TRAINING COURSES
Expert-Led, Certified Training
Master Your Tools with Our Tailored FME & Technical Training Courses
At DataBuilders, we offer a full suite of on-site, hosted, and virtual training courses, from carefully designed pre-configured programmes to fully customised sessions built around your organisation’s needs. All of our trainers are certified by our partners, ensuring you receive practical, hands-on learning that’s both relevant and industry-approved.
- On-Site Training, delivered at your premises by certified trainers
- Virtual Training allows you to join from anywhere with interactive sessions and screen sharing
- Log into a secure, cloud-hosted environment for hands-on hosted learning experience.
FME Form
FME Form is your no-code authoring environment to give your data purpose, with all tools included, to build all your data workflows.
FME Flow
FME Flow is where you deploy your workflows and bring your data to life. Power all your solutions using automations, no-code web apps, and more.
FME Realize
Extend the power of the FME Platform to spatial computing and deliver real-time insights through Augmented Reality (AR).
Expert-Led, Certified Training
Upcoming FME Training Courses
Explore our latest certified training courses for FME professionals. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to expand your expertise, we’ve got something for every level.
Training Course:
Description:
Introduction to FME
January 2026
1 Full Day
This beginner-level course introduces you to Safe Software’s FME, a tool that helps you to transform, and move data between systems and formats.
FME Standard Training
February 2026
4 Half Days
FME Standard Training builds a strong foundation for using FME Form (desktop), including extensive hands-on, problem-solving exercises. This course introduces basic concepts and terminology, to help you become an efficient user of FME, and direct you to resources which will assist you in applying the product for your own needs
FME Advanced
March 2026
4 Half Days
This training course is intended for persons with some prior experience of using FME. It builds upon the basic framework of workspace creation in FME Form. The course covers topics commonly used by all workspace authors who wish to take their FME skills to the next level.
FME Flow (Server)
April 2026
4 Half Days
This course is key for FME users intending to author workspaces for use on FME Flow. Through hands on exercises, learn the advanced skills, knowledge, and terminology that users need to know in order to produce workspaces optimised for FME Flow.
FME and ArcGIS Online
May 2026
4 Half Days
This FME and ArcGIS Online course provides a comprehensive introduction to integrating FME with the ESRI ArcGIS suite, covering both traditional and modern GIS platforms. Participants will learn how to configure FME to work seamlessly with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and Portal Feature Services, including the handling of attachments.
FME and Analytics
June 2026
4 Half Days
This course is key for FME users intending to build data pipelines for Power BI using FME Flow and FME Form. Through hands on exercises, learn the advanced skills, that users need to know in delivering quality data for insights in Power BI. The training will introduce a no-code approach to building integration and data quality pipelines from source systems to relational databases and cloud data warehouses.
FME and AI
June 2026
4 Half Days
This hands-on course empowers GIS and data professionals to combine Safe Software’s FME platform with artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Learn to streamline data integration, preparation, and quality assurance while orchestrating AI-driven workflows that deliver deeper insights, automate processes and support responsible AI use within your organisation.
FME and Data Virtualisation
Date TBC
4 Half Days
Discover how to use Safe Software’s FME Platform to power data virtualisation and API-based solutions connecting and sharing live data across systems without writing any code. Data virtualisation enables organisations to make faster, better-informed decisions, strengthen data governance and security, reduce operational costs, and improve team productivity.
Training Overview
Introduction to FME (Beginner)
This beginner-level course introduces you to Safe Software’s FME, a tool that helps you to transform, and move data between systems and formats.
The course is designed for people who work with data but have never used FME before. You don’t need any programming experience, just a basic understanding of data and an interest in making your data tasks easier and faster.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what FME is, how it works, and how to navigate FME Form.
- Read, inspect, transform, and write data between different formats.
- Use tools, filters, and logic to clean, calculate, and organise data.
- Build, document, and share clear, simple FME workflows.
The Course Comprises of:
- GIS in the Irish Context
- Common Irish Use Cases
- FME Platform Overview:
- Navigating FME
- Inspecting Data in FME
- Writing Data in FME
- Transforming Data in FME
- Formatting and Creating Attributes
- Filtering Data
- Data Calculations
- Spatial Data and Joins
- Best Practice
Training Overview
FME Form Standard (Beginner) Training
This training builds a strong foundation for using FME Form (desktop), including extensive hands-on, problem-solving exercises.
This course introduces basic concepts and terminology, to help you become an efficient user of FME, and direct you to resources which will assist you in applying the product for your own needs
Learning Objectives:
- Build complex translations using FME Workbench.
- View and inspect data using the FME Viewer.
- Apply best practices to large workspaces.
- Manipulate data geometry and attributes with transformers.
- Work with multiple datasets in a single workspace.
- Create low-maintenance, reusable workspaces.
The Course Comprises of:
- Why Data Integration?
- Connect To Data.
- Transform Data.
- Create and Modify Attributes.
- Design Workspaces for Advanced Reading and Writing.
- Use Conditional Values.
- Join Tables.
- Document Your Workspace.
- Debug Workspace.
Training Overview
FME Form Advanced Training
This training course is intended for persons with some prior experience of using FME. It builds upon the basic framework of workspace creation in FME Form. The course covers topics commonly used by all workspace authors who wish to take their FME skills to the next level.
Learning Objectives:
- Use advanced parameters.
- Improve FME Form performance.
- Create custom transformers.
- Optimise reading and writing for increased flexibility.
- Apply advanced attribute handling.
The Course Consists of:
- Read From and Write To Multiple Locations.
- Work with Multiple Data Models Using Lists.
- Leverage Ordered Data.
- Visually Compare and Merge Workflows.
- Design Modular and Maintainable Workspaces with Custom Transformers.
