Utilizes soil-landscape relationships to systematically map and describe the way soils occur in the landscape.
Identifies and acquires the appropriate spatial data layers necessary to create and maintain a digitally-based soils map.
Determines and applies principles, practices, and methods to apply plant species identification and the use of plants as indicators of soil type, ecological sites, and soil-site and topographic relationships.
Assists Soil Scientist and/or the MLRA Soil Survey Leader to document soil-plant relationships, collect production estimates for crops, trees and grasses and develop/gather other information for ecological site descriptions.