If you are in Australia and are looking for some QGIS training Digital Mapping Solutions have just announced that they are now providing a 2 day Introduction to QGIS training course.
The course covers such things as:
- User interface and basic tools
- QGIS projects and preferences
- Coordinate Reference Systems and On-The-Fly (OTF) projection
- Map navigation and QGIS tools
- Vector map objects: Adding, deleting & modifying
- Attribute data: Field editing & modification
- Layer manipulation
- Digitizing
- Styles and labelling
- Object manipulation: Combine, split & buffer
- Registering raster imagery
- Creating layouts for printing
- Utilising WMS and WFS Web Services
- Plugins
- Database connectivity
More details and a booking form for the course can be found at http://www.mapsolutions.com.au/training/quantum-gis/introduction-to-qgis.aspx
Training like this is great for QGIS popularity in Australia. Working in local government I know how hard it can be to get IT to say yes to software unless there is formal training of some sort, and now thanks to DMS there is.
Enjoy :)
Nathan Woodrow 
It is great to using in my local government. I hope as soon as possible
this is great…Where in Australia and any more infor on this please
Hi Naomi,
I have just seen your post.
We are running QGIS training all over Australia, please see the current scheduled dates
PERTH QGIS 23 – 24 October 2012
BRIS QGIS 20 – 21 November 2012
MELB QGIS 22 – 23 November 2012
We can run QGIS training in any capital City as long as we have adequate numbers. As a result, for example we can schedule a Sydney course if required.
The link below takes you to our website and identifies the course outline.
http://www.mapsolutions.com.au/training/quantum-gis/introduction-to-qgis.aspx
If you have any questions my email is chris.scott@mapsolutions.com.au
Kind Regards,
Chris Scott.