Upskill on foundational data and AI competencies with free training from Databricks

As part of our commitment to help upskill the current and future workforce, we are excited to announce new, free courses to help professionals learn critical data and AI skills. These courses cover a range of in-demand skills, such as generative AI, data engineering, and machine learning. Practitioners can also undertake cloud-specific pathways to learn how to architect and manage Databricks workloads for the cloud provider of their choice, across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Why training is critical?

The “skills gap” is a top-of-mind concern for CEOs and leaders. McKinsey estimates that as many as 375 million workers globally will soon have to evolve their roles to meet company needs.

We’ve designed our training program to address the biggest needs of today’s organizations and practitioners. In a recent survey of hundreds of leaders, over 70% reported seeing improvements in efficiency, innovation, and ability to solve new business problems as a result of Databricks training.

“We want to extract maximum value from data by equipping the right people with the right skills. Databricks enables our teams to problem-solve effectively and deliver substantial value to our business.”

— Kristopher Curtis, Global BI Technology Director, JLL Technologies

“Thanks to Databricks training, our team has the foundation we need to get sales insights to our customers faster.”

— Nick Ambrose, Director of Engineering, Outreach

Unlocking Data and AI training

To help practitioners of various disciplines learn core data and AI skills, we are unlocking the following courses and learning plans:

Use-case focused courses:

Data Engineering with Databricks
These courses are a perfect introduction to help practitioners put ETL pipelines into production on the Databricks Data Intelligence platform.

1. Data Ingestion with Delta Lake
2. Deploy Workloads with Databricks Workflows
3. Build Data Pipelines with Delta Live Tables
4. Data Management and Governance with Unity Catalog

Machine Learning with Databricks
These courses provide a gateway to mastering machine learning workflows on the Databricks Platform - from data preparation to model development and deployment, and operations.

1. Data Preparation with Machine Learning
2. Machine Learning Model Development
3. Machine Learning Model Deployment
4. Machine Learning Operations

Generative AI Engineering with Databricks
These courses share how to build Generative AI applications using the latest, most popular frameworks and capabilities of the Databricks platform.

1. Generative AI Solution Development
2. Generative AI Application Development
3. Generative AI Application Evaluation and Governance
4. Generative AI Application Deployment and Monitoring

Data Analysis with Databricks
A comprehensive introduction to performing data analytics tasks on the Databricks Platform. Learn how to ingest data, write queries, produce AI-powered visualizations and dashboards, and connect Databricks SQL to additional tools of your choice.

Cloud-focused learning plans:

1. Platform Administrator Learning Plan
   This cloud-neutral learning plan consists of courses that help practitioners understand how to manage and optimize environments on the Databricks platform and earn accreditation.
   
   We also offer cloud-specific learning pathways to teach practitioners best practices for architecting and deploying Databricks workloads on the cloud provider of their choice.
2. AWS Databricks Platform Architect Learning Plan
3. Azure Databricks Platform Architect Learning Plan
4. GCP Databricks Platform Architect Learning Plan

All these courses and learning plans are now available on Databricks Academy.

Start learning today!