What do they do?
Apply remote sensing technologies to assist scientists in areas such as natural resources, urban planning, or homeland security. May prepare flight plans or sensor configurations for flight trips.
Also known as:
Digital Cartographic Technician, Geospatial Extractor, Meteorologist Liaison, Research Associate
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| College Name | Scaled Score | College Raptor Ranking | Students | % of School | Median Starting Salary | Save |
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 Carnegie Mellon University | 100 | 26 | 77 | 1.6 % | $54,438 | |
 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 89 | 138 | 127 | .9 % | $53,204 | |
 University of California-Berkeley | 87 | 91 | 103 | .7 % | $46,089 | |
 University of Arizona | 79 | 322 | 91 | .8 % | $53,095 | |
 Rochester Institute of Technology | 79 | 360 | 41 | 1.1 % | $55,553 | |
 SUNY at Albany | 73 | 314 | 36 | .8 % | $51,685 | |
 Kean University | 72 | 906 | 47 | 1.4 % | $58,264 | |
 Campbell University | 70 | 983 | 43 | 2.6 % | $57,279 | |
 Northern Arizona University | 68 | 966 | 65 | .8 % | $55,710 | |
 Millersville University of Pennsylvania | 67 | 692 | 32 | 1.8 % | $59,566 |
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| College Name | Scaled Score | College Raptor Ranking | Students | % of School | Median Starting Salary | Save |
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| Carnegie Mellon University | 100 | 26 | 77 | 1.6 % | $54,438 | |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 90 | 138 | 127 | .9 % | $53,204 | |
| University of California-Berkeley | 89 | 91 | 103 | .7 % | $46,089 | |
| University of Arizona | 79 | 322 | 91 | .8 % | $53,095 | |
| Campbell University | 71 | 983 | 43 | 2.6 % | $57,279 | |
 Princeton University | 71 | 1 | 7 | .3 % | $45,950 | |
 College of Southern Nevada | 70 | 0 | 470 | 8.9 % | $58,452 | |
 Truckee Meadows Community College | 70 | 0 | 348 | 12.8 % | $58,452 | |
 Columbia University in the City of New York | 70 | 8 | 29 | .2 % | $44,723 | |
 Central Georgia Technical College | 69 | 0 | 208 | 4.4 % | $58,452 |
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People in this career often have these skills:
- Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Systems Analysis - Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
People in this career often know a lot about:
- Geography - Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
- Computers and Electronics - Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Mathematics - Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- Engineering and Technology - Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
People in this career often have talent in:
- Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
- Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Fluency of Ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Flexibility of Closure - The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
People in this career often do these activities:
- Collect geographical or geological field data.
- Analyze geological or geographical data.
- Develop software or applications for scientific or technical use.
- Collaborate with technical specialists to resolve design or development problems.
- Create images or other visual displays.
- Calibrate scientific or technical equipment.
- Develop technical or scientific databases.
- Record research or operational data.
- Operate laboratory or field equipment.
- Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.
This page includes data from:
Career data: O*NET 28.3 Database
by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (“USDOL/ETA”). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA
Occupation statistics: USDOL U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics
Videos: CareerOneStop, USDOL/ETA and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
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