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ANDREW STEVENS
CEO, CNet Training
• Provides you with access to the very
latest program material, enabling you
to use this as a reference in the future
• Provides certification of your status for
a further three years
Qualifications
Qualifications are valid for life, they do
not need renewing. They differ from
certifications in that they are controlled
by international educational bodies
and only approved centres can offer
qualifications. They are referenced
to the International Qualification
Framework and therefore recognisable
across the world.
Benefits for the employer
• Ensures your employees are trained to
a specified level at that time, however
does not have the ability to keep
knowledge and skills in-line with the
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industry on an on-going basis
• Usually incurs just a one-off fee
• You can be sure the training provider is
a professional company as the criteria
to become an approved training
centre is quite a vigorous process
Benefits for the employee
• Provides official recognition for your
knowledge and skills at the time of
taking the examination
• Qualifications are recognised globally
by comparing the educational levels
CNet Training is the only global provider
to award both industry recognised
qualifications and professional
certifications for data centre and network
infrastructure programs.
Accreditations
Usually consist of a short period of
training which are certified to prove
competency in relation to a certain
subject. Many vendors have their
own training programs, these prove
delegates understand their products
and are proven to be competent users.
Again, accreditations often have a
timescale of 2-3 years associated with
them before renewal is required.
Summary
To protect the future of the data
centre and network infrastructure
sectors and ensure they can continue
to fulfill the needs of businesses
and their clients, the sector needs
professionally trained, qualified
and certified individuals. It is an
investment, however the returns far
outweigh the risks of relying on a team
of untrained and uneducated staff.
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