Course Description

This 3-day Databricks training course will offer delegates a hands-on introduction to Databricks and may be used as an initial primer for the Databricks Certified Associate Developer exam.

For those delegates wishing to move on to the exam and certification the course will offer suggestions regards additional study resources & test papers + recommended competencies around Python, SQL & the logic of distributed computing.

This Databricks fundamentals class assumes a familiarity with Python and/or programming concepts and a basic knowledge of SQL & SQL queries.

The target audience typically Data Engineers, Analysts, Scientists, DevOps Engineers, Cloud & Solution Architects and AI/ML resource.

So validate your data and Artificial Intelligence skills in the Databricks Lakehouse Platform by getting certified today! Whether you are new to business intelligence or looking to confirm your skills as a data engineering or machine learning professional, our certified Databricks training team can help you achieve your goals.

Course Summary

Next Public Course Dates

UK & Europe:

  • 9 - 11 December 2025
  • 13 - 15 January 2026
  • 27 - 29 January 2026

US & Canada:

  • 16 - 18 December 2025
  • 6 - 8 January 2026
  • 20 - 22 January 2026

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Duration
  • 3 Days
Prerequisites
  • This class assumes a familiarity with Python and/or programming concepts and a basic knowledge of SQL & SQL queries.
Available Formats
  • Public Virtual Live Instructor-Led
  • Private Virtual Live Instructor-Led
  • Private Onsite
Audience
  • Data Engineers, Analysts, Scientists, DevOps Engineers, Cloud & Solution Architects and AI/ML resources.

Course Modules

  • What is Databricks? Why we use it for Spark applications
  • What is Apache Spark and where it is now in terms of usage in the Data and AI
  • Fundamental and Advance Spark dataframe functions
  • UDFs – New way of using predefine functions

Labs

  • Going through the Databricks UI
  • How to create compute/cluster and what are things to consider while doing
  • How to use Spark functions to analyse the given data set
  • Managing data/table access for users

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