What is the Skills Log Matrix™?
The Skills Log Matrix™ is at the heart of Twin Cairns and one of the things that makes us very different from other environmental job sites. Employers want their employees to have specific skills for a particular job. The Skills Log Matrix™ is the way that job seekers show potential employers what skills they have…at one of three levels of competency: (1) Basic – Can perform skilled task with some supervision; (2) Competent – Can perform skilled task with no supervision; or (3) Advanced – Can perform skilled task & teach others. Employers can actively search for job seekers by skills and ask individuals to apply for jobs, dramatically expediting the application process and rates for successful hires.
It gets even better! Why should an employer believe a skill competency of a job seeker? The answer is because the skill competency has been verified. It has been verified by a third party, a document or a link. If none is available, individuals may self-verify a skill and skill level. The Twin Cairns allows for certificates to be uploaded, links made to certifying organizations, and instructors or past supervisors to be emailed to verify that job seekers have mastered a skill. This verification gives employers confidence in a job seeker’s skill claim and saves time in doing their own due diligence, screening and verification. Watch this Video for Employers and this Video for Job Seekers.
Here is a list of skills. Twin Cairns is constantly updating this list and want to hear from you if a new skill is needed. Don’t find a skill? Please let us know by ADDING A NEW SKILL. Provide the title and a short definition of the skill.
| Category | Skill | Skill Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | (ARC) Architectural History | Ability to recognize, describe & record different architectural styles as they change across time and space |
| Architecture | (ARC) Building Restoration | Ability to restore a range of building types to resemble original form |
| Architecture | (ARC) Conservation & Preservation | Ability to expertly conserve and preserve structures & buildings of various types |
| Biology | (BIO) Habitat Assessment | Ability to review & rate habitat quality and assesses the integrity of the aquatic or terrestrial system to support species |
| Biology | (BIO) Habitat Characterization | Ability to collect and analyze information required for conducting risk assessment & for the design and implementation of remediation systems |
| Compliance | (COM) CEQA | Understand the elements and can comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) |
| Compliance | (COM) Consultation Compliance | Ability to understand the interests and conduct consultation with all relevant stake holders |
| Compliance | (COM) Clean Water Act | Understand how to comply with the federal Clean Water Act |
| Compliance | (COM) Endangered Species Act | Understand standards and compliance with the federal Endangered Species Act |
| Compliance | (COM) Environmental/CRM State Legislation | Understand how to find and comply with individual state legislation, laws and rules concerning cultural and natural heritage |
| Compliance | (COM) Historic Designation | Understand the criteria through which building and structures may be candidates for a federal historic designation status |
| Compliance | (COM) NAGPRA | Understand how to comply with the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act |
| Compliance | (COM) NHPA/NEPA | Understand how to comply with the federal National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) |
| Compliance | (COM) Report Writing | Ability to write technical reports in coherent language that follow both federal and state regulations and law |
| Certification | (CRT) First Aid | Completed a first aid course that covered medical attention usually administered immediately after the injury occurs and at the location where it occurred |
| Certification | (CRT) HAZWOPER Certificate | Training in Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response |
| Certification | (CRT) Open Water & Rescue Diver | Hold a certification from a recognized organization (SSI, PADI, NAUI, etc.) |
| Certification | (CRT) OSHA 10 Certificate | Completed U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training that teaches basic safety and health information to entry-level workers in construction and general industry |
| Certification | (CRT) TWIC Certificate | Hold a Transportation Worker Identification Credential as required by the Maritime Transportation Security Act |
| Certification | (CRT) Water Survival/HUET METS | Hold certificate for the Helicopter Underwater Egress Training for both helicopter emergencies and installation abandonments |
| Financial | (FIN) Bookkeeping | Understand accounting software, can enter revenue & expenses and can reconcile accounts |
| Financial | (FIN) Budget Management | The ability to create, manage, track and report budgets, including all income and expenses |
| Financial | (FIN) CPA | Understand accounting standards & legal structure and can file taxes |
