that brings up another question! 3

[techneek]

thanks john but you mentioned a level of verification and im wondering if a certification from another source other then nortel is considered on the same level throughout the industry?
do they all hold to the same standards?

 

[Johnthephoneguy]

I personally haven't heard of certifications from anyone other than Nortel. Some military classes (I took the Air Force telephone maintenance course and they accepted that for pre-req for translations in sl-100) are accepted by Nortel, but I'm not sure of anything else.

JohnThePhoneGuy

"If I can't fix it, it's not broke!

 

[johnpoole]

nope.. unless your nortel certified, your trained.. but you don't have to take the training, you can just take the nortel cert test

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[techneek]

thanks guys i like your idea john p. about doing my own study and taking the test on-line when ready........as a independant contractor the costs associated with purchasing the courses on CBT is something im unable to come up with at this time! at this point i am now scanning the web for a company or individual willing to sell current new or used pbx option 11c manuals and a vendor of inexpensive test preperation materials.
any advice or direction from here?

 

[janaya]

You actually need to go to a Prometric center and take a test. It costs $149.00 to take.

For NNCSS - Nortel Networks Certified Support Specialist you have to take the following:

920-803 - VoiP Technologies. If you have taken the 801 test, that has been grandfathered in.

920-324 - Database Administrator
920-325 - Installation and Maint Software
920-140 - Installation and Maint Hardware
920-160 - Design Specialist

You have to take the tests in combination.

803+324 to get the cert
803+325+140 to get the cert
803+160 to get the cert

Of course you only have to take the 803 once, but it's a killer test. They used to require it for everything, but now for Call Pilot you don't need it, only for everything else.

Hope this helps.

John

 

[sgf2929]

803-it is a killer test!! But once you pass, an excellent building block. You need it for almost everything else.