Earth Sciences Software and Borehole Survey equipment training in the UK and Ireland.

GeoMEM provides expert led training in most of the software packages available on this website. Each course is designed to maximise your return on investment in the software. Users quickly become proficient in the correct operation of the software.

The Trainer

Dr James Tweedie, GeoMEM’s director and principal trainer is a geologist with experience in both the academic / research environment and in metals / mineral exploration. He founded GeoMEM in 1985 to develop geological software for the exploration and mining industry.
James is a professional member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers.

Course Format:

OnSite - GeoMEM provides onsite training at your premises in the UK, Ireland and parts of Europe. Up to a maximum of 8 delegates. Normally one to two days, depending on requirements.
OffSite - GeoMEM can provide tailored courses from our own premises near Dundee, Scotland for a maximum of 2 delegates. One day.
Online - One to one online training using the telephone and mirroring software so that you and the trainer both see the same screen. Best suited to a specific aspect of a software package, rather than as a general. One to two hours per session.

Summary of standard courses offered:

Summaries of the courses GeoMEM offer are given below. These link through to course details. If you don't see your product of interest listed please ask if we can provide it ! 
Course Summary Duration Onsite Offsite 1 to 1  Cost
Surfer - Standard Introductory course covering: data filtering, gridding, contouring, 3D surfaces plus useful tips. 1 day  Yes  Yes    £500
Surfer - Advanced   1 day  Yes  Yes    
Surfer - Ad hoc Covering any aspect required by user  As required      Yes  
Strater - Standard Includes creating/modifying/using templates, designing the databases, importing data and previewing / modifying and printing the logs. 1 day  Yes  Yes    
Strater - Ad hoc Covering any aspect required by user  As required      Yes  
MapViewer - Standard   1 day  Yes  Yes    
MapViewer - Ad hoc Covering any aspect required by user  As required      Yes  
Grapher - Standard   1 day  Yes  Yes    
Grapher - Ad hoc Covering any aspect required by user  As required      Yes  
MultiSmart: Borehole surveying   1 day  Yes  Yes    
MultiSmart - Ad hoc Covering any aspect required by user  As required      Yes  
SProcess - introduction   1 day  Yes  Yes    
SProcess - Ad hoc Covering any aspect required by user  As required      Yes  
 

Golden Software’s Surfer – Standard

Introductory course to Surfer that teaches the main features of the software and provides some useful hints and tips.
Duration: 1 day. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.

Golden Software’s Surfer – Advanced

Advanced course covering programming Surfer using the inbuilt Visual Basic scripting language. Allows you to make use of powerful features to customise Surfer to your requirements.
Duration: 1 day. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.

GeoMEM also offer custom programming of your Surfer - we do all the hard work so that you can use Surfer as efficiently as possible in your organisation. Details here [link].

Golden Software’s Strater

Introduction to producing borehole logs using Golden Software’s Strater application.  Includes creating/modifying/using templates, designing the databases, importing data and previewing / modifying and printing the logs.
Duration: 1 day. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.

Golden Software’s MapViewer

Introduction to producing layered maps using Golden Software’s MapViewer application.  Includes creating different map and statistical display types.
Duration: 1 day. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.

Golden Software’s Grapher

Introduction to producing layered maps using Golden Software’s MapViewer package. Includes creating different map and statistical display types.
Duration: 1 day. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.
 

MultiSmart* borehole surveying course

Learn to use MultiSmart* for running Single Shot and Multi-Shot surveys. Processing data and displaying, analysing and interpreting the results. Includes in-depth training on the SeeIT, MeasureIT and DisplayIT software. Learn the tricks and short cuts from the people that designed and developed the software and become more productive.
Duration: 2 days. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.

* GeoMEM developed both the Accreditation and Customer training courses for the MultiSmart system. The MultiSmart survey instrument was originally developed and supplied by FlexIT (Sweden). At present, it is suported by Reflex Instruments. GeoMEM offer the ONLY independent training courses for this instrument.
 

GeoMEMs REFLEX SProcess course

Learn to use the REFLEX SProcess application for processing survey data files generated by various REFLEX survey systems.
Duration: 1 day. Available for Option 1 and Option 2. Specific areas using Option 3. Cost: As shown on our current price list.
 

Pre-requisites

All courses assume a good working familiarity with Windows and Windows applications and working with files and folders.
For the borehole surveying software courses it is also assumed that the attendees are familiar with the terminology and practises of borehole surveying. 

Our Course Feedback questionnaires indicate

  • Relevancy: Relevant to very relevant
  • Usefulness: Useful to very useful
  • Presentation: Good to excellent
  • Pace of course: About right (options from too slow to too fast)
  • Content of course: About right (options from too little to too much)
Comment from a Surfer course attendee:
“Thought it was very well done – course pace was good and made it (Surfer) a lot easier to understand” (Terrenus, East Kilbride) 

Over the past few years we have trained people in the following organisations:

  • GeoPlan, England
  • Boliden Tara Mines, Ireland
  • Members of the Irish Association of Economic Geologists, Ireland
  • Anglo-American, Ireland
  • Cumbria Contracts, Cumbria, England
  • Department of Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) (3 courses provided), Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
  • Environment Agency, England
  • Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen, Scotland.
  • Kati Oy (drilling), Finland.
  • FlexIT Help Centre staff (from around the world).
  • Fordia Group, Montreal, Canada
  • Inco, Sudbury, Canada
  • NHS, Leeds, England.
  • Rio Tinto Zinc, plc., Bristol, England.
  • Save the Children, London.
  • Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Scotland
  • Terrenus (East Kilbride), Scotland