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QGIS for Environmentalists

Course Cost £375 +VAT
Duration 2 DAYS
  • For beginners in ecology, conservation, and environment.
  • Gain skills in managing and analyzing geospatial data.
  • Learn to troubleshoot common GIS issues.
  • Understand GIS/data workflows for efficiency.
  • Create professional outputs with print composer.

Overview

The QGIS Training course is designed for individuals interested in learning geographic information software, especially those in ecology, conservation, and the environment. Geared towards beginners, the course equips participants with skills to manage, analyze, and present geographically referenced data, troubleshoot common issues, and create GIS workflows. Topics covered include GIS overview, data manipulation, analysis, cartography, and professional output creation. Led by Nevis' Head of GIS, Lucy Arnold, the 2-day course provides a training manual and flash drive for ongoing reference. Onsite closed company courses are also available.

Who should attend

Ecologists, Conservationists, Environmentalists

Course Content

QGIS Training

Who is it for?

The course is for anyone wishing to learn how to use geographic information software, with particular emphasis on those who work in ecology, conservation and the environment.  It is aimed at the beginner with no requirement for prior knowledge of GIS, but you should have basic computer skills.

What will I get out of it?

  • Skills to create, manage, analyse and present geographically referenced data
  • Knowledge to take a project from start to finish
  • Ability to identify and troubleshoot some of the most common issues
  • A broad understanding of how to create GIS/data workflows
  • Application of techniques to improve efficiency
  • Greater confidence with the creation of quality outputs
  • Training manual, with exercises, and flash drive to act as a reminder

What topics are covered?

  • Overview of GIS
  • Adding data and moving around the map
  • Working with layers; creating and displaying, and digitising
  • Accessing free online data
  • Analysis and geoprocessing
  • Basic cartography including, symbology, thematic mapping & labelling
  • Creating a professional output with print composer

Who delivering it?

Nevis’ Head of GIS and Data Management Lucy Arnold

Duration: 2 Days

Cost:£375 + VAT

QGIS Training Scotland, Inverness, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dunfermline and other sites throughout the UK including onsite closed company courses are available.

Who Should Attend

Ecologists, Conservationists, Environmentalists
Course Cost £375 +VAT
Duration 2 DAYS

Experts in Construction and Infrastructure Training

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Training courses available

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Course hours completed

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Expert trainers

CITB, APS, IEMA

Accreditation training centres

12

Accreditations

Testimonials

We’ve helped thousands of professionals grow their skills and confidence. Hear directly from the people who’ve taken our training courses.

The course was exceptional, well run in terms of delivery of information, IT online course but seamless. Very interesting examples of temporary works failures applicable to the businesses we worked in. Break out activities / group examples worked very well and were again well managed by the trainer. Fantastic course, I will recommend to others! Best course I have attended in years!

CITB Temporary Works Co-Ordinator

Black & Veatch

The trainers knowledge was excellent and I liked his examples and how he could relate them to every day relatable examples that we could all understand. Coming from different industries and sectors his examples were a common ground. It was handled very well virtually and the engagement worked with his questioning and answering

Contract Management

The Pension Regulator

The training was very interactive and the tutor was excellent in engaging every course attendee and ensuring that the course content was tailored to each attendees Organisation and Company requirements

CITB Temporary Works Awareness

Kone – H &S Advisor

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