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Applications under this job opportunity announcement will be considered under external competitive procedures only. This vacancy is also being advertised under merit promotion procedures as Announcement number, NPC-2020-0212, Cartographic Technician, GG-1371-05, GB-AB-MAP-Internal, which can be accessed at http://jobsearch.USAJOBS.gov/.Temporary Appointment, initial appointment is not to exceed 9/26/2020. Temporary Appointments may be extended up to 24 months.
Major Duties
This job opportunity is for a Cartographic Technician position in the Geography Branch, at the National Processing Center (NPC), U.S. Bureau of the Census located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. This position is included in the bargaining unit.
Individual selected for this position will:
- Prepare, assemble, and work with maps, materials, and documents needed for various survey mail outs and miscellaneous census related projects;
- Research, evaluate, and order geographic reference materials, including address registers, city directories, automated files, etc., for use in problem solving, geographic allocation, determination of population and housing data, etc.;
- Plot or transfer geographic boundaries from maps and/or legal descriptions to various scales using appropriate increments and techniques in accordance with specified color codes and symbology;
- Perform research to resolve geographic problems and referrals involving boundary and/or geographic data collection discrepancies or information to specified areas or addresses;
- Electronically separate appropriate collection/tabulation blocks by allocating map spots and feature/address information to specified geographic tabulation areas;
- Electronically allocate and transcribe geographic codes and information to specified areas, addresses or establishments and/or calculate map spots, feature/address criteria;
- Review various maps and/or automated map data files for geographic coverage, geographic code, accurate boundaries and boundary identification.
Tour of Duty: Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Alternate Work Schedule is not available.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Qualifications
Qualifications:You qualify at the GG-05 level if you possess one year of specialized experience that equips you with the skills needed to perform the job duties. This experience must have been equivalent to at least the grade 04 level to meet the qualification requirements in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in cartography or in a related field such as photogrammetry or geodesy, where the work required similar knowledge and skills. Examples include experience working with organizational geography, political and statistical boundaries,cartographic principles, statistical codingand geocoding.
Education Substitution: Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree that included at least 18 semester hours in courses such as cartography, astronomy, geodesy, photogrammetry, oceanography, computer sciences. Not more than 9 of the 18 semester hours should have been in mathematics or statistics. Equivalent combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total experience requirements at the grade 05.
Note to current NPC employees: If you are a current NPC employee and are selected from this announcement, this will change your type of appointment to a Temporary Appointment. At the end of this Temporary Appointment, your employment with NPC will end. You will be required to re-compete for any permanent positions. In some cases, you may be eligible for reinstatement. Applying for Reinstatement may allow former federal employees to reenter the Federal competitive service workforce without competing with the general public.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations, (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Pay Range
$16.73 - $21.75