Colin Surkan

Experience

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  Government of Saskatchewan

  Jul 2007 - Dec 2007

  GIS Analyst - Network Support Technician

  Saskatchewan Ministry of Municipal AffairsPolicy Development BranchGIS Analyst - Network Support Technician o Creation of an ArcIMS map service interface for internal Government use to allow staff, who do not have technical GIS training, to perform spatial analysis using municipal data; o Data gathering/analysis/manipulation, resulting in data mashups that join to boundary files; joining attributes to boundary files; and creating map layouts. The work also included some spatial data and metadata editing; o Development and preparation of shapefiles using ArcGIS; o Development and training of GIS capabilities to allow staff to perform spatial and regional analysis using municipal data from a variety of sources (internal, acquired from other government departments, and acquired directly from municipalities). Show less

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  Government of Saskatchewan

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2009

  Geographic Information Systems Technician

  Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources (Mines Branch)GIS Technician o GIS SME responsible for preparing shape files using ArcGIS for creation of maps for applicants of coal and potash mining permits; o Management of small mapping and database projects. This included responsibility for checking and displaying specific areas that are minable or restricted/not feasible; leveraging buffers for cities, oil and gas, crown land, etc.o Leveraged various GIS applications to map applied staking locations for mining. o Handling of coal mining permit applications; including accepting/rejecting applications as well as checking if applied areas are to be issued or not to the applicant (on a first come - first serve basis). o Queried databases for active and inactive oil wells. Show less

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  Elections Saskatchewan

  Jan 2010 - Apr 2012

  Senior GIS Technician

  o Provided GIS technical support for the Polling Boundary Review Project; o GIS specific analysis for the Review of Polling Division Boundaries Project for the province’s 2011 General Election; o Responsible for re-mapping the new polling division maps for all 58 of Saskatchewan’s Electoral Constituencies, including inset maps of towns and cities; o Participant in the 2012 Constituency Boundaries Commission, leading to subsequent creation of new maps leveraged in the next General Election; o Updated existing maps using ArcGIS; o Assisted in development of map design; o Printed and distributed map products to electoral candidates and the general public as required; o Compiled urban street index & directory of communities;o Gathered GIS parcel address data from various communities across the province for use in maps and mapping applications. Show less

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  Information Services Corporation ISC

  May 2012 - Feb 2023

  o Provide guidance, information and assistance to customers relating to all ISC products and services, including Surface and Mineral Land Titles, Saskatchewan Judgement Registry, Corporate Registry, and Personal Property Registry; o Handle and resolve customer concerns through researching the required information and using available resources to communicate policies, procedures and processes in accordance with the encompassing Acts and Regulations; o Assist customers with website and other system navigation and operational support to clients using the web based system, including assisting them with signing on and navigating within the system Show less o Producing, inspecting, maintaining and distributing ISC’s standard GIS, digital mapping, and imagery products in the Geomatics Distribution Centre (GDC); o Handling on-demand customer service requests for various products and services such as integrating ISC land title, cadastral and imagery data for special projects; o Interacting with municipal and provincial government agencies, engineering consulting, and mining and exploration companies to meet GIS product requirements; o Production and distribution of GIS data, custom maps, compiled plans, satellite imagery, and aerial photography for internal and external clients; o Conducting historical aerial photography searches and analysis to assist in future land development and assessments for historical land usage; o Interacting with and supporting various engineering firms for oil and gas services, land development, agriculture and mining development; o Determining past and current conditions of abandoned wells and mining sites for various engineering firms and land surveying purposes; o Producing custom aerial photo maps from Saskatchewan’s Geospatial Imagery Collaborative (SGIC), orthophoto imagery, or archived satellite imagery; o Generating cartographic text from Cadastral Data within the Integrated Spatial Data Base (ISDB); o Using GIS software to determine acreage calculations;o Scanning and geo-referencing aerial photography; o Interpreting and maintaining safe care and storage of aerial photography and negatives, including an inventory of approximately 600,000 forestry, highway and project specific photography negatives;o Storage and maintenance of the Civic Address Registry (CAR) database. o Completing daily financial deposits to meet internal financial requirements for the GDC. Show less

  • Customer Support Representative

    Oct 2019 - Feb 2023

  • GIS Product Specialist

    May 2012 - Oct 2019
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  SGI

  Feb 2023 - now

  o Responsible for the issuance of transportation permits (weight, dimension, and/or registration) for clients in the trucking, bus/taxi, farming, construction, and oilfield industrieso Accepts payments for accounts and calculates applicable fees and refunds.o Answers inquiries and provides information to the public and employees relating to Acts, Regulations, agreements, and policy rulings regarding legal weights, permit weights, dimensions, over-dimension permit conditions, and vehicle registrationso Processes motor vehicle licensing products, including renewal of driver’s licences, vehicle registrations, and 24-hour/8-day permits in accordance with established procedureso Approves requests to participate in the self-issue permit program based on predetermined criteria and provides self-issue companies with training, support, and assistanceo Conducts audits of self-issue companies to ensure permits are being issued accuratelyo Inputs data and/or makes inquiries using computer system(s)o Gathers necessary data and information to answer inquiries from internal and/or external persons, including law enforcemento Verifies accuracy of completed permit formso Performs general clerical duties, including stuffing envelopes, boxing files, and adding attachments to annual permitso Answers inquiries and provides assistance to the public after hours (evenings and weekends) related to motor licensing products, including support and troubleshooting for MySGI. Show less o Interpretive research work involving the Traffic Accident Information System (TAIS) and the use of spatially enabled GIS in Saskatchewan, o Undertaking traffic accident research, design reporting, and data collection methods using a spatially enabled GIS system, o Mapping, analysis, and identification of high-risk intersections and street segments, so that corrective action can be taken to mitigate traffic hazards in these areas, o Combining data from the TAIS/Auto Fund databases and report generation in Statistical Software Suite (SAS), with spatial analysis in ArcGIS, o Provide data to Traffic Safety Community Outreach, Communications, media outlets, other ministries, and ministerial briefings/press conferences. Show less

  • Driver Exam Administrator

    Jan 2025 - now

  • Permit Office Representative

    Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

  • Geo-TAIS Analyst

    Feb 2023 - Dec 2023