This person serves as a national technical lead for the development of regional and national level soil support and is responsible for providing technical soils expertise and user support.
Job Duties
Develops and maintains the Soil Taxonomy and the Keys to Soil Taxonomy, along with integrating soil classification into the National Soil Survey Handbook (NSSH) and the Soil Survey Manual
Contributes to the development of national policies, standards, and criteria for soil classification as a soil science expert
Assists in developing new and innovative policy and guidelines for the use of soil survey data to enhance National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) and international Soil Taxonomy
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
Maintains external awareness of policy, legislation, and science to address emerging agency issues
Leads innovation in area of technical expertise
Provides recommendations including risks and benefits
Leads field investigations
Provides national subject matter expertise in area of specialization ( e.g., soil taxonomy, soil database, GIS, (soil) interpretations, geomorphology, developing curriculum, ground penetrating radar (GPR) and electromagnetic imaging (EMI) technology, soil investigations, laboratory procedures for analyzing soil samples and interpreting results and laboratory analysis)
