Training and Workshops

DERC Training Courses

DERC runs training courses for amateurs ad professionals on request. These are tailored to individual’s or organisation’s requirements. In particular DERC can provide courses on the following topics:

  • Grasses and sedges identification
  • NVC habitat recording
  • Chalk grassland
  • Heathland
  • Neutral grassland
  • Heathland and mire
  • Coastal saltmarsh and sand dunes
  • Cliff top vegetation
  • GIS courses on MapInfo
  • Habitat mapping using MapInfo

DERC Workshops

DERC no longer run a series of workshops but work with other organisations and local recording groups. See the individual pages in the Local Groups section for more information on the current programmes.

For more information about our training courses, please contact DERC at:

DERC, Dorset History Centre, Bridport Road, DORCHESTER, Dorset  DT1 1RP.
Tel: 01305 225081 email: derc@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk