COURSE CODE: 8423

Geospatial Technology I

SCED Code: 21058
Virginia Extended Description: I
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: TSA
Non-Traditional?: F

The geospatial technology program will provide experiences with global navigation satellite system (GNSS), geographic information system (GIS), and remote sensing (RS) technologies. Students will collect, create, analyze, and apply data to solve problems and create maps. These experiences employ real-world spatial analysis models and guidelines. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Agribusiness Systems
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
  • Economists
Environmental Service Systems
Natural Resources Systems
  • Fish and Game Wardens
  • Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
Plant Systems
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
  • Soil and Plant Scientists

Pathway Occupation
Design/Pre-Construction
  • Civil Engineers

Pathway Occupation
Planning
  • Actuaries
  • Economists
  • Urban and Regional Planners
Public Management & Administration
  • Postal Service Clerks
  • Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
Regulation
  • Avionics Technicians
  • Compliance Officers
  • Financial and Investment Analysts
  • Financial Managers
  • Private Detectives and Investigators
  • Transportation Inspectors
Revenue & Taxation
  • Compliance Officers
  • Financial and Investment Analysts
  • Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Pathway Occupation
Information Support & Services
  • Data Entry Keyers
  • Database Administrators
Network Systems
  • Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Programming & Software Development
Web & Digital Communications

Pathway Occupation
Emergency & Fire Management Services
  • Emergency Medical Technicians
  • Firefighters
Law Enforcement Services
  • Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
  • Private Detectives and Investigators

Pathway Occupation
Engineering & Technology
  • Agricultural Engineers
  • Civil Engineers
  • Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Environmental Engineers
  • Industrial Engineers
  • Petroleum Engineers
  • Power Plant Operators
Science & Mathematics
  • Economists
  • Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
  • Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
  • Hydrologists

Pathway Occupation
Health, Safety, & Environmental Management
Logistics Planning & Management Services
Transportation Operations
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management & Regulation
  • Civil Engineers
  • Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
  • Traffic Technicians
Warehousing & Distribution Center Operations
  • Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

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