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SpatialNews.com Press Release
Digital Quest’s GIS Certification Recommended in Job Corps Report to the Department of Labor
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Jackson, MS -- The Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions (EIGS), a cluster of companies and research programs working to further develop the geospatial industry in Mississippi, today announced that member company Digital Quest, Inc., in its role as a development and training-oriented company, was recently recognized by Management & Training Corporation in a published report for addressing the geospatial industry's need for a well-trained workforce nationwide. With this recognition, the geospatial certification STARS (Spatial Technology and Remote Sensing) is setting the standard for geospatial technology training. The STARS certification is a product created by SPACESTARS, LLC, a partnership between DQI and the Berkley Geo-Research Group. The STARS certification is designed to provide skill training in the new and ever more vital field of geospatial technology which is among the top three fastest growing career fields in the U.S. with a 15 percent growth in
new jobs projected over the next decade.
"The geospatial technology industry has been lacking an industry-driven certification,” stated Eddie Hanebuth of Digital Quest, Inc. “STARS is filling this gap to answer the growing demand for a better trained, highly skilled geospatial workforce.”
In May 2004, the independent research group Management & Training Corporation of Centerville, Utah, recommended the STARS Certification to Department of Labor for use in Job Corps in a report entitled "Industry-Recognized Certificate Programs and Job Corps: Working Toward a Skilled and Qualified Workforce." The report, which states that the geospatial field is one of the high growth industries that will be affected by critical shortages in trained personnel, lists only the STARS certification for a GIS/Remote Sensing Technician.
STARS is a fully-developed "turn-key" certification program for high schools, colleges and universities. Students utilize a locally-customized GIS to learn detailed information about their local community and master the use software and tools standard in the geospatial industry. The first three semesters are formatted as a classroom-delivered program, then the students do a self-paced, campus-based GIS/RS project in the final semester. At the end of the curriculum, an exam is administered and a portfolio submitted for certification approval.
The MTC Institute report, "Industry-Recognized Certificate Programs and Job Corps: Working Toward a Skilled and Qualified Workforce," can be viewed at: www.mtcinstitute.com/publications/Industry%20Recognized%20Certificate04.pdf.
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