Also called: Cemetery GIS Mapper, Cemetery Ground-Penetrating Radar Surveyor
Uses GPS, drones, GIS software and ground-penetrating radar to map graves and find unmarked burials in old cemeteries.
He pushes a ground-penetrating radar cart in neat lines across a church cemetery where 1800s records were lost. The screen shows the curved echoes of old coffins under bare grass. Back at the office he turns the scans and drone photos into a searchable map families can use online.
Estimate; cemetery software companies, survey firms and archaeology firms.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in geography, GIS, archaeology or surveying is common; GIS certificates also work.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Geography (GIS), Archaeology, Surveying.
Growing faster than average. Many cemeteries are digitizing records, and searches for unmarked historic graves are growing.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI is getting better at reading radar scans and drone images; fieldwork and careful interpretation stay human.
Classes: Geography, Computer science, History.
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