Area: Dar Es Salaam
Application Deadline: 17/03/2011
Position Description:
The Tanzania low Cost rural Electrification project has as its objective the demonstration of low cost options for extending the national grid to provide electricity service in rural Tanzania.
To this end pilot projects will be designed consisting of combinations of high voltage lines extending from the existing grid to villages in the rural area.NRECA International will design the projects by first developing a GIS map that locates the exiting power system in the region of each of the pilot projects and use the map to project the new line extensions.
The GSP Technician will be responsible for the following.
• Successfully complete training carried out by the GIS specialist and GIS supervisor in the use of the garmin GPS map 76 GPS unit for mapping and data collection.
• Learn how to recognized component of the electric system including conductor size, transformer size and to identify line terminations and gaps.
• Carry out field surveys using GPS unit on electric lines including preparation of field database tables.
• Use the GPS to map other infrastructure including villages as and instructed.
• Upload field data daily from the GPS units to the GIS specialist computer.
• Perform tasks in such a way as to minimize the necessity to repeat measurements.
Qualifications
• Sufficient technical training in the use of electronic equipment to be able to team the use of the Garmin GPS man 76 for taking GPS waypoints
• Demonstrated ability to participate in field survey teams and to carryout quality control checks of collected data
• Willingness to undertake field work in the environment prevailing in rural Tanzania Deliverables
• Delivery of GPS coordinates and data information as instructed by the GIS specialist
Supervision
The GPS Technician will be under the supervision of the GIS and subject to the instruction of the NREACA in instruction of the GIS Supervisor.
Level of effort
This assignment is for up to maximum of 60 (sixty) workdays all of which will be performed in the field.
Period of Performance:
March 20 to May 25, 2011.
Application Instructions:
Interested applicants should send their CV and cover letter by post to:
The Managing Director
ELECTRIPLAN (T) LTD
Twiga House 2rd floor, Samora Avenue
P.O. Box 23437
Dar es Salaam.
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