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Microsoft Certified Trainers that Specialize in Big Data

AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators — Included with FCI.

Your Professional Opportunity Is Bigger Now.
Build a Professional Capability That Goes Far Beyond One Platform.
The Next Evolution of Professional Instructor Development™
Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.

Data professionals spend years developing expertise in analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, cloud platforms, machine learning, AI, data governance, and increasingly complex data environments.

THE PROFESSIONAL OPPORTUNITY

Microsoft Certified Trainers that Specialize in Big Data: Develop Portable Professional Instructor Capability

Data professionals spend years developing expertise in analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, cloud platforms, machine learning, AI, data governance, and increasingly complex data environments.

Professional context

But organizations face another problem: expertise inside one person's head does not automatically become capability across a workforce.

Practical application

Professionals who can both understand complex data environments and help other people understand, apply, and use that knowledge can create value in more ways.

Knowledge transfer

Expertise → Instruction → Knowledge Transfer → Organizational Capability

Career opportunity

Add professional instructor capability to the data, analytics, AI, or technology expertise you already possess.

FCI develops 15 transferable professional instructor competencies: communication, active listening, facilitation, emotional intelligence, presentation, questioning, classroom management, conflict resolution, executive presence, coaching, feedback, adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving, and knowledge transfer.

CROSS-PLATFORM • CROSS-INDUSTRY

Transfer What You Know. Develop What Others Can Do.

Technical or occupational expertise provides the subject foundation. Professional instructor capability strengthens communication, facilitation, coaching, and the application of knowledge in real work.

UNDERSTANDING
RETENTION
APPLICATION
PERFORMANCE
CAPABILITY
CANDIDATES QUALIFY THROUGH ONE ACCEPTED PATHWAY

Any One of These Three Pathways Qualifies

Recognized Certification

Relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification.

Professional Experience

At least one year of relevant professional experience.

Employer Verification

An employer verification letter confirming relevant expertise.

Only one accepted pathway is required. No college degree is required.

FDTEC CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR™

Choose Your Professional Instructor Certification Pathway

FDTEC Certified Instructor™

Self-Paced — $1,497

Develop professional instructor competencies around the expertise you already possess. Includes the AI module, digital credential, and lifetime course access.

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FCI Capstone Verified

Self-Paced — $2,497

Extend the FCI pathway with applied instructional performance verification.

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PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT • Microsoft Certified Trainers that Specialize in Big Data

Applying Instructor Capability in This Professional Context

Data professionals spend years developing expertise in analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, cloud platforms, machine learning, AI, data governance, and increasingly complex data environments.

Data professionals spend years developing expertise in analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, cloud platforms, machine learning, AI, data governance, and increasingly complex data environments.

But organizations face another problem: expertise inside one person's head does not automatically become capability across a workforce.

Professionals who can both understand complex data environments and help other people understand, apply, and use that knowledge can create value in more ways.

Expertise → Instruction → Knowledge Transfer → Organizational Capability

Add professional instructor capability to the data, analytics, AI, or technology expertise you already possess.

Add evaluated evidence of applied instructional performance to your professional instructor foundation.

Organizations Can Have More Data Than Ever—and Still Lack the Human Capability to Use It Well.

Modern organizations generate, collect, store, integrate, analyze, and govern enormous amounts of information.

Technology can provide the infrastructure. Data professionals can build the models, pipelines, analytics, dashboards, and systems.

Employees need more than access to dashboards and platforms. They need enough understanding to interpret information correctly.

Technology adoption depends on users being able to perform real work with new systems, processes, and analytical capabilities.

Analytics creates business value when insight influences decisions, actions, operations, and performance.

Shared practices, definitions, workflows, and standards help organizations use data more consistently.

A handful of experts cannot personally solve every data problem across a growing organization.

Organizations need knowledge that can move across employees, teams, technologies, and changing business requirements.

Being a Data Expert and Developing Data Capability in Other People Are Different Professional Skills.

A data professional may understand complex systems at an advanced level and still need a separate set of capabilities to help another person learn.

Experts Know. Professional Instructors Must Make Knowing Transferable.

FCI CERTIFICATION DETAILS

Qualification and Certification Assessment

Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification; at least one year of relevant professional experience; or employer verification of relevant expertise. No degree required.

The FCI assessment includes 50 questions, a two-hour time limit, a 75% passing score, and multiple attempts.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the AI module included with FCI?

Yes. AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators is included with FCI.

How do I qualify for FCI?

Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification; at least one year of relevant professional experience; or employer verification of relevant expertise. No degree is required.

What is the FCI certification assessment?

The assessment has 50 questions, a two-hour time limit, a 75% passing score, and multiple attempts.

What are the self-paced program prices?

FDTEC Certified Instructor™ is $1,497. FCI Capstone Verified is $2,497.

How long is the FCI credential valid?

The FCI credential is valid for 36 months.

Expand Where Your Expertise Can Take You.

Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.

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