CPD opportunities awarded ‘Assessed for Cgeog’ logo

We’ve recently awarded our ‘Assessed for CGeog’ logo to a whole host of exciting professional development activities, part of our long-standing commitment to supporting professional growth. 

This logo is our continuing professional development (CPD) mark which spotlights high-quality CPD opportunities that align with the Chartered Geographer (CGeog) standard, supporting geographers in building their knowledge, skills and competencies. 

CPD is a core requirement for achieving and maintaining CGeog accreditation. What makes these ones so special?   

• Reviewed by Chartered Geographer Assessors 
• Include clearly defined CPD hours 
• Recognised as valuable for professional accreditation 

CPD activities we’ve recently approved:

British Cartographic Society (BCS) 

• BCS conference and workshops: This year’s conference in November is based on the theme of Managing our Landscapes, and includes a broad range of speakers from DEFRA, BGS, Registers of Scotland, ESRI and leading academics.  
• Teatime Talks: A free and insightful series exploring topics from historic mapping to cutting-edge data visualisation.   
• GeoViz Toolkit: A structured programme for developing skills in cartography, map-making, and geographic data visualisation. 

Esri UK

Ten newly approved courses, including: 

• ArcGIS Online: advance your skills:  A course building on foundational Web GIS knowledge.
• Mastering ArcGIS Survey123: This course introduces ArcGIS Survey123, to create user-friendly, form-centric data collection tools from scratch. 
• Building Web Apps with ArcGIS Experience Builder: A course which teaches people to create immersive, mapcentric and datacentric web apps using modern design principles. 
• Sharing Content to ArcGIS Enterprise: This course covers essential workflows and best practices for adding and sharing authoritative GIS resources. 
• Imagery Analysis in ArcGIS Pro: This course covers workflows and key considerations for displaying, processing, and creating derived raster products in ArcGIS Pro, with a focus on imagery applications like disaster recovery, damage assessment, and forest canopy assessment
• Mapping and Visualising Data in ArcGIS: A course teaching cartographic techniques and workflows in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online.
• Advanced ArcPy for ArcGIS Pro: Building on the Creating Python Scripts for ArcGIS Pro course, this course explores advanced ArcPy workflows.
• ArcGIS Pro: Working with 3D Analyst: This course introduces fundamental 3D GIS concepts using ArcGIS Pro and 3D Analyst. 

Consulting Where 

• The Geospatial Leadership Certificate (GLC): A professional course supporting geospatial technical managers in leadership, team development, communication and business case development. 

If you would like your professional development activity assessed for Chartered Geographer, please contact cgeog@rgs.org.  

Find out more about the CPD mark for employers and professional development providers.