Are you a student looking for an opportunity to build your career over the summer? Are you passionate about making a difference?
The Summer Employment Opportunities program provides students with opportunities to obtain valuable work experience, gain transferable skills, and build professional networks.
- LEARN: Jump start your career, whether you want to learn business skills, use your French language skills, help out in a lab, or work outdoors. Put the knowledge you’ve acquired at school into action.
- GROW: Enhance your skills and expand your network by working on projects, leading initiatives and sharing your ideas. Transfer the skills you learn to your future school and work experiences.
- CONTRIBUTE: In addition to advancing your professional and personal skills, you will also give back to your community. Spend your summer working to support the interests of Ontarians!
Information to assist you with the application process, including the Application Guide is available at Summer Employment Opportunities. Within your application, you will have the opportunity to identify the skills, work preferences and qualifications you have that make you a suitable candidate for this position.
This job posting represents multiple positions within different ministries and at various locations across Ontario. Certain cities may be located in distant or remote areas in Ontario and may not be accessible by public transit. Carefully review locations through Google Maps and select ONLY those cities that you are able to travel to and work in.
Notes:
- Relocation expenses and/or accommodations are not covered by ministries.
- The number of positions to be filled is approximate and subject to change.
- Please use your legal name when applying to the job ad.
About the job
This job type offers opportunities for professional development in the area of agriculture, environmental science and geomatics. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is the official custodian of many diverse provincial-scale Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data layers – all with an agricultural focus. These include the soil classification, Canada Land Inventory (CLI), field tile drainage, constructed drain, agricultural resource inventory (AgRI), and other layers.
Work Description:
As an Agricultural Geomatics Assistant, you may have the opportunity to work on some or all of the following activities:
- Perform GIS tasks, including developing maps for clients and providing data quality assurance.
- Develop remote sensing and/or environmental/agricultural landscape modelling.
- Access and enhance diverse provincial-scale GIS data layers – all with an agricultural focus. These include the soil classification, Canada Land Inventory (CLI), field tile drainage, constructed drain, agricultural resource inventory (AgRI), and many other layers.
- May assist staff with data collection/entry, trend analysis, and map preparation for a wide range of Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) and other agricultural and non-agricultural database information using GIS software.
- May assist staff with remote sensing imagery analyses, cloud cover masking, applying a range of classification techniques, raster map result presentation and attribution to GIS databases using Remote Sensing software products (some positions only).
- May assist staff with LiDAR data cloud post-processing efforts leading to high-resolution agricultural landscape information products (e.g. Digital Elevation Models, soil maps, etc. – some positions only).
- Provide customer service assistance by responding to database inquiries from internal clients or from the public.
- Work may also include graphic design for image presentation products, reorganization/optimization, and printing support (some positions only).
- Plan, organize, coordinate, and manage daily assigned work.
What you bring to the team
Mandatory requirements
You must meet all eligibility criteria on the first day of employment to be eligible for these positions.
- Student Status: All summer jobs require a “student” status. A student is defined as someone enrolled in a secondary or post-secondary institution (currently or for the fall semester) or has graduated within the past six months. If you graduated in January, you could apply for and start a summer student position in the Ontario Public Service up until June of that year.
- Age: You must be a minimum of 15 years of age. Due to program eligibility requirements, certain opportunities require students to be up to 24 years of age (or up to 29 years of age for a person with a disability). Certain positions require you to be a minimum of 18 years of age. Age parameters will be provided on the job advertisements and you must meet all age requirements by May 1st.
- Residency: You must be a resident of Ontario during the term of employment.
- Work Status – Ability to Work in Canada: You must be legally entitled to work in Canada. You are also required to have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN) upon being hired.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- You apply your customer service skills and your verbal, written, and active listening communication skills to respond to phone, email, and in-person inquiries, and provide information to internal clients and/or the public.
- You apply your written communication skills to document findings, record data, and prepare a variety of documents (e.g. reports, presentations, meeting minutes, training materials, visual aids, etc.).
- You apply your initiative and interpersonal skills to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.
Technical Skills and Knowledge
- You apply your knowledge and experience with Geographic Information Systems (GIS – e.g. ESRI ArcGIS suite), Remote Sensing software, and/or environmental modelling software to help to build, access, analyze, and produce map products from a wide range of agricultural and other geo-databases.
- You apply your advanced mathematical and computing skills to modelling projects with agricultural landscape information (e.g. predictive soil classification mapping, soil erosion mapping, precision agriculture, crop yield mapping, etc.) – (some positions only).
- You apply your experience using Microsoft Office applications, such as Word (word processing) and Excel (spreadsheets), as well as databases, email, and the internet to conduct research and prepare a variety of documents.
- You have knowledge and experience with graphic design for image presentation, product reorganization/optimization, and printing support (some positions only).
Analytical and Organizational Skills
- You apply your planning and organizational skills to collect, organize, review, and verify information/data through review of field maps, files, reports, and other means.
- You work independently or as part of a team; you plan, organize, and prioritize your work to meet competing deadlines.