| Field | (FLD) Archaeology Phase I | Ability to conduct archaeology phase I work: identification |
| Field | (FLD) Archaeology Phase II | Ability to conduct archaeology phase II work: Evaluation |
| Field | (FLD) Archaeology Phase III | Ability to conduct archaeology phase III work: Data recovery |
| Field | (FLD) Artifact Identification | Ability to identify archaeological artifacts and ecofacts, from both pre contact and historical context |
| Field | (FLD) Artifact Processing | Understand how to assign artifacts to accepted cultural/geological spheres, across space (classification) & time (seriation) |
| Field | (FLD) Basic Conservation & Preservation | Ability to conduct initial field conservation and preservation of different artifact types, features & architecture |
| Field | (FLD) Data Recording | Ability to use printed or digital sheets to document & record field data |
| Field | (FLD) Excavation Shovel/Test Pit Sampling | Know how to conduct and record systematic test excavation programs, using either shovel or test pits methodology |
| Field | (FLD) Excavation/General Principles | Know how to excavate in cultural or arbitrary layers, document and record all excavation activity |
| Field | (FLD) Grid & Trench Layout | Ability to lay excavation grid and generate reliable trench outline for excavations |
| Field | (FLD) Monitoring | Monitor constructions site and identify danger to cultural or natural heritage |
| Field | (FLD) Photography | Ability to take clear images of various feature, artifact & soil colors at various light and field depth conditions |
| Field | (FLD) Screening | Ability to use general & geological screens to identify, collect and record small scale finds |
| Field | (FLD) Soil Identification | Ability to identify, describe and record different types of soil and depositions |
| Field | (FLD) Stratigraphy | Ability to identify, measure and describe stratigraphic layering of a site |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Cartography | Understand cartographic principles and can create easy-to-understand maps |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Fossil Identification | Ability to recognize, identify and collect fossils in the field |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Geoarchaeology | Ability to collect, sample and analyze soil and sediment samples through dry sieving, wet sieving and flotation |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Geodesy | Ability to understand and create products taking into effect earth's figure, orientation and space and how it changes over time |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Geoprocessing | Understand the intellectual framework and digital tools necessary for processing geographic and related data |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Microfossil Identification | Ability to recognize, identify and collect microfossils in the field |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Predictive/Suitability Modeling | Ability to model and test habitat & geological suitability of human made manipulation on the landscape |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Sedentary Rock | Ability to identify and describe sedentary rock |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Spatial Data Models | Ability to generate abstract model that organizes elements of spatial data and standardizes how they relate to one another and to the properties of real-world entities (SDSFIE, SSDM, etc) |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Spatial Metadata Standards | Experience with standards related to spatial data rendering (FGDC CSDGM, ISO 19115, etc.) |
| Geoscience | (Geo) Viewshed Analysis | Ability to generate digital maps reflecting areas visible from a given location |
| Lab | (LAB) Artifact Conservation | Ability to expertly conserve, preserve & restore a full range of artifact types |
| Lab | (LAB) Artifact Documentation | Ability to measure, record, photographed and classify various artifact types in the lab/post ex setting |
| Lab | (LAB) Flotation | Able to use flotation machine to collect flora and fauna |
| Marketing | (MRT) Client Interaction | Understand company's products & services and can interact directly with clients -- private sector and government agencies |
| Marketing | (MRT) General Marketing Principle | Understand company's products & services and can engage in marketing activities |
| Marketing | (MRT) General Sales Principles | Understand company's products & services and can engage in sales activities |
| Marketing | (MRT) Social Media | Understand, can write content and present marketing materials for at least three social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc) |
| Museology | (MUS) AAM Standards & Practices | Knowledge, understanding and ability to implement the American Alliance of Museums official standards and practices |
| Museology | (MUS) Artifact Curation | Ability to safely register, document and store a wide range of artifact types in curation facilities following state and federal laws |
