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Phase I Report:
Communicating
& Defining Geospatial Industry Workforce Demand
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the cover to download the main body of the report
Appendix
A: Analysis of Commonly Used Geospatial Job Titles Submitted
by Online Feedback Mechanism Respondents
Appendix
B: Analysis of Commonly Used Geospatial Job Titles Based On
Online Job Advertisement
Appendix
C: List of Occupations (SOC System) Related to Geographic
Education and Training
View
Appendix A, B, & C
We
are actively soliciting comments from all sectors of the geospatial
community on the Phase I Final Report. Please submit your
email comments to Mary
Ann Stewart, GITA Project Manager for DOL-ETA High Growth
Grant.
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INNOVATIVE
DEMAND-DRIVEN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
A Pilot, Experimental and Demonstration Program for the High-Growth
Geospatial Technologies Industry:
"Defining and Communicating Industry Workforce Demand"
The grant comes as a
result of
U.S. Department of Labor’s High Growth Job Training Initiative,
a collaborative effort to help team people with the jobs that are
needed. The initiative is a strategic effort to prepare workers
to take advantage of new and increasing job opportunities in high-growth,
high-demand, and economically vital sectors of the American economy.
The High Growth Job Training Initiative has identified the geospatial
sector as one of 12 that is projected to have far-reaching impact
on the U.S. economy.
GITA/AAG will partner
with universities, geospatial vendor and user organizations, and
other nonprofit, trade, and educational associations to build the
needed education, employment, and economic development capacity
to meet the geospatial industry workforce needs.
GITA Executive Director
Bob Samborski said, “We are absolutely thrilled with this
award, which represents an opportunity to literally shape the geospatial
industry. Our partnership with AAG is a key component of this effort,
as we jointly represent the two major constituencies that have the
most at stake: the academic institutions that have the responsibility
for providing the education and direction to prospective geospatial
industry workers, and the utilities, government agencies, and private
sector companies that will employ them. It’s an ideal combination
of resources, experience, and talent that will ultimately benefit
those existing and future workforce professionals who choose geospatial
technology as their life’s work. We are eager, excited, and
ready to begin to make a real difference.”
AAG Executive Director
Doug Richardson said, “The AAG is excited to be a key player
in this Department of Labor project to meet critical national workforce
needs. We look forward to working with GITA and DOL to create a
program of lasting value to employers, students, educators, and
prospective employees. The AAG places great emphasis on the quality
and sustainability of the knowledge resources and educational programs
that we develop, and we look forward to contributing to the high-growth
employment needs of the geographic technologies field for many years."
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