| LPI mods Linux recertification policy |
Dec. 01, 2006
LPI (Linux Professional Institute), the leading vendor-neutral Linux certification organization, is updating its recertification policy to ensure that Linux professionals' skills and knowledge are still up to date and relevant.
People who already have their LPIC (Linux Professional Institute Certification) will have to re-certify every five years or, alternatively, earn a higher certification status. Previously, recertification was only required after ten years.
That said, Jim Lacey, president and CEO of LPI, said that "LPI will continue to advise Linux professionals to seek recertification every two years due to rapid changes and improvements in the Linux operating system, but that consultations with industry leaders indicated that a mandatory five year recertification policy was sufficient at this time."
"In bringing our exams up-to-date with recent versions of the Linux kernel, we found it necessary to re-examine our recertification policy. It should be noted that because we are distribution-neutral we don't require our candidates to re-certify with each new version of a specific distribution. However, we are interested in the underlying technology of the Linux operating system and what knowledge and skills an IT professional must have to work with multiple distributions in an enterprise environment. Our new recertification policy should ensure the relevance, currency and value of those who have obtained our certification."
Here's how the new Recertification Policy will work: Once a person has their certification, an LPIC-1, LPIC-2, or LPIC-3, recertification is recommended two years after the date of the certification, to retain an active certification status; however certification holders must recertify within 5 years.
To get recertified, candidates must pass all up-to-date exams that are required for their highest earned certification designation. After recertifying, the certification is good for five years.
If someone doesn't recertify and allows their certification status to lapse, they will be required to earn both their highest and all lower level certification designations.
All certification designations earned before Sep. 1, 2004 will no longer be considered "lifetime" designations, and instead will only have active status for five years from the date of certification. However, certification designations earned prior to September 1, 2003 will be considered "active" certifications until Sep. 1, 2008.
-- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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