Other denominations
GIS application technician; GPS applications expert; Precision agriculture applications expert.
Description
This professional uses electronics, IT, and telecommunications to develop applications in agriculture, livestock, fishing, and aquaculture that allow for the optimisation of existing resources, whether they are natural (automated irrigation, solar energy), as well as economics (software for the profitability of crops, greenhouse control, farm management, automation of animal feeding processes, etc.). To carry out his/her tasks, he/she may use tools such as GIS (Geographic information Systems), GPS (Global positioning Systems) and electronic image processing tools, among others, that allow to know the intensity and the optimal moment for carrying out agricultural operations.
Tasks
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Centre per al desenvolupament professional Porta22
Barcelona Treball (Porta22)
Llacuna, 156-162, 08018 Barcelona
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Monday to Friday from 9 to 18 h