QGIS Essentials (combined live & self led course)

This course is a blend of independent learning and tutor led sessions throughout the day. It is suitable for beginners to GIS, those looking to refresh their skills, or migrate to QGIS software. The course will cover some essential skills an ecologist would need to confidently start using QGIS.

The course is suitable for beginners to GIS, those looking to refresh their skills or migrate to QGIS software. The course will provide delegates with the essential skills needed to confidently start using QGIS.

The course will be delivered using CIEEM’s Moodle Learning Management Platform and a blend of tutor sessions throughout the day, to keep you on track. The day will start with the tutor at 09:30 who will introduce the course materials. You will then be expected to follow the materials accessed through our Learning Management System independently with further sessions of support from the tutor at 12:30, 14:00 and 16:30. These sessions will be half an hour. By the end of the day you would have completed the course.

Ecological Consultants, Wildlife Trusts, Land Managers, Rangers, Statutory Agency staff, conservation practitioners, students.

No prior knowledge of GIS is required, but participants should be comfortable working with computers, managing files and installing software.

• Set up a QGIS project and data management process.
• Source and incorporate high quality, freely available data to provide background and set your data in context.
• Create your own GIS data to represent habitats, species and other features on a map, and add colours and symbols.
• Perform basic spatial queries, to export a species list for a site.
• Produce professional habitat maps for reports.