Community colleges help meet the workforce needs for Geospatial Technology

Geospatial Science & Technology (GST) including: geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing (RS), global positioning systems (GPS), and online virtual worlds are transforming the way that decisions are made.   GST is used to decide where to go on a family vacation, where to locate a new fast food restaurant or how best to prepare for and respond to disasters. GST is helping visualize, analyze and communicate decisions to all different sectors of our economy -- helping make faster, cost effective and better decisions.   A GST workforce shortage, driven by dramatic increases in capabilities of tools and access to reliable data, shows every sign of growing in the years to come. Community colleges can help meet the workforce needs for GST skilled employees, but many community colleges with GST programs, are not working together or need ongoing training, marketing and technical support. This website will help you learn About C3GIS, Training, Curriculum, Support, Events and Resources.  California Geospatial DACUMs Download C3GIS Brochure

Geospatial Career Pathways Handout See how Geospatial Technologies are used to map and visualize our world -  watch the Geospatial Revolution Project videos  5 minutes long trailer & 4 longer episodes produced by Penn State The National Geospatial Technology Center of Excellence - " the GeoTech Center" The GeoTech Center is a collaborative effort at the National level between colleges, universities and industry to expand the geospatial workforce.  The GeoTech Center worked closely with the Department of Labor on the Geospatial Competency model.  The Center has completed several model courses toward a "Model Geospatial Certificate" based on the GTCM. C3GIS worked on a new project, between July and December 2012, to propose adapting the model certificate and courses to California community colleges and also to research the potential for developing micro-credentials (or badges) based on competencies in the model courses.  This research is with the assistance of an educator advisory panel and an industry advisory group.