- Build a Shared Library of Custom Transformers.
- Design For Performance.
- Optimise Workspace Performance.
Training Objectives:
FME Flow Training
This course is key for FME users intending to author workspaces for use on FME Flow. Through hands on exercises, learn the advanced skills, knowledge, and terminology that users need to know in order to produce workspaces optimised for FME Flow. The training will introduce basic concepts and terminology, help you become an efficient FME Flow user, and direct you to resources to help apply the product to your own needs.
Learning Objectives:
- Produce workspaces optimised for FME Flow.
- Author a variety of FME Flow Services.
- Automate workspaces using FME Flow.
- Create notifications.
- Group components using FME Flow Projects.
The Course Consists of:
- Introduction to FME Flow.
- FME Flow and Data Handling.
- Self-Serve Basics.
- Real-Time with FME Flow.
- Real-Time Message Handling.
Training Overview
FME & ArcGIS Online
This hands-on training course is ideal for those looking to build or strengthen their foundational skills in FME and ArcGIS Online. Whether you’re just starting out or seeking to streamline your data integration workflows, this course will give you practical skills and industry-relevant techniques to work more efficiently.
Learning Objectives:
- Read, write & transform data for use in ArcGIS Online.
- Work with ArcGIS Online Feature Classes.
- Automate workflows triggered by data changes.
- Handle GeoDatabases and manage attachments effectively.
- Apply industry best practices for FME workflow design.
What’s Included:
- Live, Expert Instruction from a Certified FME Trainer.
- Virtual Classroom Access via Strigo.
- Training Environment & FME License.
- Digital Manual & Hands-On Labs for guided practice.
Training Overview
FME & Reporting
This hands-on training course is designed for GIS and data professionals who want to harness the power of Safe Software’s FME to automate and enhance reporting workflows. Participants will learn how to create dynamic, data-driven reports in multiple formats including HTML, Word, Excel, and PDF, and how to deploy interactive reporting solutions using FME Flow Apps.
Requirements:
- Familiarity with FME Desktop
- Understanding of spatial and tabular data concepts
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Design and generate customized reports using FME
- Automate reporting workflows for spatial and tabular data
- Create interactive HTML reports and deploy them via Flow Apps
- Produce professional-grade Word and Excel reports
- Generate and format PDF documents from FME workflows
The Course Consists of:
- Introduction to Reporting in FME
- HTML Reports & Flow Apps
- Word Reports
- Excel Reports
- PDF Creation
Training Overview
FME & Analytics
This course is key for FME users intending to build data pipelines for Power BI using FME Flow and FME Form. Through hands on exercises, learn the advanced skills, that users need to know in delivering quality data for insights in Power BI. The training will introduce a no-code approach to building integration and data quality pipelines from source systems to relational databases and cloud data warehouses.
Learning Objectives:
- Building no-code data pipelines with FME Form
- Populate data warehouses with FME Form
- Automating pipelines with FME Flow
The Course Comprises of:
- Creating basic data pipelines from file to database warehouse with FME Form
- Building data quality and cleansing pipelines with FME Form
- Aggregating and preparing data for analytics with FME Form
- Adding advanced spatial analytics to Power BI using FME Form
- Creating data pipeline automations in FME Flow
Training Overview
FME & AI
This comprehensive training course is designed for GIS and data professionals seeking to leverage the combined power of Safe Software’s FME platform and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Participants will learn how to streamline data integration, preparation, quality assurance, and orchestration of AI-driven workflows, empowering them to extract deeper insights, automate processes, and ensure the responsible use of AI within their organisations.
Learning Objectives:
- Confidently use FME's AI Assist Functions to build and optimise data workflows
- Connect FME with AI services via the FME AI Reader and a range of AI transformers
- Prepare, clean, and transform data for AI, ensuring high quality and compliance
- Redact or remove sensitive and protected data before integrating with AI workflows
- Orchestrate end-to-end workflows that combine FME's data transformation capabilities with AI-driven automation and analytics
- Integrate AI web services into GIS and data processes, automating feature extraction, classification, and more.
What’s Included:
- Introduction to FME & AI
- Data Preparation for AI workflows
- Managing Protected and Sensitive Data
- FME's AI Assist Functions
- Using the FME AI Reader
- Exploring FME's AI Transformers
- Orchestrating AI-Driven Workflows with FME
- Real-World Applications and Capstone Project
Training Objectives:
FME and Data Virtualisation
Discover how to use Safe Software’s FME Platform to power data virtualisation and API-based solutions connecting and sharing live data across systems without writing any code.
Data virtualisation enables organisations to make faster, better-informed decisions, strengthen data governance and security, reduce operational costs, and improve team productivity.
This hands-on course shows how FME and FME Flow can be used to build secure APIs, connect to those OpenAI specification-based web services, and create dynamic, no-code data delivery solutions for modern data, driven environments.
Who should attend: Data Professionals, analysts, and developers who already use FME and want extend their skills to build secure, real-time, no-code API and data virtualisation solutions.
Prerequisites: Familiarity with FME Form and FME Flow, and a basic understanding of web services and APIs.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what data virtualisation is and how FME supports it
- Build and publish no-code APIs using FME and FME Flow
- Manage API authentication and security within FME
- Apply advanced data virtualisation features like caching and asynchronous operation
The Course Consists of:
- Introduction to Data Virtualisation with FME
- Building and Publishing No-Code APIs with FME Flow
- Connecting to and consume FME's APIs
- API Security and advanced capabilities
Safe Software Authorised Partner
DataBuilders are recognised globally as an Authorised Safe Software Partner. This permits us to sell, install and configure FME Form, FME Flow and FME Flow Hosted. We are also permitted to provide training, technical support and professional services relating to the FME integration platform.
