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Mapping Technicians

Science & Technology

  • Average Salary

    RM2655 - RM 5215

  • Career Trends

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  • Compability

What is Mapping Technicians?

Calculate mapmaking information from field notes, and draw and verify accuracy of topographical maps.

Minimum education level

 

PT3

SPM

STPM

Diploma

Degree

Average Salary

RM2655 - RM 5215

Example of a Job Position

Geospatial Analyst
Mapping Technician
Photogrammetric Technician
Stereoploter Operators

Task

? Check all layers of maps to ensure accuracy, identifying and marking errors and making corrections ? Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data ? Monitor mapping work or the updating of maps to ensure accuracy, the inclusion of new or changed information, or compliance with rules and regulations ? Produce or update overlay maps to show information boundaries, water locations, or topographic features on various base maps or at different scales ? Determine scales, line sizes, or colors to be used for hard copies of computerized maps, using plotters

Knowledge

Administrative

Knowledge of administrative procedures and systems, such as managing words, managing documents and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Customer and Personal Services

Knowledge of principles and processes to provide services for customers and personal. This includes assessing customer needs, meeting service quality standards, and evaluating customer satisfaction.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Geography

Knowledge of principles and methods in explaining land, sea and air mass features, including their physical characteristics, location, reciprocal relationships, and distribution of plant, animal and human life.

Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and equipment for construction or repair of houses, buildings, and other structures, such as highways.

Skills

Active Listening

Give full attention to the words of others, set aside time to understand the points presented, ask questions appropriately, and not interrupt at the wrong time

Talking

Talk to others to convey information effectively

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to the problems handled

Reading Understanding

Understand sentences and paragraphs written in work documents.

Mathematics

Use mathematics to solve problems

Capability

  • 1

    Information Arrangement - The ability to arrange various things and actions in a certain sequence or pattern according to the rules specified (for example: number patterns, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

  • 2

    Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or maybe wrong. This does not involve solving the problem, only knowing if there is a problem.

  • 3

    Near Distance Vision - The ability to see details at close range (a few feet away from the object).

  • 4

    Written Understanding - Ability to read and understand information and ideas conveyed through writing

  • 5

    Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods and formulas to solve problems.

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