Remote Sensing Technicians

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Job Outlook:
None
Education: Associate's degree
Salary
High: $90,760.00
Average: $57,790.00
Hourly
Average: $27.78

What 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.

On the job, you would:

  • Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
  • Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
  • Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.

Personality

A3 Your Strengths Importance

Characteristics of this Career

89% Attention to Detail  -  Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
81% Analytical Thinking  -  Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
77% Dependability  -  Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
77% Initiative  -  Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
76% Persistence  -  Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
75% Achievement/Effort  -  Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
74% Adaptability/Flexibility  -  Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
72% Integrity  -  Job requires being honest and ethical.
72% Cooperation  -  Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
69% Independence  -  Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
69% Innovation  -  Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
67% Stress Tolerance  -  Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.
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Strengths

95% Realistic  -  Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.
78% Investigative  -  Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.
61% Conventional  -  Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.
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Values of the Work Environment

72% Support  -  Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.

Aptitude

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Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality

69% Deductive Reasoning  -  The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
69% 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.
69% 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).
66% Oral Comprehension  -  The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
66% Inductive Reasoning  -  The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
66% Oral Expression  -  The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
66% Near Vision  -  The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Job Details

Responsibilities
Record research or operational data.
Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.
Develop software or applications for scientific or technical use.
Collect geographical or geological field data.
Prepare scientific or technical reports or presentations.
Operate laboratory or field equipment.
Calibrate scientific or technical equipment.
Create images or other visual displays.
Develop technical or scientific databases.
Analyze geological or geographical data.
Calibrate scientific or technical equipment.
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.
Analyze geological or geographical data.
Collect geographical or geological field data.
Collect environmental data or samples.
Communicate results of environmental research.
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Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent

96% Indoors, Environmentally Controlled  -  How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions?
93% Electronic Mail  -  How often do you use electronic mail in this job?
91% Importance of Being Exact or Accurate  -  How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job?
88% Face-to-Face Discussions  -  How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job?
86% Spend Time Sitting  -  How much does this job require sitting?
78% Work With Work Group or Team  -  How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job?
77% Freedom to Make Decisions  -  How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?
76% Contact With Others  -  How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?
74% Importance of Repeating Same Tasks  -  How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job?
71% Time Pressure  -  How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?
70% Telephone  -  How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?
65% Duration of Typical Work Week  -  Number of hours typically worked in one week.
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Tasks & Values

91% Working with Computers  -  Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
85% Getting Information  -  Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
80% Processing Information  -  Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
78% Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge  -  Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
77% Analyzing Data or Information  -  Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
76% Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates  -  Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
73% Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events  -  Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
71% Making Decisions and Solving Problems  -  Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
69% Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards  -  Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
68% Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information  -  Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
68% Documenting/Recording Information  -  Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
66% Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work  -  Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
66% Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings  -  Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
66% Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships  -  Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Getting Started

Education:
62%
Bachelor's Degree
9%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

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