| Museology | (MUS) Collection Management | Ability to manage museum or other scientifically important collections using databases, digital photography and interaction with curators/subject experts |
| Museology | (MUS) Exhibit Development | Ability to develop a museum exhibit, including background research, label writing and safe artifact presentation |
| Museology | (MUS) Exhibit Preparation | Ability to build mounds and prepare artifacts for museum exhibits or traveling off premises |
| Museology | (MUS) Public Interpretation | Ability to understand site history and provide clear and coherent interpretation for the public |
| Office | (OFC) Archival Search | Ability to find & search various databases for records related to prior work/research done on cultural or natural heritage in the project area |
| Office | (OFC) HR | Ability to work in and comply with Human resources office needs |
| Office | (OFC) Project Management | Understand the logistics, time management, product and HR needs of field projects |
| Office | (OFC) Proposal Writing | Has the technical skills and disciplinary knowledge to write successful proposals for federal & state agencies, as well as private clients |
| Office | (OFC) Data QA/QC | Ability to use Quality Assurance & Quality Control systems to measure and assure the quality of a product or service and the process of ensuring products and services meet consumer expectations. |
| Remote Sensing | (RMS) Drone Survey | Can competently fly a drone, design, execute and record systematic aerial survey |
| Remote Sensing | (RMS) Geophysical Survey-Marine | Ability to operate single/multi beam sonar to produce a detailed image or map of an area |
| Remote Sensing | (RMS) Geophysical Survey-Terrestrial | Ability to operate ground-based physical sensing techniques to produce a detailed image or map of an area |
| Remote Sensing | (RMS) LiDAR | Ability to operate instruments, collect, organize, store and interpret LiDAR data |
| Remote Sensing | (RMS) Photogrammetry | Ability to create and interpret photographic and electromagnetic radiant imagery & patterns |
| Software | (SOF) CAD Software | Can confidently operate Computer Aided Design & Drafting software |
| Software | (SOF) CRM Software | Can Confidently operate Customer Relationships Management software |
| Software | (SOF) Database Software | Understand how Database software works and can create data files (Access, FileMaker, etc) |
| Software | (SOF) GIS Software | Can confidently operate Geographical Information System software |
| Software | (SOF) Adobe Acrobat | Ability to create, edit and convert files to and from PDF format in Adobe Acrobat |
| Software | (SOF) Image Editing Software | Ability to display, create & edit images/graphics in graphic software, such as Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, etc. |
| Software | (SOF) HYPACK Software | Ability to operate, collect and interpret data in HYPACK Hydrographic Survey Software |
| Software | (SOF) MS Office Software | Can confidently operate MS Office software, including Word, Excel & PowerPoint |
| Software | (SOF) Python | Ability to understand, write and produce software solutions using Python programing |
| Software | (SOF) Web Maintenance & Design | Understand how to manage & set web sites in variety of formats (WordPress, Wix, etc.) and basic knowledge of web development language (HTML, CSS, PHP, etc.) |
| Specialist | (SPC) Bioarchaeology | Ability to excavate, document & study human remains |
| Specialist | (SPC) Ethnography | Ability to study & understand a culture through in-depth study of the members of that cultural group |
| Specialist | (SPC) Paleoethnobotany | Ability to excavate, document and study ancient flora remains |
| Specialist | (SPC) Zooarchaeology | Ability to excavate, document and study ancient fauna remains |
| Survey | (SUR) General Survey Principles | Ability to conduct & document systematic, pedestrian survey using a topographic map -- printed or digital |
| Survey | (SUR) GPS Navigation | Ability to navigate to given coordinates using a GPS receiver |
| Survey | (SUR) GPS Recording | Ability to use GPS instruments to conduct, document & record digital spatial survey data |
| Survey | (SUR) Map & Plan Making/Digital | Ability to use digital tools (Total Station, differential GPS, etc) to create maps and plans of a site |
| Survey | (SUR) Map & Plan Making/Manual | Ability to use a theodolite & measuring tape to produce maps and plans of a site |
| Compliance | (COM) ICRMP | Understand and can comply with the U.S. Army Environmental Command Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plan (ICRMP) requirements |
| Compliance | (COM) HABS/HAER | Understand and can comply with the National Park Service Heritage Documentation for Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) requirements |
| Survey | (SUR) Map Reading | Ability to read a topographical map, can navigate by compass to and from provided locations |
| Survey | (SUR) Total Station | Know how to properly set a Total Station, take back and fore points, collect geospatial data/points that can be used to generate digital topographic maps |