Give your team the Power BI skills to own your data

Stop depending on consultants for every report. Our training builds real, lasting capability in-house so your people can answer their own questions, faster.

When your team can't answer their own data questions, everyone pays the price.

Every time someone needs a new report, a tweaked dashboard, or a quick data pull, and they can't do it themselves, it costs time, money, and momentum. Work queues up. Decisions get delayed. And your analytics investment sits underused.

Flock's training changes that. We work with your team in practical, hands-on sessions designed to build skills that stick not just familiarity with a tool. Organisations that invest in training typically see a 40–50% increase in Power BI adoption, faster self-service reporting, and a measurable reduction in internal data requests.

The result is a team that owns its data and an organisation that moves faster because of it.

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Power BI Fundamentals Course: Load & Visualise Data

Learn how to build and publish high-impact Power BI reports using best-practice design principles.

    • Connect, import, and transform data from multiple sources

    • Define business rules, KPIs, and identify actionable insights

    • Explore and prepare data for reporting

    • Create data visualisations using a structured, best-practice approach

    This highly practical course is ideal for beginners and business users starting their Power BI journey.

    • No pre-existing experience required

    • Two live interactive online workshop (3 hours)​

    • Led by Senior Power BI practitioners​

    • Includes hands-on exercises and group feedback​

    • Post-workshop recap and resource

    • Certificate of completion at the end of the course

  • $2,900 NZD

    • Up to four attendees per organisation​

    • Additional participants: enquire for pricing.

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Power BI Advanced Course: Data Visualisation

Take your visual storytelling skills to the next level by applying advanced visualisation techniques and agile development processes.

    • A clear understanding of why storytelling with data matters and how it drives action.​

    • A practical framework for applying the agile process to Power BI visual development.​

    • Insight into the art and design principals behind effective data visualisations.​

    • Knowledge of Power BI report layouts and structures including the M.A.D framework.​

    • How to choose the right charts by understanding the implications of each visual type.​

    • How to master advanced Power BI tools like Drill-throughs, Bookmarks, Tooltips, Navigators, and custom visuals to enhance interactivity.​

    Perfect for developers or analysts looking to sharpen their storytelling and design capabilities.

    • Fundamental knowledge of Power BI recommended

    • One live interactive online workshop (3 hours)​

    • Led by Senior Power BI practitioners​

    • Includes hands-on exercises and group feedback​

    • Post-workshop recap and resource

    • Certificate of completion at the end of the course

  • ​$1,450 + gst​

    • Up to four attendees per organisation​

    • Additional participants: enquire for pricing

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Power BI Advanced Course: Data Modelling

Master the structure behind your reports with advanced data modelling and query techniques in Power BI.

    • A deep understanding of the Power BI Desktop data model, its key components and how to design the most effective schemas.​

    • How to apply good data modelling principles to improve efficiency, reduce redundancy, manage granularity.​

    • How to use parameters to build more flexible, dynamic data models.​

    • Power Query transformations, including M language basics, text manipulation, conditional logic, and advanced combining methods.​

    • Build practical models through hands-on exercises, transforming realistic datasets, optimising table structures, and implementing clean, scalable relationships.​

    Ideal for technical users ready to dive deeper into the architecture of Power BI.

    • ​Fundamental knowledge of Power BI recommended

    • One live interactive online workshop (3 hours)​

    • Led by Senior Power BI practitioners​

    • Includes hands-on exercises and group feedback​

    • Post-workshop recap and resource

    • Certificate of completion at the end of the course

  • $1,450 + gst​

    • Up to four attendees per organisation​

    • Additional participants: enquire for pricing

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Our clients often see a 40–50% increase in adoption of analytics tools like Power BI following our training and mentoring.

That’s because we work with your team in practical, hands-on ways.

Whether you're just getting started with visualisation, or looking to deepen technical expertise, our structured learning pathways support long-term data capability and culture.

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The fastest return on your data investment is a team that knows how to use it.

Talk to us about the right training pathway for your people.

FAQs

  • No. Power BI Desktop is free to download from the Microsoft Store and can be used without cost. You’ll only need a licence if you want to publish, share, or consume reports within your organisation.

  • Power BI Desktop only runs on Windows. Mac users have options:

    • Virtual Machine or Parallels – Install Windows on your Mac and run Power BI Desktop.

    • Remote Access – Some organisations provide access to a Windows environment where Power BI is installed.

  • Each participant will need:

    • A Windows computer

    • Power BI Desktop installed

    • Access to Microsoft Teams (or similar)

    • Training data files (provided by Flock)

    Tip: Two monitors work best—one to follow the instructor and one to use Power BI. If joining from a meeting room, we recommend each participant still has their own laptop.

  • Our training is designed for business users, analysts, and developers who want to create dashboards, automate reporting, and make better data-driven decisions.

    • Fundamentals Course – For beginners with no prior Power BI or analytics experience.

    • Advanced Courses – For those with a solid foundation who want to go deeper into modelling or visualisation.

    • Connecting to data sources

    • Cleaning and modelling data with Power Query

    • Writing formulas

    • Designing dashboards that drive business outcomes

    • Fundamentals Course – 2 x 3.5 hour sessions (7 hours total)

    • Advanced Modelling – 1 x 3.5 hour session

    • Advanced Visualisations – 1 x 3.5 hour session

    The advanced courses can be taken separately or combined in a single day.

  • No. We use realistic, fictitious datasets so participants stay focused on learning objectives instead of company-specific details. This makes the training more engaging, effective, and distraction-free.

  • Pricing is listed on this page under each of the training courses. Prices apply to virtual sessions only. In-person training across New Zealand can be quoted on request.

  • Not directly. While some content overlaps with Microsoft’s PL-300 certification, our focus is on practical, real-world Power BI skills you can apply immediately.

    • Live, virtual workshops (in-person available on request)

    • Hands-on exercises with sample data

    • Interactive Q&A with senior consultants

    • Resources to take back to your team

    • Certificate of completion

  • Simply complete the enquiry form on our website or contact us directly. If you’re unsure which course suits you best, our team can help.

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