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CDFOS® - Certified Datacenter Facilities & Operations Specialist
The CDFOS® (Certified Data Center Facilities Operations Specialist) course is a three-day course that enables participants to fully understand the day-to-day operations of a business-critical infrastructure/data center. Participants acquire all the necessary skills to conduct daily operations, understand which processes should be in place and their critical elements. These include service and customer support in the data center, the various disciplines, and their maintenance and security.
It is recommended that participants have experience in data center operations, although this is not required. Previous graduates recommend taking the DCFC® or CDCP® course before taking the CDFOS® course.
After completing the course, participants will be able to:
- Implement and support requirements for Service Level Management
- Practice safety aspects
- Maintain the security of the physical data centre facility
- Coordinate and supervise data centre facilities and equipment maintenance
- Provide service management for data centre services
- Operate the data centre making use of floor-, capacity and equipment life cycle management
- Monitor and report on data centre availability, capacity and capability
- Manage and implement basic data centre projects
- Manage and support the document life cycle
- Improve the overall efficiency of the data centre contributing to cost saving operations
The target group for the CDFOM certification
The primary target group for this course are facility and IT professionals who work in and around the data center and are responsible for ensuring secure and high availability, maintenance, and administration of the data center.
This is how the certification exam works
The certification exam is administered at the end of the last day of training at a certified test center (or online later upon request). It consists of 60 multiple-choice questions that must be answered within 90 minutes. Candidates need at least 45 correct answers to pass the exam. Online exam results are announced immediately.
Candidates who successfully pass the exam receive the "Certified Datacenter Facilities & Operations Manager" certificate. The certification is valid for three years, after which participants must recertify.
Recognized training accreditation
Our Certified Data Centre Facilities Operations Specialist course is accredited worldwide by EXIN: The Dutch information and communications technology company certifies IT specialists worldwide in over 165 countries.
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