Advance Your Field GIS Skills with Guided Learning
Whether you’re just starting out or looking to deepen your expertise, Esri’s instructor-led training courses are designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with confidence. These courses blend expert instruction with exercises, ensuring you understand the concepts and can apply them to your daily work.
These courses are ideal for professionals who want to advance their skills and stay current with the latest ArcGIS capabilities for field operations:
- AI Essentials: Assistants in ArcGIS—In this four-hour course, participants gain practical experience using AI assistants in ArcGIS Field Maps, ArcGIS Survey123, ArcGIS StoryMaps, and ArcGIS Arcade. Learn to connect disparate tasks into a holistic field operations workflow that streamlines GIS data collection and sharing.
- Get Started with ArcGIS Field Apps—Attend this two-day course to learn how to ensure accurate data collection in a variety of field conditions by choosing and configuring the right ArcGIS apps for different scenarios.
Join a Live Training Seminar
Continuous learning is essential in an industry as dynamic as GIS. Live training seminars are focused, one-hour sessions led by Esri experts—at no cost. Session leaders demonstrate ArcGIS software in action while attendees learn tips to complete their GIS work more quickly and efficiently and connect with peers in the GIS community. Each seminar includes question and answer segments. View upcoming seminars.
Expand Your GIS Horizons in a MOOC
Esri’s no-cost massive open online courses (MOOCs) combine flexibility with access to the latest ArcGIS software via step-by-step exercises that mimic real-world scenarios. Each course is a complete learning experience that includes videos, quizzes, discussion forums, and a certificate of completion. Gain valuable skills while exploring the newest advances in ArcGIS.
Register early to secure your spot in these 2027 courses:
- Opening January 27, 2027, Going Places with Spatial Analysis helps new GIS users build a foundation in spatial data and analysis. Over six weeks, you’ll gain practice with ArcGIS Online tools that uncover patterns, relationships, and insights to support better decision-making.
- Make an Impact with Modern Geo Apps opens on February 17, 2027. Attend this four-week course that covers how to build and share engaging apps without writing code. Each week, you will explore a different ArcGIS app while learning best practices for delivering GIS insights that resonate with your audience.
Explore all MOOC topics and dates.
Enhance Your Professional Credibility with Esri Certification
Many GIS professionals achieve a technical certification to validate expertise with Esri technologies and advance professionally. New certification exams are available for anyone who wants to demonstrate their knowledge of core GIS concepts and ArcGIS best practices. If you’re ready to take the next step in your career, explore these recently updated exams:
- GIS Fundamentals Foundation 2026 is designed for candidates with three to six months of experience using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online to perform entry-level mapping, analysis, data management, and sharing workflows.
- ArcGIS API for Python Associate 2026 is for candidates with two to four years of experience using ArcGIS API for Python for GIS administration, content management, visualization, and analysis.
- ArcGIS Utility Network Associate 2026 is for candidates with two to four years of experience configuring, editing, analyzing, and managing ArcGIS Utility Network data.