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Hi all,
The oca exams are the same exams you would take on the way to being an OCP under the current program. The only difference is along the way you can get a designation of OCA. Not unlike Microsofts MCP.
John
Chris.Bowes_at_kosa.com wrote:
>From the website:
--To become an Oracle Certified Professional, you must
pass all required exams
--in your selected job role, including those at the Associate
level.
The way I read that, you have to have the OCA exams before you can get the
OCP. So if you take and pass the OCP, until you pay for and pass the OCA,
you cannot get the OCP certificat and recognition and you cannot even take
the OCM.
--Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: SARKAR, Samir [mailto:Samir.SARKAR_at_nottingham.sema.slb.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 10:28 AM
To: 'ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com'
Cc: 'Chris.Bowes_at_kosa.com'
Subject: RE: The OCP bar is being raised
Chris,
Am not clear
on this. To b an OCP, we require to pass 5 exams....right ?? So, if we
get the
OCP Associate
after passing 2 exams, we need to pass only another 3 exams for getting
OCP
or do we have
to go through all the 5 exams all over again ??
I think we can
directly sit for the OCP tests though instead of going through the OCA.
But to get the
OCP Master,
we will necessarily have to b a OCP.
Do correct me
if I am wrong though.
Regards,
Samir
Samir Sarkar
Oracle DBA - Lennon
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bowes, Chris [mailto:Chris.Bowes_at_kosa.com]
Sent: 10 January 2002 15:05
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: The OCP bar is being raised
I'd say the cost is being raised. Look at the
requirements for each. You can't just take the OCM exam. No we
would first have to get the OCA. Whether or not we need the entry level
cert we have to have it. Then, and only then, can we take the OCP.
Then and only then, can we take the OCM and that is after we take these
REQUIRED classes from Oracle Ed. So someone the caliber of Steve Adams
or Jared Still, has to spend money in a class that they could probably
teach from memory before they can get certification and that is after
getting 2 other certs that have no value to them. Call me a cynic,
but to me, this is nothing but a money grab.
From the website:
--To become an Oracle Associate, you must pass the
exams required
-- for the Oracle Associate level of your selected
job role. Typically,
--two exams are required; the first one can be
taken via the Internet,
--while subsequent exams must be taken in a proctored
environment. By
--completing your Oracle Associate, you are half-way
toward achieving the
-- Oracle Certified Professional credential.
--To become an Oracle Certified Professional, you
must pass all required exams
--in your selected job role, including those at
the Associate level.
--To become an Oracle Certified Master, you must
first be an Oracle
--Certified Professional. Additionally, achieving
your OCM credential
--requires attending two advanced level Oracle
University courses from
--the list shown on this page as well as passing the
OCM Practicum exam.
--Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com [
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 9:16 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: The OCP bar is being raised
Anyone care to comment on the following, IMHO it's
about time:
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Introducing two new levels of Oracle Certified
Professional (OCP) Achievement
A recent *IDC report on IT Education and Training
Services quoted database
professionals and network engineers as the fastest-growing
areas of Professional
Certification. And in an October survey from *crn.com
on Certification, 58% of
respondents said that it is very difficult to find
qualified Oracle Certified
Professionals-Database Administrators.
To meet this demand, we have recently introduced
two new levels of professional
achievement to DBAs (and soon to be released to
Application and Java Developers
worldwide):
The Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) -- an entry-level
Oracle qualification
requiring successful completion of two exams.
The Oracle Certified Master (OCM) -- an advanced
qualification for Oracle
Certified Professionals (OCP), that requires students
to take a practicum exam
on-sitee at an Oracle University education center.
Visit
http://www.oracle.com/education/certification/news/index.html?certlevels.html
for more information
IDC, IT Education and Training, Sept 2001
crn.com, Certification: What's Hot, What's Not, Oct
2001
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