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Permanent Job Vacancy-GIS Data Technician-(MSc Graduate considered) Location-Northern England Salary to £20,000 plus benefits You will use GIS software daily, mainly MapInfo and will gain a thorough understanding of a number of other GIS products and packages, along with extensive knowledge of programming within a GIS-macro environment, mainly MapBasic. You should have experience in both Access and SQL, to create and update products. You will also be working with a number of commercial datasets, such as Census, Media (BARB, ISBA, STD codes, BBC radio and Newspapers), Business (Dun and Bradstreet and Yell), geodemographic (PRIZM and Acorn) and mapping (Tele Atlas and Ordnance Survey) datasets. Of equal importance to the technology is the aptitude of the person appointed. The job requires reliability, eye for detail, personal organisation and initiative. The end product of your efforts will be perhaps a highly accurate, seamless map database, an innovatively crafted multi-layer GIS or even a simple thematic map. Your skills should lie in how different datasets are integrated to form a coherent product. The job has variety too, because you will become involved in support consultancy for your products as well as liaison with different data source providers. Before you apply, you should check you are authorised to take on employment in the EU and that you hold valid documentation. Candidates wishing to apply should forward a copy of their CV by e-mail to Alan Carnell of Concurrent Appointments, e-mail address [log in to unmask] All applications will be acknowledged and rest assured that none of my clients will receive your details without your prior agreement. To unsubscribe or modify your gis-jobs settings, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/gis-jobs