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Job Aids
A job aid is, simply put, something that can be used on the job to improve
performance. These job aids come from the NSSC,
MLRA Offices, and State
Offices and are posted on the Web sites of these offices.
Quick Links
Classification
Correlation
Interpretations
Investigations
Manuscripts
Operations & Management
Photography
Promoting the Soil Survey
Soil Databases, General
Soil Databases,
GIS
Soil Databases,
NASIS
Soil Survey Graphics
Technical Soil Services, Education
Technical Soil Services, General
Other Job Aids
PDF files require
Acrobat
Reader; DOC files require
Microsoft
Word, XLS files require Microsoft
Excel, PPT files
require
Microsoft Powerpoint; WMV files
require
Windows Media Player; and SWF files require
Macromedia Flash.
Classification
Virginia Tech Soil Taxonomy Forum
Correlation
- Analysis PC
- Similar/Dissimilar Guide for Mapunit Components
- Soil Catenas
- Populating Map Unit Data: Taxonomic Classes and Map Unit Components
Interpretations
- Woodland Suitability
- Key for soil drainage classes
- Guide to Determining Prime Farmland
- Productivity Index
Investigations
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Installing
Monitoring Wells in Soils (PDF; 1.9 MB)
- Mobile Computing
- Assessing Carbonates in the Field with a Dilute Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Solution
- Pedon Description Form
- Percent Material Commonly Passing #40 and #200 Sieves
- Rock Fragment Volume to Weight and Weight to Volume Conversion Chart
- Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity
- Soil Color Contrast
- Operation of EM38RT Meter W/ Garmin Map76 GPS Receiver &
Allegro CX Field Computer a
DVD video available upon request.
- USDA Soil Texture Calculator. Enter the percent
sand and clay, and let the calculator do the rest.
- Developed by MO1.
This
document (PDF; 1.1 MB) includes notes and instructions on almost every column in Pedon.
- Monoliths
- Estimating Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance
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Separating
Roots from the Soil by Hand Sieving (PDF; 263 KB)
-
Estimated
Soil Organic Matter -- Field Method (PDF; 330 KB)
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Pedon PC
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Pedon CE
- For personal digital assistants (PDAs) that use
the Pocket PC operating system. The installation package includes
installation instructions (including
PDA system requirements),
user's guide, and software that is installed on both a PC and
PDA.
Manuscripts
- Guides for the Editing and Publishing of Soil Survey Reports
Operations & Management
- Workload Analysis Tool
s
- Careers in Soil Survey
Photography
Promoting the Soil Survey
- Maintenance and Update Projects
- Web Soil Survey 3x5 quick reference card (contact
Mike Wigginton for more
information)
Soil Databases, General
Soil Databases,
GIS
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Accessing
GIS Web Map Services (PDF; 865 KB)
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Digital soil mapping and raster processing
- Geodatabase
- Geospatial Data Gateway (click on “The Gateway” in the paragraph
on the right)
- GPS
- Microsoft Access Templates for Soil Data Viewer and Customer Service Toolkit
- Soil Resource Inventory Toolbox (SRITB)
Soil Databases,
NASIS
Map Unit Data: Taxonomic Classes and Map Unit Components, Populating
Soil Moisture Status in the National Soil Information System
Taxonomic Moisture Class and Subclass in NASIS, Populating
Using Excel for NASIS
data entry
This workbook contains worksheets for many NASIS tables.
Guides for Editing Soil Properties, Interpretation, and Qualities in NASIS
Calculating horizon fragments and adjusting sieves
Index to Surface Runoff
Soil Survey Graphics
- More than 3,750 block diagrams (line drawings) from published soil surveys are available. Most of the diagrams relate soils to landscape positions.
You may search for diagrams three ways: an interactive map, a comprehensive spreadsheet, or a brief spreadsheet. The interactive map
shows the location of survey areas for which a diagram is available. The comprehensive spreadsheet is linked to the diagrams in PDF, TIF (image),
and AI (Adobe Illustrator) formats. The brief spreadsheet is linked to the diagrams only in PDF format. Users can search the spreadsheets for specific key
words, such as a series name or a county.
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Block Diagrams for Soil Interpretations
(PDF; 8.87 MB)
- Includes instructions on how to draw
block diagrams.
- Compiled by Robert W. Eikleberry. 1968. United States Department of
Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Technical Soil Services, Education
- Soils site for Educational Tools and Products
- Lesson Plans and experiments for the classroom
- NASA site for soils educational materials
- Educational Resources
- Soil Survey Fact Sheet
- For young children
- Teacher's Guide
- Soil Tunnels
- What is Soil?
- Careers in Soil Survey
- 3-day course designed to introduce employees who are not soil scientists to basic soil properties, interpretations, and the soil mapping process.
- Functions of a healthy soil
- What is a Soil Survey?
Technical Soil Services, General
- Visual Simulation for Resource Planning
- Soil Based Recommendations for Storm Water Management Practices
- Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems for Single Family Residences Soil Potential Ratings
- "Secrets of the soil...did you say dirt?"
- Why are soils red?
- Web Soil Survey
- Soil Survey Fact Sheet
- Estimating Soil Moisture by Feel and Appearance
Other Job Aids
- Videos and Webinars
- Live Meeting and Net Meeting
- Presenting Expert Testimony
- A DVD of a training course by Jane Cornwell (OGC, Kansas City).
Includes cases where the agency is not a party; subpoenas, pretrial
preparation, and qualifying witnesses; giving testimony for depositions
and trials; a top-10 list of courtroom bloopers; refinements for a
witness; and a question and answer session. Request a copy from
the
NSSC Training Coordinator.
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