MacMuppet
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I've been looking at apple.com/Support/Training/Certification, and have decided to do some certification.
Before switching I'd always avoided certification, as my experience has done me proud so far, and also I got burned when I did a full Novell CNA course a few years ago, and then the whole world dropped Novell (ok, maybe not the whole world, but you know what I mean).
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone is Apple certified on here, or has been in the past, and do you think it has helped you career-wise?
Having looked at the skills assessment .pdfs from the Apple, I could pretty much sit the Mac OS X Help Desk Essentials x10.3 Exam tomorrow, although I'll spend a month or so brushing up before I book an exam.
Thats the first part; it counts you as a "Apple Certified Helpdesk Specialist" and as the first part of various other certifications - from the there I can either do the OS X Server Essentials (which will involve some proper learning and revision) to become an "Apple Certified Technical Coordinator" or it also can lead on to "Apple Certified Desktop Service Technician".
Now I like the idea of getting to Service Technician - I could be my own boss etc eventually if the work is out there, but I'm thinking the Technical Coordinator probably covers a broader area for gereal support work.
As I said, unless told by 50 people its not worth it I've decided to go ahead with the first part, the helpdesk exam, and I suppose I'd just like a discussion and maybe some advice about the merits of the possible steps after that, so any experiences of Certification would be great.
Also, is it possible to get a test paper for any of these exams, or is that just a no-no?
Before switching I'd always avoided certification, as my experience has done me proud so far, and also I got burned when I did a full Novell CNA course a few years ago, and then the whole world dropped Novell (ok, maybe not the whole world, but you know what I mean).
Anyway, I was wondering if anyone is Apple certified on here, or has been in the past, and do you think it has helped you career-wise?
Having looked at the skills assessment .pdfs from the Apple, I could pretty much sit the Mac OS X Help Desk Essentials x10.3 Exam tomorrow, although I'll spend a month or so brushing up before I book an exam.
Thats the first part; it counts you as a "Apple Certified Helpdesk Specialist" and as the first part of various other certifications - from the there I can either do the OS X Server Essentials (which will involve some proper learning and revision) to become an "Apple Certified Technical Coordinator" or it also can lead on to "Apple Certified Desktop Service Technician".
Now I like the idea of getting to Service Technician - I could be my own boss etc eventually if the work is out there, but I'm thinking the Technical Coordinator probably covers a broader area for gereal support work.
As I said, unless told by 50 people its not worth it I've decided to go ahead with the first part, the helpdesk exam, and I suppose I'd just like a discussion and maybe some advice about the merits of the possible steps after that, so any experiences of Certification would be great.
Also, is it possible to get a test paper for any of these exams, or is that just a no-no?