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Available TEL Courses and TEL Courses in Development
  • Water-Quality Principles
    • Course Number: USGS-OED-QW1022-TEL
    • Tuition: $300.00
    • Register for Course in DOI LEARN
    • This Course does have open and close dates. Currently, January 2012, the Course is full. Next installment of the Course will be in June 2012. For more information on Course dates, call Franceska Wilde at (703) 648-6866.
    • Supervisory approval required.
  • Using ADCPs in Moving Bed Conditions
    • Course Number: SW3507
    • Register for Course in DOI LEARN
  • Surface-Water Procedures and Policies
    • Course Number: SW1066
    • Register for Course in DOI LEARN
  • Introduction to Water-Quality Sampling
    • Course Number: QW1664
    • Register for Course in DOI LEARN
  • Radiation Safety
    • Course Number: SAF1685
    • Register for Course in DOI LEARN
  • Data Aging in NWIS 4.6
  • USGS Mentoring Program Introduction
  • USGS Mentoring National Rollout Partner Training
    • Course Number: L1516
    • Must have already applied to be a mentor or protégé for the Mentoring Program.
      • Kim Miller (kfmiller@usgs.gov) is the USGS Mentoring Program Project Chief. Contact Kim if you are interested in the Program.
    • Register for course in DOI LEARN.
    • Supervisory approval required.
  • USGS Reimbursable Agreements
    • Course Number: A1440
    • Register for course in DOI LEARN.
    • Supervisory approval required.
  • Editing and Estimating Unit Values in the Automated Data Processing System (ADAPS)
    • Course Number: ID1442
    • Register for course in DOI LEARN.
    • Supervisory approval required.
  • Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC) Blended Learning Course consists of the TEL Module Prerequisite, followed by the Hands-On Practicals Module
    • Course Number for TEL Prerequisite module: USGS-SAF-MOCC-S1657-UDT
    • First, student should contact their local MOCC Instructor or respective member on the Bureau Watercraft Safety Committee informing them of their training need and /or to schedule attendance in the Practicals class.
    • Student will then register for the MOCC TEL module in DOI Learn.
    • Within 60 days of completion of the TEL module, the Bureau Water Safety Committee will notify student of when and where the Practicals class will be held.
    • The student then registers for the Practicals class (USGS-SAF-MOCC-S2554) in DOI Learn.
    • Supervisory approval is needed for both modules of the MOCC.
  • Assertive Communication
  • NSDI Framework Data Content Base Standard
    • Course Number: ID2450
    • Register for course in DOI LEARN.
    • Supervisory approval required.
  • Bear Spray--Defense Against Dangerous Animals
    • Course Number: USGS-SAF-S1581
    • Register for course in DOI LEARN.
    • Supervisory approval required.
  • Running Gaging Station Levels
    • Course Number: USGS-OED-SW1683
    • Register for course in DOI LEARN.
    • Supervisory approval required.


TEL Courses in Development to be released in the near future

  • Scientific Integrity (will be an Interior-wide course)
  • GRSAT
  • Processing Realtime Data
  • Properties of Water and Sediment
  • Finding and Using Scientific Literature and Data from the USGS Library (ID1682)
  • Communications Foundation (ID1681)
  • Animal Awareness in the Southeast (SAF1679)
  • Refresher for Defense Against Wild Animals (SAF2680)
  • Sediment Transport Principles and Estimation (ID1684)
  • Spaceborne Image Acquisition for Surface Observation and Generation: Overview of Advanced Sensing Systems, Analysis, and Applications
  • Understanding and Managing Pacific Northwest Earthquakes
  • Prerequisite Material for the (SW1321) Streamflow Measurements Using ADCP's Training Course
  • Field Contractible Diseases
  • Strategic Workforce Planning

If you know of an instructor-led course that should be served via TEL, please contact Tj Lane.


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Please Contact

Online Courses (TEL):
Tj Lane
303-445-4677

Virtual Classroom:
Russel Smith
303-445-4675

NTC Reservations:
Gloria Armstrong
303-445-4676

DOI Learn:
oeddoilearn@usgs.gov
888-390-4447


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