A Data Centre is a facility designed for providing uninterrupted services to data processing operations. It consolidates information technology resources to enable computerized services, applications and transactions. Whilst saving the maintenance and operation cost, many IT Professionals and Facilities Managers are always challenged with pushing up a Data Centre performance.
Certified Data Centre Design Professional (CDCDP) Qualification
This qualification is jointly organized with Hong Kong College of Engineering (HKCE) and CNet Training, UK. CNet Training has been offering programmes spanning the entire communications industries since 1996. It has built an enviable reputation for providing communications professionals with the right technical training complemented with the right internationally recognized qualifications over the world.
CDCDP (Certificate Data Centre Design Professional) is the accumulation of required courses and has an overall BTEC qualification upon completion. This BTEC qualification from Edexcel combines
Section A - Design Series
Certified Data Centre Design (CDCD)
Section B - Green Data Centre Series
Data Centre Power
Data Centre Cooling
Data Centre Efficiency; AND
Data Centre Management
as the only complete Data Centre qualification available worldwide. The program is intended to furnish Data Centre Professionals with depth and breadth of learning and to provide independently verified proof of competency.
Worldwide Qualification
By completing section A - Certified Data Centre Design, you are eligible to acquire CDCD qualification which is an intermediate level of whole CDCDP and BTEC qualified. You are required to further study 4 courses in Section B and acquire CDCDP qualification in 1 year (or in maximum 3 years). Those courses act as refresher courses and any latest technology information will be added. You may refer to the following diagram:
All the Data Centre Courses have been fully updated to take into account the requirements of the 2009 EU Code of Conduct on Data Centres Energy Efficiency.
Target Audience
The course is suitable for: IT, Project and Facilities Managers, Designers, Consultants, etc.
Investment banks or securities organizations like Gorman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citibank, etc. who need good and qualified Data Centre engineers and managers or Contractors who are responsible for highly critical systems, like the UPS and CRAC systems, etc., in Data Centre.
Professional Recognition
The qualification is wholly recognized by BTEC / Edexcel, UK and is flexible for you to study according to your schedule. Graduates from CDCDP will be awarded BTEC Advanced Professional Qualification (NQF level 5) a Higher National Diploma (HND) qualification in UK.
The course aims at teaching three aspects (1) Design; (2) Construction and (3) Operation of computer room and data centres. Each unit is principally assessed by an ongoing design exercise that lead you through all the steps needed to arrive at a baseline design of a modern data centre.
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