Geotechnical Engineer Course

What will I learn?

Improve your engineering skills with our Geotechnical Engineer Training Programme, made for professionals keen to learn important skills. Go deep into writing geotechnical reports, make your technical writing better, and learn how to show data properly. Learn about how strong soil is, how to guess how much it will sink, and how to study slopes. Understand how to design foundations, including Terzaghi's theory and how to calculate how much weight they can carry. Understand soil mechanics, how to sort soil, and how to compact it well. Find out about new ways to investigate sites, from taking soil samples to using geophysical surveys. Join now to move your job forward.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online courses available for life
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and arrange the chapters you want to study
Set your own course schedule
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet needed

Develop skills

Enhance the practical skills listed below

Get good at writing geotechnical reports so you can talk clearly and have a big impact.

Study how strong soil is and guess how much it will sink so you can build safely.

Design foundations using Terzaghi's theory and figure out how much weight they can carry.

Sort soil properties so you can compact it and make it dense in the best way.

Do site investigations using new sampling and testing methods.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before beginning, feel free to change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course focused on personal and professional development. It is not akin to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.