Google Workspace: Communication, Collaboration, and Productivity Training Course

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa is aimed at beginner-level business professionals who wish to prepare for the Google Cloud Digital Leader certification.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explain how Google Cloud drives digital and data transformation.
• Describe Google Cloud AI/ML, infrastructure, security, and operations at a business level.
• Prepare for the certification exam with mock questions and structured review.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level IT professionals who wish to use Google Cloud Platform to understand core services, deploy cloud workloads, and follow operational best practices.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to explain core Google Cloud services, deploy basic workloads, and apply security and monitoring practices.

This instructor-led, live training is aimed at beginner-level business professionals and leaders who wish to prepare for the Google Cloud Generative AI Leader certification.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explain generative AI fundamentals and Google's foundation models.
• Describe Google Cloud's gen AI offerings and agent tooling.
• Apply prompt engineering, grounding, and RAG to improve output.
• Understand secure and responsible AI for business adoption.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or on-site) is tailored for data analysts wishing to use Google Analytics to track and report website data.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Configure Google Analytics to gather website data.
• Build and interpret reports.
• Derive insights and make data-driven decisions.

This three-day instructor-led programme introduces learners to the robust and adaptable infrastructure and platform services offered by Google Cloud Platform, with a primary emphasis on Compute Engine. Through a blend of instructional presentations, demonstrations, and practical hands-on labs, participants explore and deploy various solution components, including infrastructure elements such as networks, compute systems, and application services. The course also addresses the deployment of practical solutions, covering topics such as secure network interconnection, customer-supplied encryption keys, security and access management, quotas and billing, and resource monitoring.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at advanced-level data analysts who wish to learn how to use Google BigQuery for data querying, optimisation, and machine learning integration.

By the conclusion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Grasp the fundamentals of Google BigQuery and its application in data analytics and cloud computing.
• Utilise Google BigQuery for data management and executing complex SQL queries.
• Apply query optimisation strategies to enhance performance.
• Integrate BigQuery with other Google Cloud services.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate-level IT professionals who wish to develop the skills required to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on Google Cloud and prepare for the Google Certified Associate Cloud Engineer certification.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up and manage Google Cloud projects, resources, networking, and storage services.
• Deploy and administer applications using Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Run, and App Engine.
• Configure identity and access management, security controls, and billing budgets, alerts, and cost monitoring.
• Provision and automate cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Cloud Build.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise Google Cloud environments using Cloud Monitoring and Cloud Logging.
• Understand the capabilities of Vertex AI and Google Cloud AI services for common business and operational use cases.

This trainer-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level IT professionals who wish to manage and operate the Google Cloud Platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the core services and infrastructure of GCP.
• Learn how to manage networks and virtual machines.
• Understand and apply general security best practices in GCP.
• Explore Kubernetes and container management in GCP.
• Learn about storage options and how to configure them.
• Deploy and configure databases on GCP.

With Google Docs, your documents are stored in the cloud, and you can access them from any computer or device. You create and edit documents right in your web browser; no special software is required. Even better, multiple people can work at the same time, you can see people’s changes as they make them, and every change is saved automatically.

In this course, you will learn how to open Google Docs, create and format a new document, and apply a template to a new document. You will learn how to enhance your documents using a table of contents, headers and footers, tables, drawings, images, and more. You will learn how to share your documents with others. We will discuss your sharing options and examine collaborator roles and permissions. You will learn how to manage versions of your documents. Google Docs allows you to work in real time with others on the same document. You will learn how to create and manage comments and action items in your documents. We will review a few of the Google Docs tools. You will understand how to set your preferences to suit your own work style and explore how to use tools such as Google Explore to add value to your content.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is designed for intermediate to advanced GIS professionals eager to master Google Earth Pro for mapping, data visualisation, and geographic analysis.

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the Google Earth Pro interface with confidence and understand the functionality of its various tools and options.
• Efficiently traverse the globe using Google Earth Pro, leveraging search functions, coordinates, and different view modes.
• Create, edit, and utilise placemarks, paths, and polygons to mark and analyse geographical locations.
• Leverage Google Earth Pro for advanced visualisation, including 3D buildings, historical imagery, and Street View integration.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• Add, import, manage, and format data using Google Sheets.

• Filter, summarise, and protect data in Google Sheets.

• Perform calculations and visualize your spreadsheet data.

• Apply best practices for sharing and collaborating in Google Sheets.

This instructor-led, live training in South Africa (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level commercial managers who wish to use Google Workspace tools to enhance productivity, collaboration, and organisation within their respective roles.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basics of Google Workspace.
• Effectively schedule and manage meetings using Google Calendar.
• Confidently host, join, and manage virtual meetings, and use collaboration features like screen sharing.
• Create professional documents, use collaboration features, and convert documents to various formats.
• Create, format, and share presentations, and collaborate with others on the same presentation.