3. Mapping Vendor Certificationsto National Qualifications Our school is committed to aligning ICT delivery of National courses with leading International vendor certifications. This allows us ensure our classroom delivery meets industry standards. As a result, we have developed mapping between Vendor Certifications and our courses. Some certifications are integrated completely others are used partially. We test our students internally using realistic simulations and at the end of the subject they are ready to take an external vendor exam.
4. International Vendor Certifications Vendor Certifications: Mainly technology and company specific – these are sought after by employers Very often are assessed via multiple choice questions exams. Based on industry best practices. These are assessed and maintained by international organisations. CISCO, Microsoft, Red Hat offer vendor academies providing: learning materials practical case studies theoretical exams
5. Mapping Vendor Certifications (continued) Certificate III (Support) A+ - vendor independent hardware certification integrated via Cisco Academy program IT Essentials. MCTS – Microsoft Computer Technician certification for Vista, partially used Diploma in IT (General) ITIL Foundation V3 Cisco CCENT – integrated via CISCO Academy program Discovery 1, 2 Microsoft Sharepoint – to be introduced in 2010
6. Mapping Vendor Certifications (continued) Advanced Diploma in IT (Network Security) Fully Integrated CCNA – using CISCO Academy Exploration path MCITP Server Administrator– using Microsoft Academy RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer - using Red Hat Academy. Used partially CCNA Security Security+
7. Testing Centre at VU The school run an external testing centre for industry clients and students. We have agreements with Prometric (Microsoft exams), Pearson VUE (CISCO exams) and Certiport (Microsoft Applications and Adobe exams). We are EXIN Accredited Testing Centre and we deliver ITIL exams for students and external clients.
8. Onshore International ICT Students Note: Students successfully completing ICA50105 can enter with credit equivalent to one year full time study the following three degrees at VU: BBIS/BBCM and SBNS
9. Why is ICT better at VU? DEFINED PATHWAYS AND ADVANCED STANDING The guaranteed pathway through to a degree can being at many entry levels. VU will recognise the IT certifications held by prospective students EMBEDDED INTERNATIONAL IT VENDOR CERTIFICATIONS Student will study curriculum that allows them to complete the certifications shown and allow them to access student pricing for attempts at those certifications
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