Data Management 2009 Summer Intern (1 position available) Location: Portland, OR Application Deadline: 2009-05-22 Posted: 2009-05-15
Duties:
Use Microsoft Excel to keep track of environmental field sample data and analyses.
Manage laboratory analytical data using Microsoft Excel.Insure that data packages are complete.
Use Excel to prepare data to be loaded into an environmental database. Export analytical data from a database into tabular form in Excel and format the tables.
Safely pack soil and groundwater samples for shipment to a laboratory.
Insure that sample packages are complete and that all sample paperwork is in order.
Qualifications:
Ongoing education in geography, earth science, or a related field.
The ability to quickly organize, sort, and filter thousands of rows of data using Microsoft Excel.
Fundamental skills using Excel functions to manipulate data. For example, be able to combine records from two different columns into a third column.
Desired Skills:
A basic understanding of conditional formatting in Excel
Experience using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Demonstrated experience organizing and summarizing data such as in book‑keeping