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 Public FME CoursePrivate FME 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
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Upcoming Courses: Locate and register for an upcoming training class in your region.
Length: Two days (Bonus Workshops available with select classes)
Bonus Workshops:

To cater for users with specific challenges, for 2009 many of our two-day courses include a Bonus Workshop. 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

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Extended FME Desktop Training Course Public FME CoursePrivate FME Course
Get expert coaching on how to use FME and apply best practices in spatial ETL design. This three-day course is ideal for people who prefer a slower pace when learning FME or who require a more in-depth exploration on key FME topics. In this course, instructors have even more flexibility to tailor the course lecture and exercises to focus deeper on key topics of interest from class participants.
Learning Objectives:
  • Learn all the basic FME concepts from the 2-day Basic FME Training Course plus...
  • Create advanced spatial ETL workflows (published parameters, generic format writer, etc.)
  • Create KML data for use in Google Earth
  • Apply all the capabilities in FME to raster data
View course outline (PDF)
Upcoming Courses: Locate and register for an upcoming training class in your region.
Length: Three days
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FME Server Training Course Public FME CoursePrivate FME 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
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Smallworld FME Training Course Public FME CoursePrivate FME Course

Learn how to use FME to import and export data from/to Smallworld. Two options are available:

  • New! 1/2 day complementary workshop is now available for our November and December 2008 FME courses offered at our Surrey campus
  • Private onsite 2-day training taught by our FME experts at your local office.
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:
  • New! Public workshop (Surrey,BC): 1/2 day
  • Private onsite training: Two days
More Info:
  • Register online for the free 1/2 day workshop available this December in our Surrey office.
  • 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 Public FME Course Private FME 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)
Length:
  • New! 1 day public workshop available in Houston in December
  • Private onsite training: Two days
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Custom FME Training Private FME Course
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
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