Technical Workshops & Training Opportunities

The National Design, Construction, and Soil Mechanics Center (NDCSMC) provides training opportunities in engineering topics through development and delivery of technical workshops.  Some workshops are also developed and delivered in partnership with other national centers.

Workshops developed by the NDCSMC are initiated through formal requests from State Conservation Engineers to the Co-Director, NDCSMC.  State Conservation Engineers generally coordinate first with other states in their region to get multi-state participation to make one combined request.  In this way, the best use can be made of resources required for preparation and presentation of a technical workshop.  The host state facilitates delivery of the workshop by coordinating all local arrangements for a meeting facility, lodging, audio-visual equipment, and other on-site needs and details.   

Generally, a workshop is filled with participants from those states initiating the request.  However, there are times when there may be room for inclusion of a few others.  To find out whether there is room for other interested parties to attend a particular workshop, an inquiry should be directed to the hosting State Conservation Engineer. 

There are many training opportunities available through courses designed and delivered by the National Employee Development Center (NEDC).  The NEDC is the primary focal point for training within NRCS.  Several training courses of interest to engineers and technicians are available through this source.  To enroll in a NEDC course, employees must request enrollment through I*CAMS.  Enrollment instructions are included with each course description on the NEDC web site. 

Schedule of Workshops being presented by NDCSMC

NEDC Engineering Courses

Complete NEDC Course Schedule

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