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Job Description
Study the nature and use of areas of the Earth's surface, relating and interpreting interactions of physical and cultural phenomena. Conduct research on physical aspects of a region, including land forms, climates, soils, plants, and animals, and conduct research on the spatial implications of human activities within a given area, including social characteristics, economic activities, and political organization, as well as researching interdependence between regions at scales ranging from local to global.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-3092.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 74,090.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 35.00
- Currently, there are 1,370 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Geographers”.
Also Known As…
- Geographers
- Supervisory Geographer
- Scientist
- Research Coordinator
- GIS Physical Scientist (Geographic Information Systems Physical Scientist)
- GIS Geographer (Geographic Information Systems Geographer)
- Geographic Information Systems Program Director (GIS Program Director)
- Geographic Information Systems Analyst (GIS Analyst)
- Environmental Affairs Corporate Director
- Earth Observations Chief Scientist (NASA)
- Political Geographer
- Physical Geographer
- Imagery Analyst
- Geomorphologist
- Geographer
- Economic Geographer
- Biogeographer
Tasks for “Glaciologist”
- Write and present reports of research findings.
- Provide consulting services in fields such as resource development and management, business location and market area analysis, environmental hazards, regional cultural history, and urban social planning.
- Study the economic, political, and cultural characteristics of a specific region's population.
- Teach geography.
- Create and modify maps, graphs, or diagrams, using geographical information software and related equipment, and principles of cartography such as coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.
- Collect data on physical characteristics of specified areas, such as geological formations, climates, and vegetation, using surveying or meteorological equipment.
- Gather and compile geographic data from sources including censuses, field observations, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
- Provide geographical information systems support to the private and public sectors.
- Develop, operate, and maintain geographical information computer systems, including hardware, software, plotters, digitizers, printers, and video cameras.
- Analyze geographic distributions of physical and cultural phenomena on local, regional, continental, or global scales.
- Conduct field work at outdoor sites.
- Locate and obtain existing geographic information databases.
Related Technology & Tools
- Laboratory analytical balances
- Ion chromatographs
- Stereo light microscopes
- Seismic stations
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Research motorboats
- Ultrasonic sieving systems
- Salinity meters
- Phase contrast microscopes
- Water current meters
- Digital video cameras
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Laboratory dropping pipettes
- Portable fume hoods
- Anemometers
- Sonic sifters
- Digital cameras
- Laptop computers
- Electromagnetic current meters
- Submersible pressure sensors
- Crosscut saws
- X ray diffractometers
- Stereographic microscopes
- Portable data collectors
- Sediment samplers
- Grab samplers
- Tablet computers
- Gravity convection ovens
- Wind direction sensors
- Plotters
- Russian corers
- Dutch augers
- Video microscopes
- Hiller corers
- pH analyzers
- Compaction meters
- Sample storage refrigerators
- Polarizing microscopes
- Conductivity meters
- Water samplers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Humidity sensors
- Drying ovens
- Cathodoluminescence microscopes
- Powered vibracorers
- Sonic anemometers
- Electronic precision balances
- Theodolites
- Powered rock-coring drills
- Automatic levels
- Hydrometers
- Total dissolved solids TDS meters
- Large format printers
- High-speed centrifuges
- Infrared IR thermometers
- Video cameras
- Laser particle sizers
- Soil samplers
- Stereo zoom microscopes
- X ray diffraction equipment
- Digital imaging microscopes
- Temperature sensors
- Sediment traps
- Total stations
- Pressure plate apparatus
- Tree increment borers
- Rock saws
- Demagnetizing equipment
- Scanning electron microscopes SEM
- Digitizers
- Desktop computers
- High temperature laboratory box furnaces
- Soil moisture meters
- Gas-mixing furnaces
- Lysimeters
- Deionizers
- Turbidity probes
- Petrographic microscopes
- Soil mixers
- Livingstone corers
- Abney levels
- Optical comparators
- Laser levels
- Truck-mounted drilling rigs
- Muffle furnaces
- Survey altimeters
- Portable weather stations
- Ground penetrating radar GPR
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Atomic emission spectroscopes
- Flow meters
- Fume hoods
- Mechanical current meters
- Sieve shakers
- Flatbed scanners
- Chain saws
- Laboratory sample splitters
- Sediment coring equipment
- Personal computers
- Spinner magnetometers
- Handheld data loggers
- Photosynthetically active radiation PAR meters
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Microsoft Excel
- SAS
- ACD Systems Canvas
- Caliper Maptitude
- Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
- ESRI ArcIMS
- MapInfo MapMarker
- Golden Software Grapher
- RockWare MODFLOW
- Minitab
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Martin D Adamiker's TruFlite
- Groundwater Vistas
- Trimble Pathfinder Office
- Wolfram Research Mathematica
- ESRI ArcView
- Pattern searching software
- MODPATH
- Lemkesoft GraphicConverter
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- HydroSOLVE AQTESOLV
- Clark Labs IDRISI Andes
- ITT Visual Information Solutions ENVI
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Systat Software SigmaPlot
- ESRI ArcInfo
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Scientific Software Group RiverMorph
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- SPSS
- Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Golden Software Surfer