e-Competence Certificates
eSkills training and certification are often hard to compare. They may be very specific and focused on the latest technology of one of the hardware or software suppliers, or more generic and providing overview of a field like architecture, business analysis or information security.One solution for this enigma is comparing learning outcomes with the e-competences defined in the e-Competence Framework e-CF and with the ICT Profiles of the CEN Workshop on ICT Skils. This is the core idea of the Certification Profiles listed below.
A Certification Profile contains the core information about an eSkills related certificate and shows which e-competencies match with obtaining the certificate and compares those with the most relevant ICT-profiles.
Title | HP ATA Technology Certification |
Provider | Certiport HP Institute |
Web source | http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/getPDF.aspx/4AA4-3525ENW.pdf |
Description | The HP ATA Technology certification requires passing four exams that validate knowledge of industry-standard technologies and the ability to design and deploy business solutions for small-to medium-size businesses. |
Target Group |
- Starting HP ATA IT Architect - IT or Network Administrator - Systems Engineer or Administrator - Solution Architect - Support Technician |
Corresponding ICT profiles |
- NETWORK SPECIALIST - SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR - SYSTEMS ARCHITECT |
Prerequisites |
- HP ATA - Connected Devices, HP ATA - Networks, HP ATA Servers & Storage, HP-ATA Cloud |
Main subject(s) |
- Described in the certification guides for the four exams and in the profiles for the HP ATA - Connected Devices, HP ATA - Networks, HP ATA Servers & Storage, and HP-ATA Cloud certifications |
Competence covered with this certificate | Competence from the ICT Profiles | |||||
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e-CF competency | Level | G/P/S | NETWORK SPECIALIST | SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR | SYSTEMS ARCHITECT | |
A.3 Business Plan Development | 3 | P | ||||
A.4 Product / Service Planning | 2 | P | ||||
A.5 Architecture Design | 3 | P | 4 | |||
A.7 Technology Trend Monitoring | 4 | S | ||||
A.9 Innovating | 4 | |||||
B.1 Application Development | 3 | G | 2 | 4 | ||
B.2 Component Integration | 2 | P | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
B.3 Testing | 1 | P | 2 | |||
B.4 Solution Deployment | 2 | |||||
B.5 Documentation Production | 2 | G | ||||
B.6 Systems Engineering | 4 | |||||
C.1 User Support | 2 | G | 2 | |||
C.2 Change Support | 2 | G | ||||
C.3 Service Delivery | 1 | P | ||||
C.4 Problem Management | 2 | P | 2 | 2 | ||
D.10 Information and Knowledge Management | 3 | P | ||||
D.4 Purchasing | 2 | S | ||||
D.5 Sales Proposal Development | 2 | P | ||||
E.2 Project and Portfolio Management | 2 | P | ||||
E.3 Risk Management | 2 | S | ||||
E.4 Relationship Management | 3 | S | ||||
E.7 Business Change Management | 3 | P | ||||
E.8 Information Security Management | 2 | P | 2 | 2 |
Any mapping to the e-CF will have to deal with cases where the e-competence at hand, e.g. in a learning outcome, does not fit the description in the e-CF to its full extend. Here we used a grading (G/P/S) such that for e-competency:
For each e-competency the G (General), P (Partial) and S (Superficial) indicate the extend the competency is covered by the certificate:
- General
Someone with this certificate will most likely have the competence. - Partial
The content of the requirements for the certificate match with the description of the competence but some parts of the competence are missing (e.g. no evidence of some of the practical skills). - Superficial
The content of the requirements mentions parts of the competence description, but there is no evidence that obtaining the certificate will show possession of this competence.
The methodology behind the Certification Profiles has been developed during the eSkills Quality study for the European Commission. The final report of this study is available here.