Student Employment Opportunity

The primary duties of this position are to develop a spatial database (geodatabase) containing historic and current reports of forest pest activity in California. Information will be collected from various sources including California Forest Pest Council (CFPC) pest detection records. The incumbent will:

1.Collect known pest detection records;

2.Examine records to determine if spatial information is known;

3.If necessary, establish spatial information based on site description;

4.Create a spatial database (geodatabase using Arc-GIS software);

5.Provide updates to an existing web site and web server.

The position is primarily an office position with some time in the field. The position will report to the Forest Health Monitoring Program Manager.