This person serves as a member of the team developing soil survey information. They are responsible for the update and maintenance of soil surveys within their assigned geographical area. Their work is coordinated with other soil survey update activities within their state and adjoining states.
Job Duties
Provides leadership and technical guidance in the assigned soil survey area including evaluating existing soil surveys to assess their quality and the development of strategies and plans to bring them up to modern standards
Provides leadership in designing and carrying out sampling activities including gathering laboratory, transect, and other field data to characterize and re-correlate existing soil survey maps to achieve a coordinated soil survey product throughout the assigned region
Uses geospatial technology to edit soil survey maps. Reviews soil interpretations for accuracy; designing and coordinating all mapping legends
Recommended Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in soil science or related discipline, including 30 semester hours in biological, physical or earth sciences, with 15 of these hours in subjects like soil genesis, soil chemistry, soil physics, soil microbiology and soil fertility
Sample NRCS Work Experience
Coaches and serves as a role model for entry- and mid-level Soil Scientists
Builds trust and relationships with internal and external customers through brainstorming activities, collaboration, assessing customer needs, identifying solutions, and strategic thinking
Independently populates and queries data in a soils database
Provides technical soil services
Runs and reviews validations and make corrections
Sample NRCS Training
Management of Soil Survey by MLRA
Soil Geomorphic Institute
NASIS - Designing and Developing Soil Interpretations
