Laboratory Geologist Course
This course equips geologists with essential laboratory techniques for analyzing rocks, soils, and materials, focusing on testing, data integrity, and reporting for engineering applications.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Laboratory Geologist Course provides practical, lab-based skills to plan projects, manage field samples, and produce dependable data for design choices. You'll learn about sample gathering, preparation, and chain of custody, before advancing to XRF, XRD, carbonate testing, petrography, soil sorting, density, porosity, grain size, water behaviour, strength, durability, quality assurance/control, safety, and succinct reports tailored for engineers.
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Develop skills
- Lab test planning: establish clear goals, standards, and test matrices ready for decisions.
- Rock and soil analysis: conduct XRF, XRD, petrography, and connect findings to material performance.
- Field-to-lab process: gather, tag, protect, and ready cores and soils efficiently.
- Strength and durability testing: carry out UCS, Los Angeles abrasion, and weathering assessments.
- Geotechnical reporting: analyse data and compile brief, engineer-oriented overviews.
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