Also called: Cemetery GIS Technician, Burial Records Mapper
Maps every grave in old and new cemeteries with GPS, drones and historic records so families and staff can find exactly where people are buried.
You walk rows of headstones with a GPS pole, fly a drone for a photo map, and match each stone to faded paper burial books. In an old section with sunken ground you help a radar crew look for unmarked graves. Then you load it all into software so families can search online.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate degree or certificate in GIS, or on-the-job training.
Ways in: 2-year college, Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Geographic Information Systems, Geography, History.
Growing about average. Small niche; many cemeteries are digitizing records.
Medium risk for 10 years. Drones and AI can read many headstones from photos; matching messy old records and checking on the ground stay human.
Classes: Geography or AP Human Geography, History, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-3031.
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