[nycbug-talk] [Fwd: [BSDCert] [BSDCert-Announce] BSD Certification Group awards first certified BSD Associates (fwd)]

[George Rosamond]

FYI. . . and as mentioned, we will be hosting the exam as NYCBSDCon. . .

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Subject: [BSDCert] [BSDCert-Announce] BSD Certification Group awards 
first certified BSD Associates (fwd)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:42:43 -0500 (CDT)
From: Jeremy C. Reed <reed at reedmedia.net>
To: bsdcert at lists.nycbug.org

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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:20:12 -0500 (CDT)
From: Announce list for the BSD Certification
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To: bsdcert-announce at lists.nycbug.org
Subject: [BSDCert-Announce] BSD Certification Group awards first 
certified BSD
     Associates


Apr. 28, 2008 -- Today, the BSD Certification Group, Inc., announced
its first certified BSD Associates (BSDA). The BSDA certification,
which began development in late 2006, was officially launched in
February 2008. The BSDA certification measures common skills needed
by entry-level BSD Unix system administrators.

The candidates took the proctored exams at the SCALE, FOSDEM, or
Linux-Tage Chemnitz conferences. According to the psychometrician,
79 percent of the tests received a passing score of 61 or higher
and the highest score was 95 percent.

Based on a job task analysis, the BSDA covers seven weighted knowledge
domains, which include installation, security, filesystems, user
management, networking, and various basic system administration
and Unix skills. The skills target the DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD,
NetBSD and OpenBSD operating systems.

"We'd like to thank the conferences that provided space and assisted
in making it a success -- and thank the proctors who traveled on
their own dime," said Jeremy C. Reed of the BSD Certification
Group.

Upcoming BSDA examinations will be held at BSDCan, CONFidence,
NYCBSDCON, and other technical conferences across the globe.  To
register for a proctored BSDA exam, visit
https://register.bsdcertification.org/register/get-a-bsdcg-id .

About the BSD Certification Group

The BSD Certification Group (BSDCG) is a non-profit organization
committed to creating and maintaining a global certification standard
for system administration on BSD-based operating systems. The BSDCG
works with the BSD and sysadmin communities in order to provide a
practical and relevant certification.  The BSD Certification Group
was founded in February 2005. Details about the group and the BSDA
certification are available via http://www.bsdcertification.org/.

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