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Training Courses

Geological Society Courses

The Geological Society runs the following courses once a year, usually in October:

A Practical Guide to Avoiding Professional Negligence Claims and Managing Risk
Technical Report Writing
An Introduction to Acting as an Expert Witness
Consulting Skills

Fellows receive a discount on the course registration fee. See the events calendar for more information on these courses.

 

Endorsed Training Courses


The following training courses have been endorsed by the Geological Society. All endorsed courses are available to Fellows with a 10% discount on the normal registration fee (unless the course is free or the fee is negligible). Please see the events calendar or the organisers’ website for information on course dates, venues and fees.
Course organisers can find out more about the endorsement scheme.

Atkins Ltd

  • CLEA UK
  • Detailed Quantitative Risk Assessment
  • Toxicology

British Geological Survey (www.bgs.ac.uk/training/home.html)

  • Lowland Britain: Quaternary Field Mapping
  • Geological Field Surveying

Decommissioning & Environmental Remediation Centre / UHI Millennium Institute

  • Public and Political Aspects of Nuclear Decommissioning

ESI Ltd (www.esinternational.com)

  • Borehole and Aquifer Test Interpretation
  • Practical Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport Modelling 
  • Groundwater Risk Assessment of Contaminated Land 
  • Introduction to ArcGIS for Environmental Professionals 
  • Making Sense of Data from Contaminated Land 
  • Applying the Environment Agency’s Remedial Targets Methodology
  • An Introduction to Contaminated Land Risk Assessment
  • Human Health Risk Assessment of Contaminated Land

First Steps Ltd (www.firststeps.eu.com)

  • Field Mapping in Stratified Rock
  • Lab Testing to BS 1377:1990
  • Sample Collection, Preparation and Storage for MCERTS Testing of Contaminated Soils
  • A Professional School in Ground Engineering at the BRE (available by appointment – see the First Steps website for more information)
  • Developing Geological Knowledge for CGeol Status (available by appointment – see the First Steps website for more information)
  • Writing and Interpreting BH Logs
  • Learning Platform for Geotechnical Engineers
  • An Introduction to Sampling and In-Site Testing Techniques
  • Understanding Geophysical Investigations of Brownfield and Contaminated Sites
  • Improve your Productivity Dealing with Data and Documents Efficiently
  • An Introduction to Microsoft Excel Level 1: Beginners
  • An Introduction to Microsoft Excel Level 2: Intermediate
  • An Introduction to Microsoft Excel Level 3: Advanced
  • Interpreting Geological Maps and BH Logs for Writing Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Reports
  • Physical Hydrogeology for Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineers
  • Engineering Description of Soil and Rock
  • Eurocode 7 – A Time for Change

 

Fugro Engineering Services Ltd

  • Cone Penetration Testing
  • Geophysical and Geo-environmental Geophysics

 

Natural History Museum

  • The Stratigraphy & Properties of the London Clay and Harwich Formations
  • The Stratigraphy of the Lambeth Group of SE England

 

NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory

  • Short Course on U-Th-Pb Geochronology

 

Open University (www.open.ac.uk/cpd )

  • Online CPD courses (see the Open University website for more information):
  • Managing Performance through People
  • Effective Leadership Skills
  • Managing Organisational Performance

 

University of Portsmouth (www.port.ac.uk/sees)

  • Introduction to Geological Remote Sensing and GIS
  • Engineering Characterisation of Soil and Rock
  • Introduction to Geology and Basic Field Geology

 

Symmons Madge Associates (www.symmonsmadge.co.uk/)

  • Choosing and Interpreting Soil Tests
  • Site Investigation

The Geological Society also endorses CPD events. Seminars, lectures and conferences organised by the following organisations have received Geological Society endorsement:

  • GSL Engineering Group
  • GSL South West Regional Group
  • GSL Thames Valley Regional Group
  • University of Sheffield

See the events calendar for upcoming endorsed CPD events.


Other Training Providers


The following organisations provide training courses relevant to geoscientists. Please note: the list below is supplied for information only and should not be taken to imply approval or endorsement of those listed by the Geological Society.



CIRIA (http://www.ciria.org/)


Construction industry courses


Edumine (www.edumine.com/welcome.asp)


Other mining courses.


University of Newcastle, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
(www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/pd/)


Training courses for professionals across the civil engineering, geomatics and geoscience fields.


Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain (www.pesgb.org.uk)


The PESGB provides training courses relevant to the hydrocarbon sector.


Petroleum Institute for Continuing Education (PEICE) (www.peice.com/)


Petroleum industry courses, including ‘Geology for non geologists’.


Thomas Telford Training (www.tttrain.co.uk/)


Engineering courses (owned by the Institution of Civil Engineers).


‘Geology for non-geologists’ courses


There are two sources of training in this area:
For more information contact Dr Tony Grindrod; emails to tonygrindrod@f2s.com, telephone 07815 104421 or PEICE as listed above.