2026 LOP Sustained Professional Development Support
Welcome to the Large Open Pit (LOP) Project Course Registration Portal
Employees of LOP Project member companies can register here for any existing Geotechnical Center of Excellence (GCE) professional development courses. Each company can register up to six (6) team members. Please be sure to use an email address associated with your company, as this is how we verify your eligibility and apply the LOP Member discount.
How It Works
- Click "Begin Registration" below.
- Select the course you wish to register for from the dropdown and enter your personal information.
- If registering on behalf of someone else, check "I'm registering on behalf of this person" and enter your own contact details.
- Click "Next" to review the Registration Summary.
- Enter the appropriate discount code to reduce your cost to $0.
- To register a group, select "Add Group Member" and repeat the process.
- Click "Submit" to complete your registration.
Enrollment: If the course is currently open, you will be enrolled within two business days. If it has not yet opened, you will be enrolled prior to the release date listed below. All courses are self-paced. Participants will receive a certificate of completion as long as they finish the course before the listed end date.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to gce-courses@arizona.edu with any questions regarding your registration.
Slope Performance Monitoring – 2026 run open March 17, 2026 - March 17, 2027
Geotechnical Radar Monitoring – 2026 run open April 28, 2026 - April 28, 2027
Water in Mine Operations and Slope Stability – 2026 run open May 19, 2026 - May 19, 2027
Structural Geology for Geotechnical Professionals – 2026 run open June 16, 2026 - June 16, 2027
Fundamentals of Open Pit Slope Design– 2026 run open July 21, 2026 - July 21, 2027
Blasting and Pit Slope Performance – 2026 run open August 18, 2026 - August 18, 2027
Geotechnical Fundamentals for Underground Mining – 2026 run open September 22, 2026 - September 22, 2027