Certification

Certification Program for Technical Consultants

In our ongoing effort to provide our customers with state-of-the art technology combined with excellent servicing and implementations, we are proud to announce the availability of the SDL Tridion Certification Program for Technical Consultants.

The SDL Tridion Certification Program for Technical Consultants is a Professional Services initiative targeted at the SDL Tridion Technical Consultant community.

The Certification Program demonstrates SDL Tridion’s commitment to continuously improve quality. The SDL Tridion Certified Developer logo is a proof of quality for any SDL Tridion consultants.

“Certification is a way for us to prove even higher technical competency, which is not only valuable to us, but adds value and confidence to our customers, making them confident that we can deliver a successful SDL Tridion implementation” says as SDL Tridion business partner.

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The Program is targeted at SDL Tridion Technical Consultants and/or developers that are:

• Doing SDL Tridion implementations (both design and development):            
  And/or
• Implementing functional changes in existing SDL Tridion systems.           

All Certified Consultants will get a SDL Tridion Certified Consultant Logo that can be used on CVs. Additionally, Certified consultants will be invited for the SDL Tridion Knowledge Days.

Program Outline

The SDL Tridion Certification Program for Technical Consultants consists of various steps:

Step 1        Sign up for the program

Step 2        Submit CV indicating SDL Tridion skills and experience

Step 3        CV analysis

Step 4        Participate in the training course

Step 5        Exam

Step 6        Certification

Step 7        Renew Certificate (every 12 months)

A consultant needs to have 12 months' SDL Tridion experience in the past two years, including six months of SDL Tridion R5 experience to be able to join the Certification Training.

When a consultant demonstrates more than three years' experience in SDL Tridion in the past five years, including one year in SDL Tridion R5, he/she can skip the training course and directly participate in the Certification Exam.

Training Course

The Certification Training Course is an advanced training course for senior SDL Tridion Developers. All trainers are working for SDL Tridion Professional Services and will have at least two years' SDL Tridion R5 experience. The Certification Training Course is available in Amsterdam, Paris and Maidenhead.

The Certification Training Course takes two days (including the Exam).

Exam

The final step in the Certification Program is passing an online exam. The consultant must demonstrate his SDL Tridion Knowledge and Skills by answering 50 multiple choice questions.

The exam will take one and a half hours and the results are presented to the participants directly after the exam.

The exam is in English. The Certification Exam is available at the SDL Tridion offices in Amsterdam (NL), Maidenhead (UK) and Paris (Fr).

The certificate is valid for 12 months. One month before expiry, the certified consultant will be asked to send in a new CV. This CV will be checked against certain rules and if okay, the certificate will be valid for another 12 months.

The rules for Certification renewal are defined as follows:

• At least six of the past 12 months must be spent on SDL Tridion projects;
• Candidate must have participated in a minimum of two days' SDL Tridion classroom training (for example new SDL Tridion Marketing Communication Solution training or WebForms training) and/or Knowledge Days;
• Candidate must have contributed to SDL Tridion Forum.

For more information please mail training@sdltridion.com or call +31 20 20 10 500.

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