I have been looking for the classes as you suggested, but I think that it will not be useful because maybe I will have to start the activities with the device in one to three months. Looking closer I found some classes available in Europe for the next months. Calculating superficially the travel costs, and considering that I'm in Brazil, going to Europe seems to be cheaper than to Seattle.
To be honest I'm also wondering if going for a classroom really worth its costs. I have been working with a lot of different BIG-IP models, but it's hard to justify that you are giving support for someone else when it's your first time working with the device model or product line.