Badger Meter municipal water and commercial customers have the advantage of access to a robust collection of training designed to increase their knowledge and expertise around our products and solutions – all led and curated by Badger Meter personnel with extensive industry knowledge and experience.
Badger Meter Academy | Live Virtual Group Learning | Customer Product Training
New SaaS Deployments | Additional Resources
Badger Meter Academy
Badger Meter Academy is your starting point for developing new skills and expanding your product knowledge through both role- and technology-based training delivered by water industry specialists. It is an exceptional tool for training new hires.![]()
Designed to advance and empower your workforce, Badger Meter Academy offers dozens of no charge, self-paced Foundations courses across the water life cycle including BEACON SaaS, ORION NaaS, residential and commercial metering, water quality, and network monitoring.
Access to Badger Meter Academy is included with your BEACON SaaS subscription fees. Login to Academy to view course catalog and start learning! Note: Additional fees may apply for advanced, certification, and instructor-led courses.
To access Badger Meter Academy
- Visit https://academy.badgermeter.com/
- Click the Sign in with Badger Meter button in the login window.
- Enter your existing BEACON login credentials.
- Start learning!
BEACON® Live Virtual Group Learning
Each month our expert trainers host a variety of live, virtual instructor-led group learning sessions. These course are available to credentialed BEACON users.
Advanced registration in Badger Meter Academy is required. Additional fees may apply.
Customer Product Training
Looking for a hands-on group learning experience? Badger Meter Customer Product Training is for you!
Attend a Customer Product Training (CPT) event to learn more about optimizing your utility operations with Badger Meter smart water solutions. This event is held at the Badger Meter corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, WI and consists of informative sessions and hands-on instructional exercises led by Badger Meter experts, tours, and group networking opportunities. Advanced registration and payment are required. View the flyer for more details.
VIEW FLYER AND REGISTRATION INFO
Instructor-led Training for new BEACON SaaS Deployments
Getting started with BEACON is exciting, and we’re here to make sure your team feels confident every step of the way! Instructor-led BEACON training is a required part of all new deployments — and it’s designed with your success in mind. These live, hands-on sessions help reduce implementation risk, build user confidence, and get your team up and running quickly with minimal disruption to your daily operations.
During training, your team will walk through everything they need to hit the ground running — from ORION endpoint installation and mobile hardware setup (where applicable) to completing a full billing cycle and exploring key system features and tools.
Sessions are scheduled around your availability, so onboarding fits seamlessly into your workflow. To help you prepare, downloadable Training Agendas are available below.
Training fees apply. Contact your Badger Meter account manager for pricing and scheduling details.
TRAINING COURSE AGENDAS
BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS) for Starter Spreadsheet Training Course Agenda
BEA-TR-03197-EN-02 (February 2022) Download
BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS) Moving Forward with BEACON AMA Data Exchange Training Course Agenda
BEA-TR-03199-EN-02 (February 2022) Download
BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS) for Mobile Solutions Training Course Agenda
BEA-TR-03196-EN-02 (February) Download
Getting Started with BEACON® Software as a Service (SaaS) Training Course Agenda
BEA-TR-03198-EN-02 (February) Download
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
DEVICE/HARDWARE SETUP GUIDES
- Windows 10 Hardware Setup BEA-QG-03313-EN-02 (May 2022) Download
BEACON QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES
- At a Glance Page Quick Reference Guide
BEA-QG-03286-EN-01 (July 2020) Download - Analytics Page Quick Reference Guide
BEA-QG-03309-EN-01 (August 2020) Download - Monitor Page for Fixed Network Quick Reference Guide
BEA-QG-03308-EN (August 2020) Download - Fixed Network Billing Cycle–At a Glance Billing Reads Module Quick Reference Guide
BEA-QG-03246-EN-03 (March 2023) Download - Fixed Network Billing Cycle–Monitor Export Quick Reference Guide
BEA-QG-03247-EN-03 (March 2023) Download - Users & Roles Quick Reference Guide
BEA-QG-03505-EN-01 (May 2021) Download
BEACON TRAINING MANUALS
- EyeOnWater Training Manual
BEA-UM-02162-EN-02 (October 2019) Download - Fixed Network Billing Cycle Training Guide
BEA-TR-03278-EN-01 (July 2020) Download - Starter Spreadsheet Training Manual
BEA-UM-02160-EN-02 (November 2019) Download
VIDEOS
- BEACON® Advanced Metering Analytics Utility Intelligence: Water Conservation Tools
- Part One: Leak Detection and Analytics
Learn about BEACON AMA Leak detection and Leak analytics capabilities. - Part Two: Filtering Your Data Set
Learn how to use BEACON AMA data filters to further your conservation efforts. - Part Three: Consumer Engagement, District Metering Areas, Diurnal Demand and APIs
Learn about BEACON AMA’s more advanced features and how they can help you in your conservation efforts.
- Part One: Leak Detection and Analytics
- BEACON SaaS: Getting Started with BEACON AMA – Understanding the Starter Spreadsheet
Learn how to fill out and import your account data using the Starter Spreadsheet. For customers that do not have a billing integration with Data Exchange. - BEACON SaaS: Export Fieldsets
Discover how to customize BEACON exports. - E-Series Ultrasonic Meter: E-Series Ultrasonic Meter Sensor Set Up
Discover the steps needed to display sensor data from E-Series Ultrasonic Meters connected to ORION Cellular endpoints.