Oracle

Oracle Certification

Leading position of Oracle Corporation and the complexity of software makes developers and administrators of Oracle Database one of the most popular and high-paid professionals in the world.

Oracle certifications are tangible, industry-recognized credentials that can help you succeed in your IT career and provide measurable benefits to your employer.

Oracle certifications appear to be a reliable verification of training and experience that can accelerate your professional development and increase your productivity.

For IT professionals and managers, each Oracle certification level signifies about abundant experience and expertise recognized for its value and relevance in the IT industry.

Certification directions

Specialist can confirm qualification in different directions: administration of databases, application servers, administration, and application development. At present, Oracle offers several certification directions (possible statuses are listed below):

Database Administrator

  • Oracle Database 11g DBA (OCA, OCP, OCM)
  • Oracle Database 10g DBA (OCA, OCP, OCM)
  • Oracle9i DBA (OCA, OCP, OCM)
  • Oracle 10g: Administering Real Application Clusters Certified Expert
  • Oracle Database: SQL Certified Expert
  • Managing Oracle9i on Linux Special Accrediatation
  • Oracle 10g: Managing Oracle10g on Linux Certified Expert

Linux Administrator

Linux Administrator OCA , OCP

Application Server Administrator

  • Oracle 10g AS Administrator (OCA, OCP)
  • Oracle 9iAS Web Administrator OCA

Application Developer

  • Oracle PL/SQL Developer OCA
  • Oracle Forms Developer OCP
  • Internet Application Developer 6i OCP

Moreover, there are some certifications of other Oracle products: Hyperion, Oracle E-Business Suite, Siebel CRM, Enterprise People Tools etc.

Complete list of Oracle Certifications you can obtan at education.oracle.com site.

Certification levels (Associate, Professional and Master)

ImageThe Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) credential is the first basic step toward achieving the Oracle Certified Professional certification. The OCA credential ensures that the individual has gained fundamental skills, in order to provide a strong foundation for support of Oracle products. With OCA credential a candidate is able to occupy one of today's most in-demand technology job positions.

The Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) credential ensures that a specialist gained professional skills and technical expertise required to manage, develop, or implement enterprise-wide databases, middleware, or applications. Increasingly, IT managers use the OCP credential to evaluate the qualifications of employees and job candidates.

The Oracle Certified Master (OCM) credential ratifies the ultimate advanced level of skills, knowledge, and proven ability. These professionals are qualified to answer the most difficult questions and solve the most complex problems. To be eligible to take the OCM exams you must have valid OCP certification, and also you need to complete two instructor-led courses and pass the two-day OCM practicum. Nowadays only few professionals received OCM credential, you can see the full list of OCM professionals on http://www.oracle.com/technology/ocm/index.html .

Oracle Certified Expert Program

The Certified Expert program is a new type of specialization certification program from Oracle, which grants credentials that verifies competency of an expert in specific technologies, architectures or domains not currently covered in the path-based Certified Associate and Certified Professional certifications.

Oracle Database SQL Certified Experts demonstrate the complete set of skills required for working with the powerful SQL programming language. Also SQL Certified Experts show deep knowledge in the key concepts of a relational database. They use the advanced features of SQL in order to query and manipulate data within the database; control privileges at the object and system level, and use advanced querying and reporting techniques. SQL Experts are able both to manipulate large data sets and store and retrieve dates according to different time zones. They are also knowledgeable about the concepts of controlling access and privileges for schema objects.

Oracle Database 10g: Real Application Clusters Administrator Certified Expert

Oracle RAC supports the deployment of a single database across a cluster of servers. Analysts are taking note of RAC's growing importance in a wide range of customer deployments. Oracle Database 10g: RAC Administrator Certified Experts have practical skills and knowledge to configure and administer a database for use with Real Application Clusters.

Oracle Database 10g: Managing Oracle on Linux Certified Expert

With Oracle solutions on Linux, customers benefit from high performance, complete reliability, and data security. Oracle Database 10g: Managing Oracle on Linux Certified Experts have practical skills and knowledge to configure the Linux operating system. They also show proven competency in managing of important database administration and configuration functions such as customization, tuning and monitoring performance.

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