Through its BRGM FORMATION® brand, BRGM offers expert knowledge and know-how at both local and global levels, with solutions tailored to your specific needs.
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Our Training Offer

As France’s public surface and sub-surface expert body, BRGM has been sharing its knowledge and expertise at local and international level for over 20 years.

Working closely with businesses, design offices, engineering companies, government agencies and decentralised services, local authorities and other organisations, BRGM Formation offers a range of short courses and training programmes, both face-to-face and distance learning:

  • 80 off-the-shelf training courses delivered on a cross-company basis.
  • Customised training programmes, developed in collaboration with you and tailored to your specific needs.
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Our training topics

CORE MODULES

  • BASIC CONCEPTS IN GEOLOGY
  • GEOLOGICAL MAPS: USE, DESIGN, LIMITATIONS AND INSIGHTS
  • FIELD GEOLOGY

APPLIED GEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING

  • DRILLING, SURVEYING, EXCAVATION ACTIVITY
  • GEOLOGY AND GEOTECHNICS APPLIED TO SUBSURFACE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
  • SURFACE GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS - Geology, geotechnical behaviour and interaction with human activities

ADVANCED INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES

  • ROCK ALTERATION - Investigating and understanding phenomena and values in geoscience
  • ANALYTICAL CHARACTERISATION OF ROCKS AND MINERALS - The challenges and expected results
  • ASBESTOS IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, MODELLING

  • APPLYING GEOPHYSICAL METHODS
  • REMOTE SENSING APPLIED TO GEOSCIENCES
  • GEOSTATISTIC CONCEPTS AND METHODS FOR INTERPOLATION IN GEOSCIENCES
  • GEOLOGICAL DATA MANAGEMENT, 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELLING

HYDROGEOLOGICAL FUNDAMENTALS AND REGULATIONS

  • BASIC CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN HYDROGEOLOGY
  • PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF HYDROGEOLOGY
  • FRENCH AND EUROPEAN GROUNDWATER REGULATIONS

GROUNDWATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  • WATER DRILLING: TECHNIQUES AND REGULATIONS
  • INTERPRETATION AND EXPLOITATION OF TEST PUMPING
  • MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE - A tool for integrated management of water resources

GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND VULNERABILITY

  • GROUNDWATER QUALITY: FROM MONITORING TO DIAGNOSIS
  • GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION BY PESTICIDES
  • CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF WATER

GROUNDWATER DATA AND MODELLING

  • THE FRENCH HYDROGEOLOGICAL REFERENCE SYSTEM BDLISA: PRINCIPLES, GETTING STARTED, AND APPLICATIONS
  • GLOBAL HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING: THE GARDÉNIA MODEL
  • INTRODUCTION TO HYDROGEOCHEMICAL MODELLING
  • NATURAL RISKS AND TERRITORIAL RESILIENCE, CLIMATE CHANGE
  • HANDLING UNCERTAINTIES IN NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT
  • HUMAN AND SOCIAL SCIENCE APPROACH TO INTEGRATED RISK MANAGEMENT
  • PREVENTION OF GEOTECHNICAL DROUGHT RISKS: SHRINKAGE –SWELLING OF CLAY SOILS
  • COASTAL HAZARDS: DEFINITIONS, CONCEPTS, TOOLS AND METHODS
  • CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, ADAPTATION AND CLIMATE SERVICES
  • INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGICAL CO2 STORAGE

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY

  • FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
  • VERTICAL GEOTHERMAL PROBE FIELD DESIGN
  • GEOTHERMAL DRILLING
  • CONTROL OF DEEP GEOTHERMAL INDUCED SEISMICITY

SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

  • GEOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF MINERAL RESOURCES

RESPONSIBLE SOURCING AND LIFE CYCLE

  • ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY INDICATORS FOR MINERAL MATERIALS

THE MINING CYCLE

  • MINERAL RESOURCES & DEPOSITS, LIFE CYCLE OF A MINING PROJECT

ADDING VALUE TO MINERAL RESOURCES

  • TREATMENT OF MINERAL MATERIALS AND MINING WASTE
  • INDUSTRIAL AND URBAN WASTE RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES
  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF PROCESSES

GEOSCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTARY ENGINEERING

  • SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL GOVERNANCE OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION ON MINERAL RESOURCES

CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS

  • LEGAL, METHODOLOGICAL AND REGULATORY PRINCIPLES
  • IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT TOOLS | DIAGNOSIS OF CONTAMINATED SITES AND SOILS
  • HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT
  • GROUNDWATER MONITORING AT OR NEAR A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED SITE
  • SOIL AND SOIL GAS SAMPLING
  • REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES

SUPPORT FOR LAND USE PLANNING

  • EXCAVATED SOIL RECLAMATION
  • INTEREST, PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION OF THE HYDROTEX TOOL
  • SEDIMENT AND DREDGING SLUDGE MANAGEMENT

CLASSIFIED INSTALLATIONS | WASTE STORAGE

  • ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS AND IMPACT STUDIES FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND CLASSIFIED FACILITIES
  • WASTE CONTAINMENT IN STORAGE FACILITIES
  • ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING OF NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES

QUARRIES AND POST-MINING

  • QUARRY INSTABILITY RISKS
  • FUNDAMENTALS | POST-MINING MANAGEMENT | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES OF MINING, QUARRYING AND POST-MINING PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS
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Key figures

  • 80.00
    off-the-shelf training courses

  • Almost
    800.00
    trainees each year

  • Over
    95.00
    %
    of trainees satisfied

Training Methods

Face-to-face: classroom training and practical fieldwork

Our training programmes combine classroom-based learning with real-world field activities, offering participants both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience. We operate a dedicated training facility at our Scientific and Technical Centre in Orléans, supported by additional centres across mainland France and overseas.

All of our buildings are fully accessible to people with reduced mobility.

Distance learning

Virtual classes, available for all or part of the course.

E-learning

Individual training through our LMS platform.

Exclusive 100% online training with engaging content to develop your skills at your own pace.

Trainers

More than 100 scientists contribute to BRGM Formation, united by a shared commitment to passing on their knowledge and expertise.

A full spectrum of expertise is represented – from geologists and geotechnicians to hydrogeologists, modellers, geophysicists, geochemists, natural hazard engineers, and environmental specialists.

BRGM Formation also collaborates with a wide range of public and private partners to deliver a broad selection of tailor-made training programmes, adapted to the specific needs of each organisation.

Registration as a training provider and certification

BRGM Formation is certified QUALIOPI.

Registered Training Provider in France under No 2445P017845.

International Training

Each year, the BRGM shares its geoscience expertise in nearly 30 countries, offering training in fields, such as:

  • Geological infrastructures: geological mapping, development of geoscientific information systems.
  • Mineral resources: with a particular focus on strategic metals and critical raw materials.
  • Groundwater management: exploitation, protection of water resources and exploration of new resources, sustainable water management practices.
  • Natural hazards and risk prevention: including seismic and coastal risks, as well as support for development and post-disaster reconstruction programmes.
  • Energy and Climate: geothermal energy for electricity and heat production, and geological storage of CO2 as part of climate change mitigation strategies.

Contact

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Phone: +33 (0) 2 38 64 37 91