Go to Layer > Add Layer > Vector Layer and add the wind_turbines_point.shp layer

Right-click > Zoom to layer

Right-click > Open Attribute Table, and have a look at the data

Double-click on the layer, and in the Symbology tab, select Categorized from the dropdown at the top

In the Value field, select STATUS from the dropdown

Click Classify at the bottom of the dialog

Click Apply to see the results

The wind turbine points will be coloured according to their status

To change the colours, double-click on the colour in the Symbol column

Click OK to close the dialog

Expand the wind_turbines_point layer in the Layers panel, and use the checkboxes to turn classes on and off

Using the same wind turbines layer you have been working on, double-click to open the Properties dialog again, and click the Labels tab

In the dropdown at the top, select Single Labels

In the Value field, choose an attribute to use as the label - for example STATUS or SITE_ADDRE

Click Apply to see the results

In the Labels dialog, try the options in the list of settings in the middle:

1. Text: change Font, Style, Size

2. Buffer: Draw text buffer to make the label stand out from background

3. Background: Draw background to put a border round the label

When you are happy with the result, click OK to close the dialog

Right-click > Filter on the wind turbines layer

In the dialog, under Fields, double-click on YEAR

Under Operators, click > (greater than)

The Expression panel at the bottom will now read
"YEAR" >

After the greater than symbol, type 2016

Click the Test button at the bottom of the dialog - this will show how many features are returned by the filter

Click OK to apply the filter - only those features which meet the filter criteria will now be shown