Jake Davies

Application Support Consultant / Developer

These are some of the tasks I have been involved with since working at Innodev:

• AWS Certification
• ESRI Survey123/Collector GIS Vineyard Application for conducting health assessments using Azure Backend Configuration with REST APIs, function apps, logic apps, and On-Premise Gateway
• Identity Management Solution - JS, HTML and NodeJS
• K2 Process Automation
• ESRI Webmaps/Webapps
• Python CSV/Excel Manipulation into GIS Solution
• SQL Stored Procs
• Power BI
• Salesforce Administration and development
• Application Testing
• Bug fixing
• Deployed a Helpdesk System
• and more

GIS Officer / Technical Support Officer

Working at the City of Charles Sturt expanded my knowledge in the integration of GIS with the City of Charles Sturt’s core software applications. By understanding this integration and the organisational structure, I was able to identify opportunities and implement improvements to expand business functions and customer service initiatives. I created a range of stored procedures in SQL resulting in improved asset management and visualization of a range of services including Council’s operational and capital works. I re-designed the layout and appearance of the corporate spatial viewer (Intra-maps) improving user functionality and ease-of-use. I was also involved in the preliminary design of Charles Sturt’s Open Data website. I was an integral part of the organization’s roll-out of computers. Having accomplished over 50 computer roll-outs in the space of 2 months whilst maintaining core role functions. I provided training to new and existing staff in the use of GIS software and its applications. Feedback provided was very positive in my execution of the training and my effective procedural documentation.

Operations Planner

Providing technical assistance to all internal staff. Integrating defects from superseded software. Automating reports and work order creation and assignment. I was responsible for assessing incoming customer requests, projects, seasonal, and planned cyclic work requests and determining priority, the scope of work and team in line with strategic plans.

Administrative Assistant - City Maintenance

As the first point of contact, I assumed the role of the knowledge base of the depot. Providing support to residents in matters from infrastructure maintenance to bin replacements. The business knowledge developed my interests in becoming an operational planner.

GIS Project Officer

Based in the Natural Environments team, I deployed mobile mapping solutions for tree planting, invasive weed management and native vegetation management strategies, and generated statistical reports for managers in relation to the management of vegetation.

Extensive use of Survey123, Collector, ArcMap and more.

• Updating maps to reflect current fuel loads and assisting with mapping the reduction of weed species over the last 10 years within Council’s Woodland Reserves.
• Have spent a large portion of my time on updating and data validation of polygons and attribute data in ArcMap.
• Developing other employees ArcMap skills
• Mapped drainage reserve networks in the Mitcham Hills.
• Assisted arborists to ascertain the total number of trees and developed a formulated spreadsheet outlining the street trees to be planted in the 2016 tree planting season. This information was transferred into a collector application and/or ArcMap with a linking attribute table, allowing contractors and staff to see the exact point of where the trees are to be planted.
• Work with the Coordinator Open Space Volunteers to support and supervise volunteers working on Council bushland Reserves and cottage gardens.

Flinders University

The BAGIS course was not limited to GIS, this course encompassed a wide variety of topics including computer programing, advanced digital image analysis in remote sensing, GIS modelling, advanced spatial statistics and much more. The biological sciences major focussed on evolution, ecology, genetics and conservation biology.

TAFE SA

Some of the applications in Geoscience included; Surveying, Mineralogy, Drilling Operations, Hydrogeology, Petroleum Geology, Field Projects, Geochemistry, Geophysics and more.

TAFE SA

Related coursework: Advanced First Aid, geological field assistance, operations in isolated and remote locations, navigation, occupational health and safety practices, collection of geological samples for analyses, data processing and more.