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Appendix B: Job Descriptions of NGA Scientists and Analysts
Pages 115-126

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From page 115...
... -- acquire, analyze, intelligence goals and requirements. They collaborate compile, evaluate, and review geospatial data for use in with partners and co-producers across the Department standard products, nonstandard products, and/or data of Defense and the intelligence community to ensure holdings in support of mission requirements.
From page 116...
... They compute, community, create and adjudicate tasking and dis- adjust, and evaluate geodetic survey data acquired by semination requirements for diverse customers, analyze other organizations. They provide technical expertise and investigate collection performance for mapping, on geodetic and geophysical issues to customers and charting, and geodesy-specific data from commercial, represent NGA in external community forums that national technical means, and other sources, and ad- establish Department of Defense and intelligence comvise customers in support of the National System for munity doctrine and policy.
From page 117...
... -- ­ holdings. They ensure the quality, accuracy, and curspecialize in metric reconstruction, trajectory analysis, rency of nautical information produced either in-house and assessment of activity using nonliteral, infrared or in cooperation with contractors and national and data from persistent geospatial intelligence sources to international co-producers for national, military, and support characterization of foreign weapon system per- civil customers.
From page 118...
... They gather and evaluate regional source data to build geospatial data layers that serve as a foundation GEOINT Analyst (Spectral Image Science) -- apply for analytic work.
From page 119...
... They apply extensive Departtral methodologies and products to address a variety of ment of Defense and intelligence community experigeospatial intelligence problems. ence to identify and promote ideas and opportunities to advance the agency's ability to meet ever-expanding GEOINT Analyst (Thermal Infrared Image customer requirements for geospatial intelligence inforS ­ cience)
From page 120...
... Bachelor's degree in geography, geology, Four years, including a minimum of 30 semester Six years of experience in the disciplines of hydrography, hydrology, marine sciences, (45 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed hydrography or bathymetry that includes oceanography, physical science, remote sensing, in the education requirements, plus experience that marine surveying, the use of current GIS or a related discipline, or a bachelor's degree with demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the tools, methods of research and analysis, 30 semester hours of coursework in the above duties associated with this work application of hydrographic or bathymetric disciplines.
From page 121...
... Bachelor's degree in cartography, cultural area Four years, including a minimum of 24 semester Six years of significant applied experience studies, earth sciences, environmental science, (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in the intelligence field, imagery analysis, geodesy, geography, geology, GIS, history, in the education requirements plus experience that cartography, the use of current GIS tools, hydrography, hydrology, imagery science, demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the or work related to the fields listed in the international affairs/studies, liberal studies, duties associated with this work education requirements oceanography, photogrammetry, physical science, political science, remote sensing, or a related discipline GEOINT Analyst (Geodetic Earth Sciences)
From page 122...
... Bachelor's degree in a cartography, geography, GIS, Four years, including a minimum of 24 semester (36 Six years of significant applied experience physical science, applied mathematics, statistics, quarter) hours of coursework in GIS, spatial analysis, in a geospatial analysis field that includes or a related discipline, or a bachelor's degree in or any area listed in the education requirements plus the use of current GIS tools, methods any discipline with a certificate in GIS from an additional experience that demonstrates the ability of research and analysis, application of accredited university to successfully perform the duties associated with cartographic principles, and work related this work.
From page 123...
... hours of coursework in any area in information retrieval that includes and learning technologies, or a similar program listed in the bachelor's education requirements methods of research and analysis, the use from an accredited university OR a bachelor's plus experience that demonstrates the ability to of current GIS tools, or work related to degree in cartography, cultural area studies, earth successfully perform the duties associated with this the fields listed in the bachelor's education sciences, engineering, environmental science, work requirements foreign language, geodesy, geography, GIS, history, hydrography, hydrology, imagery science, international affairs/studies, oceanography, photogrammetry, physical science, remote sensing, or a related discipline GEOINT Analyst (Persistent Operations) Bachelor's degree in science, technology, business Four years, including a minimum of 24 semester Six years of experience in a GEOINTadministration, or a related field (36 quarter)
From page 124...
... hours of coursework in any area listed in geography or related fields that includes language, geography, GIS, history, international in the education requirements, plus experience that the use of current GIS tools, methods affairs/studies, sociology, or a related discipline demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the of research and analysis, application of duties associated with this work cartographic principles, and work related to the fields listed in the education requirements GEOINT Analyst (Regional Source) Bachelor's degree in cartography, geography, GIS, Four years, including a minimum of 24 semester Six years of significant applied experience information science, library science, or a related (36 quarter)
From page 125...
... hours of coursework in any area listed in the intelligence field, imagery analysis, geography, geology, GIS, history, hydrography, in the education requirements plus experience that the use of current GIS tools, or work hydrology, imagery science, international demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the related to the fields listed in the education affairs/studies, liberal studies, oceanography, duties associated with this work requirements photogrammetry, physical science, political science, remote sensing, or a related discipline GEOINT Analyst (Spectral Image Science) Bachelor's degree in engineering, imagery science, Four years, including a minimum of 24 semester mathematics, physical science, or a related discipline (36 quarter)
From page 126...
... hours in physical listed in the education requirements plus experience science and/or a related engineering science. that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform Such coursework includes, but is not limited to, the duties associated with this work astronomy, cartography, chemistry, computer science, dynamics, electrical engineering, geodesy, geology, geophysics, GIS, mathematics, orbital mechanics, photogrammetry, physics, remote sensing, or surveying.


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