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Faicel ARFAOUI

GIS Specialist / Draftsman and designer at National Water Distribution Utility

Tunis, Tunisia

Work Experience

  • GIS Specialist / Draftsman and designerFull Time

    National Water Distribution Utility

    Sep 2015 - Present -9 yrs, 10 months

    Tunisia , Tunis

    • Job Details:- Maintain and update geospatial data of GIS databases including converting and archiving existing data and inputting geospatial data collected from utility construction projects. - Prepare water and wastewater main extension drawings (pumping station, drilling, valve chamber, wastewater treatment plant, desalination plants, stations for water deferrization, water tanks...). - Participate in department meetings and provide GIS and CAD technical support. - Manage prioritization of activities to meet multiple project timeline requirements. - Coordination with Project Engineers and Field Personnel. - Develop, organize, and prepare highly complex layouts, drawings, and designs from written or verbal specifications. - Prepare maps of pipeline systems and water facilities using land surveying notes and aerial photographs. - Compile technical project data from various sources, including field notes and engineering plans. - Design and image processing of different corporate presentations to the media and the ministries of the Tunisian state. - Assisting in hydraulic modeling to analyze water and sewer utility networks for developing master plans. - Assisting for managing critical utility assets and field operations. - Performing and facilitate field data collection using GPS/GNSS devices. - Working in various projects with SONEDE International (export consulting company specialized in conducting hydraulic studies mainly in Africa and the Middle East).
  • Gis Analyst IFull Time

    NGI Maghreb

    Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 -1 yr, 4 months

    Tunisia , Tunis

    • Job Details:- Managing data collect operations (GPS devices, surveyors dispatching , planning ). - Review the Road Network Data(Road class, speed limit, address, signals, Pavement condition…), which would be collected using GPS tracker. - Review Collected POIs (Location, Type , address, contact details …). - Converting Survey data into GIS format. - Creating, editing and performing various Reprocessing tasks on GIS Data. - Data Geocoding. - Data QC and topology validation in ArcGIS. - Designing Cartographic map Layout. - Road Navigation system validation.
  • Education

    • BACHELOR DEGREE in Geomatics in Geomatics

      UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE Tunis-TUNISIA

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2013 - 3 yr

    Skills

    • GIS Drafting
    • GIS Analysis
    • Cartographic Layout Designing
    • Water Industry

    Languages

    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • English

      Intermediate
    • French

      Intermediate

    Training & Certifications

    • Contribution of GIS for the mobilization of runoff water (Recharge and Spreading) in the regions of Enfidha, Sabkhit Kalbia and Sidi El Hani

      Water Research and Technology Center·2013
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