Huawei IP Certif ication Solution:Your Market’s Credentials

By Liu Ping Sun

IP technology is adopted widely in global telecom networks as network convergence becomes reality. Operators who want to implement the IP network technology quickly have realized that the best way to improve their ROI and reduce implementation time, cost, and risk, is to improve the competence and qualification of their technical staff; In addition, proficiency of IP skills has become a major selection criterion in recruiting new staff. For quality assurance, it would be beneficial to benchmark IP skills development and assessment; IP certification hence gives a solution for benchmarking.

IP Certification

This model is developed by the joint effort of nearly a hundred training experts mainly specialized in complex IP Networks design, benchmarking, and maintenance and the support of one thousand Datacom engineers from Huawei and our partners who are very familiar with the industry. The solution aims to provide comprehensive, specialized, and authoritative certification on network technologies for global customers.

Huawei Datacom Certification model consists of three levels of certification:

1) Career Certification

This is a three-tier certification levels which aim to provide IP skills development and assessment for typical job positions in the telecom industry.

A.Huawei Certified Datacom Associate •(HCDA) is an entry level certification which is preliminary intended for IP network maintenance engineers and other interested professionals who are working with the Carrier/Enterprise IP networks. Upon the completion of the program, certified practitioners are able to follow the norms of the industry, possess skills to apply routing and switching technology, and network security basics into IP network access layer equipment operations and maintenance.

Considering Huawei’s Professional and Experts Datacom Certification, Two learning & certification tracks were designed to fulfill the market needs and requirements:

B.Huawei Certified Datacom Professional- •Carrier IP (HCDP-Carrier IP) is an intermediate level certification which is designed for IP network commissioning engineers, IP network O&M engineers, IP network designers and interested professionals who intend to gain a comprehensive and extensive proficiency of related technologies in routing, switching and access control in carrier IP networks. Upon obtaining the certification, candidates are expected to be able to implement, maintain and trouble-shoot carrier IP networks that run routing, switching and accessing technologies. In order to qualify this program’s certification, candidates need to pass three exams i.e. Building Carrier Routing Network (BCRN), Building Carrier Access Network (BCAN), and Building IP Telecom Network (BITN).Huawei Certified Datacom Expert-Carrier •IP (HCDE-Carrier IP) is an advanced level certification; It is mainly intended for IP network designers, architects, and interested professionals who target to gain a comprehensive and extensive proficiency in the design, optimization and support of related technologies in carrier IP networks. The certified professional is expected to master expert planning and optimization for large scale carrier IP networks, and perform as a technical consultant in carrier IP networking technologies who can provide technical advisory & guidance. (HCDE-Carrier IP certification is to be offered in August 2011.)

C.Huawei Certified Datacom Professional- •Enterprise IP (HCDP-Enterprise IP) is an intermediate level certification which is designed for IP network commissioning engineers, IP network O&M engineers, IP network designers, and interested

Solution

Exams Exams

HCDP-BCAN HCDP-BCRN

HCDA-HNTD

HCDE-ICNP

HCDP-IENP HCDP-IERN HCDP-BITN HCDP-IESN

Lab Exam

Oral Defence

HCDE-OENP

Lab Exam

Oral Defence

Compatibility Certification

Career C

ertification

Carrier IP Network

Enterprise IP Network

Fast Certification

HCDP (Carrier-IP)

HCDE (Carrier-IP)

HCDA

HCDP (Enterprise-IP)

HCDE (Enterprise-IP)

Certificate

Specialist Certification Technical Specialist

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professionals who intend to gain a comprehensive and extensive proficiency of related technologies of routing and switching in enterprise IP networks. Upon obtaining the certification, individuals are expected to be able to implement, maintain and trouble-shoot enterprise IP networks that run routing and switching technologies. In order to qualify for this program’s certification, candidates need to pass three exams i.e. Implementing Enterprise Routing Network (IERN), Implementing Enterprise Switching Network (IESN), and Improving Enterprise Network Performance (IENP).Huawei Certified Datacom Expert- •Enterprise IP (HCDE-Enterprise IP) is an advanced level certification. It is mainly intended for IP network designers, architects, and interested professionals who target to gain a comprehensive and extensive proficiency in the design, optimization and support of related technologies in enterprise IP networks. The certified professionals are expected to master expert planning and optimization of the large scale enterprise IP networks, and be a technical reference for providing network designs advisory and guidance.(HCDE-Enterprise IP certification is to be offered in August 2011.)

2) Specialist Certification is aimed for those who desire to acquire specific technical skills, such as installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Huawei Datacom products.

3) Compatibility Certification is a fast-track certification which accommodates the certification issued by other networking vendors and allows those certification holders to attain Huawei’s Datacom certification

within the shortest feasible time frame.

Comprehensive Curriculum and Rigorous Assessment

A quality and comprehensive curriculum assures excellent training results. Our customers can join their chosen relevant courses in one of Huawei’s 36 global training centers. The well-designed training programs and the multiple entry-and-exit certification programs help interested individuals acquire the respective level of knowledge and skills in IP networking in an effective and systematic manner. For promoting and encouraging continuous professional learning, individuals have the right to gain access to our centralized Knowledge Base database where information on latest technical development of Huawei is published and shared.

Part of our customers offering is also to provide consultancy services to assist our customers to develop tailor-made training or certification plans for their staff development and competency improvement.

The quality of our certifications is assured by our built-in rigorous assessment methods. The comprehensive test database provides a proven tool to assess on the competencies of certification trainees on their technical, operational and practical abilities in operating and supporting carrier-class IP networks. The certification examinations are administrated by “Prometric”, a leading global provider of comprehensive testing and assessment services, and individuals can book their respective exams by choosing a testing center at their convenience.

Cases for Reference

Case 1: Our certification offer has been adopted by a major telecom service provider in China to address their company’s concerns on operation efficiency through providing specifically designed training programs for their employees in accordance with their respective job positions and levels of expected competencies. After analyzing the current work structure and job requirements of this customer’s organization, we have combined the three-tier Huawei Datacom certification to match the customer’s expectations taking into consideration the existing qualifications of the work force. The management team of this customer highly commended our service as it has created a positive and progressive learning atmosphere and nurturing loyalty among employees; Simultaneously, the employees also have praised our services for improving their technical skills and helping them develop a focused career path.

Case 2: Our certification offer has also been accredited for selecting suitable candidates for special projects. A telecom service provider, who planned to implement a training program to nurture an expert core team for handling IP convergence projects, has chosen HCDP-Carries IP immediate level certification as the entrance requirement for the expert training program. Hence, our certification solution helped our customer to select the qualified and competent staff to join their specialized training programs and develop human resources for the company’s sustainable development.

Editor: Yangdongyangdong8899@huawei.com

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