What IT or non-IT professional certifications do you have?

Richdog · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:08

I was just curious as to what professional certifications (IT or non-IT) were floating around the members here, and what you guys had found useful for getting jobs in your field.

Personally I have the following, all employer-funded working first in IT and then in IT risk:

CISA - IT Auditor industry standard, needs continous professional learning, helped to get me my current job) http://www.isaca.org/certification/cisa-certified-information-systems-auditor/pages/default.aspx

PRINCE 2 Practitioner - I never use as I'm not a PM, but it's permanent and employers like it https://www.prince2.com/eur/what-is-prince2

COBIT 5 - IT Risk control framework. Nice to have on the CV as it's permanent but ultimately has little value http://www.isaca.org/Education/COBIT-Education/Pages/COBIT-Implementation.aspx

ITIL v3 Foundation - For IT Service Delivery. Nice to have on the CV as it's permanent but I never use it https://www.axelos.com/qualifications/itil-qualifications/itil-foundation-level

Working towards this year:

CRISC - IT Risk assessment and controls. Good cert to have and goes hand in hand with the CISA http://www.isaca.org/certification/...nformation-systems-control/pages/default.aspx

Please try to answer:

What have you guys got, or what are you studying towards?
What field are you in?
Is your employer covering the cost?
How useful has it been / will it be to your career?

drakioned · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:14

Working toward CCNA.

EDIT: Doing it as I took a job as an infrastructure engineer about a year ago and need the cert to unlock more access.

Nix · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:15

PRINCE2 Foundation.

No-one gives two poops.

Azza · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:17

Addition of whether an employer funded a certification or if you self funded would be an interesting metric.

anything I don't mind · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:18

I failed high school and I have no certs.

Haggisman · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:18

Bronze Swimming Certificate
Silver Swimming Certificate

alx · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:20

Does CEng count?

kiteloopy · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:22

CCNA (ent) - Employer funded. Never got round to doing the 2nd part.
PRINCE2 practitioner - Employer funded.

Infrastructure Project manager.

dowie · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:23

no real certs...

technically I've got a certificate that says I've qualified as a 'Business Consultant' on some software... but that is only because we sell the same training course to clients and external consultancies for some silly fee and it is nice to have a certificate at the end of the short course

edit - actually I did some financial exams with the securities institute too so have a certificate in 'securities' and a certificate in 'derivatives' but they're really basic multiple choice exams

do coursera courses count?

KaHn · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:23

CEng MIMechE, a load of company specific ones, will have an MSc at some point and will be doing my PMP soon.

PhD sooner than later if the floor drops out the oil industry.......

KaHn

Dunny774 · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:23

Haggisman said:
Bronze Swimming Certificate
Silver Swimming Certificate

Bsc and Ssc

Informal training on risk assessments
Access egress (cranes, RTGS)
Safety Passport

Pretty much inclusive to work

Got Bachelors and a masters in ICT/Computing

Richdog · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:34

Azza said:
Addition of whether an employer funded a certification or if you self funded would be an interesting metric.

Good point. All of mine were employer-funded and I have added that to the OP.

GhostlyPea · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:41

MCDST (Microsoft)
CCNA (Cisco)
CCNA-Wireless (Cisco)
CCNA-Security (Cisco)
CCDA (Cisco)
CCNP (Cisco)
CCDP (Cisco)
CCSA (Checkpoint)
CCSE (Checkpoint)
HP-AIS (HP)

All self study and exams/books paid for myself although recouped the cost of the exams once passed from my employer

Working on my CCIE R&S at the moment (and interleaving JNCIA now and then)

- GP

DJMK4 · 3 Feb 2016 at 13:41

CCNA

CCNP (Route exam) need to do the CCNP Switch and troubleshoot to complete the CCNP

skyripper · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:47

Do my old MCSE qualifications count?
Networking Essentials
Windows NT 4 Server
Windows NT 4 Workstation
Exchange 5.0 Administration
Systems Management Server
TCP-IP

hyperseven · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:49

IBM business school - telephone techniques & customer care

Liquiduk · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:50

Currently studying for my CICD.

Mat · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:53

BSc Environmental Biology.

I've been in IT for about 13 years...

aardvark · 3 Feb 2016 at 14:58

PRINCE 2 practitioner

only cos the job centre paid for it when i was unemployed last year.

dowie · 3 Feb 2016 at 15:03

Mat said:
BSc Environmental Biology.

that an academic degree