Course Catalog

Select from a variety of hands-on public and private training courses, designed to help you get the most out of your FME investment. Our FME courses are updated with each new release of FME, ensuring participants get the utmost value from their class experience – even as repeat attendees.

All courses are designed with knowledge transfer and interaction in mind, where the instructor/student ratio is generally no greater than 1:12.

Each course offers:

a variety of hands-on, problem-solving exercises
an opportunity for you to apply FME to your own sample datasets
lunch and snacks
printed copies of our official FME training manuals
a USB memory key for storing all your hard work

FME Desktop Training Course
Learn from the experts in how to use the essential components and capabilities in FME through this two-day course, which includes extensive hands-on, problem-solving exercises.
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 View course outline (PDF)
Upcoming Courses:	Locate and register for an upcoming training class in your region.
Length:	Two days (Bonus Session available with select classes)
Bonus Workshops:	To cater for users with specific challenges, for 2009 many of our two-day courses include a Bonus Session. If you attend the two-day course you'll be eligible to stay on for this free third day to learn one of the following topics: FME and Smallworld: Using FME to import and export data for GE Smallworld FME and Spatial Databases: Using FME to load, update and migrate spatial databases FME Server: The basics of FME Server plus how to author workspaces for server deployment FME and Raster: Advanced Raster handling techniques with FME FME and KML: Using FME to generate KML datasets FME for ESRI: Reading and writing ESRI formats and FME's integration with ArcGIS FME Advanced Workflows: Techniques for optimizing FME workspaces* FME Objects: Extending applications by integrating FME workspaces and formats * Presented as Advanced FME Training at the 2008 User Conference
More Info:	Contact us at 604-501-9985, extension 287 or e-mail training@safe.com Locate a FME Certified Trainer to inquire about local public or onsite training in a variety of languages

FME Server Training Course
Find out how to elevate your spatial ETL processes to the server level. Various roles exist for FME Server scenarios and this two-day course covers the fundamentals from all points of view. The course gives the opportunity to cover a number of useful examples, from basic installation up to the end user's view.
Learning Objectives:	Install and administer the components of FME Server Author basic spatial ETL workflows for use in a Server environment Make use of FME Server services Explore some of the more exotic uses for server hosted workspaces View course outline (PDF)
Upcoming Courses:	Locate and register for an upcoming training class in your region.
Length:	Two days
More Info:	Contact us at 604-501-9985, extension 287 or e-mail training@safe.com

Smallworld FME Training Course
Learn how to use FME to import and export data from/to Smallworld.
Learning Objectives:	Configure FME for Smallworld Inspect Smallworld data in the FME Viewer Export Smallworld data using FME Workbench Import to Smallworld using FME Workbench Import single, hard-coded, and multi-geometry objects
Length:	To cater for users with specific challenges, for 2009 many of the FME Desktop two-day courses include a Bonus Workshop. In some cases, this bonus workshop will focus on using FME with Smalwlorld. Private onsite training: Two days
More Info:	Locate and register for an upcoming training class in your region. For private training inquiries, contact us at 604-501-9985 extension 287 or e-mail training@safe.com Locate a FME Certified Trainer to inquire about onsite training in your local language

ESRI ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension Training Course
Learn how to get the most out of the ArcGIS Data Interoperability Extension from Safe Software, the ESRI Corporate Alliance partner behind this powerful extension. Our FME experts will guide participants through a series of hands-on, problem-solving exercises.
Learning Objectives:	View non-native formats within ArcCatalog browse tree Quickly import and export from Geodatabase to non-native formats (vice-versa) Use Workbench to create custom import and export tools to restructure geometry and attributes Incorporate spatial ETL tools into model builder Create custom formats to restructure geometry on-the-fly View course outline (PDF)
Alternative Training:	Because ESRI's Data Interoperability Extension is based upon FME, the FME Desktop Training Course is a suitable substitute for Data Interoperability training.
Length:	Two days
More Info:	Contact us at 604-501-9985 extension 287 or e-mail training@safe.com Visit the ESRI Training and Education web site to take online Virtual Campus training in Data Interoperability

Custom FME Training
Bring FME expertise into your organization through custom in-house FME training, designed to address key spatial ETL topics that are most relevant to your team. Our FME experts can create a tailored training course based on your needs, skills and location. Many organizations prefer three days of instruction: two days of basic training and one day of customized training or project consultancy.
Length:	Minimum two-day course
More Info:	Contact us at 604-501-9985 extension 287 or e-mail training@safe.com Locate a FME Certified Trainer to inquire about onsite custom training in your local language

"Your training has become my new gold standard. Everything else must attempt to compare to this now. It helps that you are training folks to use some incredible software. I have already recommended your software and training to several peers."

Tom Laird,
City of Springfield