IT certification is a professional standard that demonstrates competence in a particular field. Certifications are managed by non-government professional organizations to ensure qualifications meet industry requirements. Certifications benefit individuals by opening access to national and international job markets, and benefit companies by improving competitive advantage and allowing them to differentiate more and less experienced workers. Common IT certifications are offered by vendors like Microsoft, Cisco, and Oracle or vendor-neutral organizations and test skills in areas like networking, security, and programming.

1. The Overview Of Information
Technology Certification
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2. IT Certification
What is it about?
Certification is a professional standard in any
Field for those who is competent in related
field. Certification must fulfill the profession
quality requirement which is in place.
Certification is held and manage by profession
organization non government

3. Background
 Fulfilling business need
 In demand by employers
 Anticipate globalization
 Formal Acknowledgment for higher
education graduate to be a professional
human resource
 Professional approval in that field or Proof
of skills)

4. Benefits
 National acknowledgment toward level of
professional skill
 Professional Acknowledgment from
organization profession both regionally and
internationally
 Opening access to national, regional and
international job market.
 Reference for salary scale and carrier
 Creating professional environment

5. Objectives
The objectives of certification as follows :
 Widening job market for IT human resource.
 Preparing the IT human resoures to "Go
International".
 Bencmarking for indonesian IT human resources with
international standard
 Establishing the equality level of professional stage
national and international.(Carrier, salary etc)

6. Certification value for enhancing
corporation business
 Improving the competitive advantage
 Improving work productivity
 Improving the skill on human resources more
completely.
 Improving credibility toward business partner
and customer

7. Certification value for enhancing
corporation business (cont)
 More loyal IT human resources
 The way to keep high quality human resources
 Differentiate between senior and junior workers
 Improve the process of IT recruitment

8. Who need IT Certification?
 Profesional ICT (operator, administrator, developer,
engineer, specialist).
 Academic ICT (trainer, lecturer, instructor and teacher).
 Manager dan Supervisor ICT.
 All IT Developers .

9. IT Certification Model
 Develop by Professional Society, British Computer Society (BCS),
Australian Computer Society (ACS), South East Asian Regional Computer
Confederation (SEARCC) etc

10. Type of Certification institute
 Vendor spesifik such as : Microsoft, Cisco, Sun, Oracle
 Vendor neutral or open standard – such as : compTIA, LSP
Telematika
 Develop by Professional Society, British Computer Society
(BCS), Australian Computer Society (ACS), South East Asian
Regional Computer Confederation (SEARCC) etc

11. Training Center
 Vendor Direct - onsite, online (e-learning)
 Vendor authorized - local, tutorial
 Self-study (For IT Nerd who has the spirit)