Geographic information systems specialist
Geography, Statistics and Mathematics at GCSE, then a Level 3 apprenticeship straight after school.
the nearest apprenticeship standard, the same level as A levels · 2 standards and 6 school subjects share ideas with this job · Skills England, ESCO, DfE subject content
Level 3 — England’s qualification levels run 1–8: GCSE is 2, A level is 3, a bachelor’s degree is 6.
Which subjects build towards it?
Bar — strength of the overlap relative to the strongest subject (1.00); not a grade or an entry requirement.
DfE subject content · matched to the apprenticeship standards below by sch.today
Geography leads because the job and the course share the same ideas: cartographic representation, map, gis, graph.
All subjects and shared ideas6
| Subject | Match | Shared ideas |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE Geography | 1.00 | cartographic representation, map, gis, graph, bias |
| GCSE Statistics | 0.66 | data availability, data format, bias, reliability |
| GCSE Mathematics | 0.49 | map, graph, bias |
| A level Geography | 0.46 | gis, bias, data quality |
| A level Computer Science | 0.34 | algorithm design, operating systems |
| A level Economics | 0.34 | trade-offs, graph |
Which apprenticeships lead here?
Apprenticeship standard — the official list of what an apprentice in one job must know and be able to do; the level says how advanced it is. Level 3 can start straight after GCSEs.
Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0
Where are these subjects taken most?
Secondary schools with at least 30 pupils in Year 11, ranked by the share taking Geography, Statistics and Mathematics, weighted by how strongly each subject leads here.
Ranking — shows what pupils study, not how well a school prepares them for the job.
DfE subject entries
More schools9
What the job is
Geographic information systems specialists use specialised computer systems, engineering measures, and geological concepts to process land, geographic, and geospatial information into visually detailed digital maps and geomodels of a reservoir. They convert technical information like soil density and properties into digital representations to be used by engineers, governments and interested stakeholders.
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This is a model of overlapping content, not careers advice or entry requirements, which employers and training providers set. Occupations and their descriptions: ESCO classification of the European Commission, © European Union. Apprenticeship standards: Skills England, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School subjects and entries: Department for Education. Links between them are made by sch.today. Methodology.