Public Safety Training Resources
Welcome to the FARO® Public Safety (PSA) Training page. Whether you need training on the Laser Scanner and SCENE software, FARO Zone 3D Advanced Software, or the Freestyle, we have a training option for you. ACTAR or IAI CEU Credits are available for many of our course offerings.
First things first, you will want to create a free account at FARO Academy:
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Your account will provide access to all FARO Academy resources. At FARO Academy, you will have access to on-demand content as well as the ConnectEd Online Lecture Series. In addition to our virtual classroom options, we also offer the option to train at your location for an additional cost. This in-person training will allow you to customize the curriculum, within the available time frame, to fit your needs. |
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Our online series of free, on demand educational web-based lectures. Watch the recordings on your own schedule to check out the latest on new products, hear the latest industry information with subject matter experts, or learn a new tool in your favorite FARO Software. You can watch the latest recordings or access archived presentations and even get certificates for courses you attend by taking the knowledge check.
ConnectEd PSA New Releases
Check out this page to see the latest AEC ConnectEd presentations. This is also the page where you will see the latest ConnectEd "Featured" events. The events for the current month are at the top of the page.
ConnectEd PSA Archive
Looking for more info on earlier versions of hardware or software? Check out the archive page for past editions of ConnectEd.
Blended Learning divides the training between an online FARO Academy course that customers are expected to take before attending in-person instructor led training. See the illustration below:
Enhancing Customer Training through Blended Learning
In today's dynamic business landscape, effective customer training is paramount to ensuring product understanding, user satisfaction, and overall success. Blended learning, a combination of traditional classroom methods and online resources, has emerged as a powerful strategy to optimize customer training.
Flexible Learning Styles
Blended learning accommodates diverse learning styles, allowing customers to engage with content at their own pace. This flexibility caters to different learning preferences, ensuring a more personalized and effective training experience (Garrison & Vaughan, 2008).
Cost-Effective Training
Integrating online components reduces the need for extensive in-person training sessions, cutting down on travel and accommodation expenses. This cost-effective approach is particularly advantageous for organizations with a geographically dispersed customer base (Bonk & Graham, 2006).
Continuous Accessibility
Online resources provide customers with 24/7 access to training materials, enabling them to revisit content as needed. This accessibility fosters continuous learning and ongoing skill development, contributing to long-term customer success (Means et al., 2013).
Interactive Learning Opportunities
Blended learning allows for the incorporation of interactive elements such as quizzes, simulations, and discussion forums. These features enhance engagement and knowledge retention by promoting active participation in the learning process (Clark & Mayer, 2016).
Blended Learning (PSA) - FARO Laser Scanner/Zone Expert Plus Training
- Blended Learning training course consisting of online modules and 2 days of classroom experience. This course is a combination of Online Modules, Video Content, Lecture, PowerPoint, and hands on exercises. Certification Exam optional.
- Free with purchase of a Focus or Blink scanner + Zone Expert Plus. Free training at FARO Facility with an optional, paid upgrade to customer site. Also available for purchase after market for onboarding new team members.
- See below for additional details on the TR-BL-FZEP courses:
| Part Number | Description | Availability | Number of People | Location | Days |
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| TR-BL-FZEP-POS | Zone Expert Plus Training POS | POS w/scanner | 2 | Online FA & FARO Facility | 2 |
| TR-BL-FZEP-POS-O | Zone Expert Plus Training Onsite POS | POS | 4 | Online FA & Customer Site | 2 |
| TR-BL-FZEP-F | Zone Expert Plus Training Facility | After Purchase | 1 (p/p) | Online FA & FARO Facility | 2 |
| TR-BL-FZEP-O | Zone Expert Plus Training - Onsite | After Purchase | 4 | Online FA & Customer Site | 2 |
FARO Laser Scanner/SCENE Training
Blended Learning training course consisting of online modules and 2 days classroom experience. This course is a combination of Online Modules, Video Content, Lecture, PowerPoint, and hands on exercises. For more details and complete course content see: Product Training Offerings for SCENE.
Your 24/7 source that allows you to take a course at your convenience. Click here for a full list of PSA On-Demand Self-Paced Courses.
FARO SCENE Interactive Registration
FARO SCENE users can benefit from two key features, Interactive Registration and Hybrid Registration. Interactive scan registration provides an easy-to-use graphical user interface, allowing users to visualize how individual scans are linked together during the registration process and to manually control how those linkages are made. Hybrid registration allows cloud-to-cloud, targets, and survey control to be used together, separately or in various combinations.
FARO Zone Essentials
This course will give you a basic understanding of the FARO Zone software. Please click on the lesson to learn about:
- How to navigate within FARO Zone
- How to import data
- How to make a plan diagram for a scene
- How to export a report
Zone Advanced Animation
Learn how to create Animation Paths and Key Event Points, Synchronization and Position Based Animation, Applying Damage to Vehicles, Human Body Motion, Vehicle Changes, and how to Record an Animations in Zone 3D products in this free course.
Zone Advanced Crash
Learn advanced crash tools of Zone 3D products in this free, 11-part course.
Zone Advanced CSI
Learn advanced crime tools of Zone 3D products in this free, 9-part course.
Zone2Go Essentials
This free 3-part course covers:
- How to document a scene by inserting evidence markers. editing their appearance and attaching various files to them using FARO Zone software
- Settings to prepare a FARO Zone project to be exported to a Zone2Go project, the types of elements that can be exported, and filling out the Zone2Go export dialog
- How to navigate within and interact with the Zone2Go project
FARO Freestyle 2
This course familiarizes you with the FARO Freestyle 2, an advanced 3D hand-held scanner. You will learn how to set up the hardware, create projects, scan, process, and export projects, and review tips and tricks for quality scanning. This self-paced course takes between 45 minutes and an hour and a half, depending on you! An 80% passing score is required to pass the course and earn a certificate of completion.
Introduction to Using FARO Stream App and Hybrid Reality Capture
This course is going to show you how to use FARO Stream app and Flash Technology in 5 easy steps. Before jumping into these steps, you will first learn what is FARO Stream and Flash.
FARO Scene2Go
This course will review how to use Scene2Go to share and collaborate using your scan data.
SCENE On-Site Registration
This course walks you through using the On-Site Registration feature in SCENE 7.
No matter what your training need, your schedule, or your specialty, FARO is here to be your silent partner, giving you the confidence and the experience you need to do your job faster, better, and safer. For questions or additional registration information, contact our Customer Training Administrator at training@faro.com or 1-800-736-0234.