GIS Intern Job Description
GIS intern
provides GIS support via ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software (ArcMap, ArcGIS Pro) and within an ArcGIS Enterprise architecture to portal-based ArcGIS applications, base maps and geo-processing services.
GIS Intern Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
In tandem with full-time IRE Research Analysts, develop analytic tools useful toward identifying market trends and characteristics of IRE's investment performance
Develop visual templates that intuitively communicate the materiality of real estate analytics
Prepare draft template reports for a focused set of market strategies and/or IRE investment products
Research information and insights on government, market, economic activity, conditions, trends, and forecasts
Develop and leverage relationships within the company to learn the business a
Developing and managing project plans
Facilitating team meetings and summarizing the outcomes
Reporting on and analyzing project status, budgets, and hours
Determining the status for department’s portfolio of projects and updating to keep stakeholders informed
Conducting lessons learned analyses on completed projects
GIS Intern Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for GIS Intern
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ESRI, GISCI, GIS
Education for GIS Intern
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the GIS intern job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Graduate, Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Technical, Civil Engineering, Science, Computer Sciences
Skills for GIS Intern
Desired skills for GIS intern include:
Software packages related to field of study/industry
Microsoft Excel
PowerPoint
Word
ESRI software products
Methods
QGIS
Aerial imagery
ArcCatalog
ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Server
Desired experience for GIS intern includes:
Pursuing a degree in geography, geographic information systems, or related field is required
Student must be currently be pursuing a degree in forestry or related field
Demonstrates a strong work ethic, passion, tenacity and a positive, can-do attitude
Results-driven and customer service focused
Excellent time management, decision making and interpersonal communication skills
Have completed introductory level GIS coursework
GIS Intern Examples
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of GIS intern. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for GIS intern
- Updating and improving intranet sites
- Liaison with the Global and Local communications partner as suitable
- Assistance in graphic design and audiovisual material production
- Necessary administrative tasks deemed relevant for efficient operation of the PMO
- Compile geographic data from various internal and external sources related to property-level and location-oriented performance and underlying drivers (e.g., walkability, demographic and psychographic characteristics)
- Provide GIS support to project staff and client technical staff including but not limited to creating and maintaining map products or concept level project drawings using ERSI software platform
- Under general supervision, utilize GIS to update and maintain the water and wastewater utility asset inventory
- Assist project staff with integration of GIS inventory, CMMS program and financial systems
- Under general supervision, perform GPS surveys to utilize mapping grade GPS receivers and mobile mapping tools for daily field work
- Follow all company Environmental, Health and Safety policies
Qualifications for GIS intern
- Understands working with coordinate systems and projections
- Comfortable working with raster imagery and general knowledge of remote sensing
- 40 hrs/week is preferred
- Currently working towards an Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Geography or related field
- Working toward a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography
- UW Eau Claire students strongly preferred
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of GIS intern. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for GIS intern
- The intern will learn software engineering, Linux and Windows system administration skills, DevOps (Development Operations) skills and practices, and building / maintaining cloud computing solutions utilizing Amazon Web Services
- Production of dynamic mapping products covering commercial real estate and other relevant subjects
- Work closely with the Mid-Atlantic GIS\BI team to implement new solutions, ideas and best practices
- Management of responsibilities
- Create and maintain Land GIS data through interpreting legal descriptions for oil and gas leases and contracts
- Prepares GIS maps\exhibits utilizing learned cartographic practices and standards
- Constructs advanced spatial and tabular database queries
- Provide assistance to Land professionals and GIS analyst in creation of customized analytics
- Perform maintenance of Land Department ArcGIS projects and web maps
- Assist with the overall network design while, in support of other network design engineers and technicians in the Network Design group
Qualifications for GIS intern
- Ability to manage tasks from inception to successful completion, experience gathering and tracking and analyzing business data
- Candidate must be currently enrolled in at least their junior year within a Civil Engineering or GIS curriculum is required
- Relocation/housing assistance is not provided for this internship
- At least 1 year of college completed by start of internship
- Understanding of IT concepts and practices
- A passion for excellence, including a willingness to go outside your comfort zone in a supportive setting
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a GIS intern. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for GIS intern
- Support other engineers in developing network designs using high-end propagation tool
- Assist with engineering design and project implementation activities and deliverables under the leadership of project engineers who lead the organization’s design and development of complex smart metering system projects across the Americas
- Perform other project work as assigned
- Must have working knowledge of ArcGIS
- Perform data conversion and manipulation, between GIS and CAD data types
- Assist with the creation/maintenance of GIS data and the production of map products following established guidelines
- Edit geospatial data using GIS software to maintain geospatial data in GIS databases and using GIS technology to collect data
- Create, edit, and maintain geospatial data to be used by internal staff and external customers
- Use GIS software editing tools to create and manipulate geospatial feature classes
- Update documentation about geospatial data
Qualifications for GIS intern
- Understanding of general project management concepts and practices
- G-Suite (formerly Google Apps for Work) knowledge
- 2nd year or 3rd year university Student / Non-final year university student (preferably in Business Administration, Information Technology, computer science etc)
- Proactive , independent and with can-do attitude
- Able to build rapport in a multi-cultural environment
- Complete fluency in both English and Chinese with proficiency in other Asian languages as added advantage (preferably Japanese/Korean/Mandarin)
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a GIS intern. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for GIS intern
- Adhere to GIS data development standards and best management practices
- Create and assist support staff in creating static maps from digital data for internal and external use
- Ability to prioritize tasks and analyze data
- Ability to use Microsoft office tools, Esri Mapping , Arc Map
- Ability to make an impact and ask good questions
- Provide support to all areas of GIS Support as requested
- We are working to better align some of our core GIS operational layers, including our forestry, real estate, and cadastral layers
- We are consolidating, documenting, and publishing several enterprise-level reference datasets to our diverse customers
- We are transforming access to the company’s GIS assets using ArcGIS-based web and mobile solutions
- You will have the opportunity to travel around campus [bike, golf cart, electric scooters] to view what the maps represent
Qualifications for GIS intern
- A desire to voice a fresh perspective to help the team innovate
- Interest and ability to become part of the team quickly
- Welcome 2nd year or 3rd year university Student / Non-final year university student (preferably
- Ability to produce thorough, accurate, and clear documentation
- Excellent proficiency in written/spoken English and Chinese
- 2nd year or 3rd year university Student / Non-final year university student (preferably in Business Administration, Information Technology, Communications, Graphic Arts or related discipline)
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a GIS intern. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for GIS intern
- You will take data and digitize it into map information
- You will transfer hardcopy data into our database
- You will interact with multiple departments and build relationships
- As you discover new solutions to problems you will be able to share that knowledge with others by documenting it in our wiki and customer facing website
- Support delivery GIS services to business users by providing training outreach demos
- Follow and improve workflows to load and maintain accurate GIS data for pipeline construction and maintenance activities in a timely manner
- Interpret and analyze pipe records to reconcile GIS data with source documentation
- Provide basic support to GIS stakeholders, including GIS data requests and maps
- Perform simple and routine math calculations and conversions for maintaining linear referencing data and creating reports
- Help others as needed to research pipeline information and review data quality
Qualifications for GIS intern
- Currently enrolled as an undergraduate in BS or BA
- Creative, self-motivated and displays initiative, with experience leading projects that involve creating marketing and promotional materials, both print and electronic
- Must be available for 3-5 hours a week during the spring semester
- Must be able to pass a multijurisdictional background check
- Enrollment in an Engineering, GIS or relevant accredited degree program
- GIS experience, and knowledge of either ArcGIS or QuantumGIS software