from the tabular data.

Describe your experience analyzing and reviewing features and related attribute data from one or more outside sources to be used for integration into an existing feature dataset that already contains established attribute data tables and has been cleaned of errors.

If you indicated any experience, please briefly describe.

Describe your experience maintaining drafting equipment and mapping related computer software.

Describe your experience creating and implementing workflow procedures to efficiently and consistently update and maintain spatial data.

If you indicated any experience, please briefly describe.

Describe your experience automating data maintenance or management through development of automated programs using python, VB script, or other programming language.

Describe your experience using ESRI ArcGIS software and all associated tools used in performing complex cadastral and GIS data creation, maintenance, manipulation, analysis and extraction.

Describe your experience with using formulas in Microsoft Excel.

Describe your experience with using GIS to create an online web map using ArcServer.

Part III: Non-Scored Narrative Questions - Not Scored

This section of the supplemental questionnaire will not be scored, but may be used by the hiring authority when determining which applicants to invite to hiring interviews. Please answer the questions as clearly, thoroughly, and concisely as possible.

Describe your experience with automation using the Model Builder.

What scripting language do you prefer to use and why?  Provide an example of a script you have used in GIS such as to automate a process, modify the appearance of annotation or filter/query data from a feature layer with multiple joins.

Please describe in as much detail as needed, your experience in maintaining spatial data and the types of map features you have created from original documents.  In your answer, please include the software and tools used.

Please describe the type of maps and map products you have created.  In your answer, please include the intended use of your products as well as the software and tools used. 

Please describe your experience with using GIS features to create an online map for public consumption. Describe the software to publish the map to the web.

Have you ever used a Computer Based Asset Management System? If so, which Asset Management System did you use? Describe how you used GIS to integrate with the Asset Management System.