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Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) 

The Sheffield North CLC has been recognised by Cisco as being one of only a few Networking Academies in the UK to be able to offer the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) course. Being a Large Regional Cisco Networking Academy and having a dedicated Cisco lab enables us to offer the very best of learning experiences to our candidates

New CCNP Certification Information

The rapid technological advancements over the last 2 years make the major changes to Cisco's new CCNP course more valuable and significant than ever before. 2012 will be the best year yet in which to earn your CCNP certification.

Make your plans to earn this valuable Cisco Certification now at Cisco's Regional Academy the Sheffield North City Learning Centre at an incredible introductory price of £600 per Semester, starting in Feb 2012.

The Networking Academy CCNP v6.0 curriculum consists of three new courses that align with the new Cisco certification exams:

ROUTE: (642 - 902) Implementing IP Routing .

SWITCH: (642 - 813) Implementing IP Switched Networks.

TSHOOT: (642 - 832) Troubleshooting and Maintaining IP Networks.

Course Times, Duration and Start Dates

The course will consist of 3 Semesters. Timings will be from 5pm to 9pm every Monday starting on the 27th Feb 2012 with the first semester CCNP Route (642-902).
The CCNP course duration is run from Feb 2012 through to the end of Oct 2012. The course is run over this length of time to enable you to gain the maximum amount of practical experience as possible in order for you to become a confident IT professional within your field of expertise.

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Equipment and Facilities

Delegates will gain an enormous amount of practical experience by having the opportunity during the course to work on over 50 state of the art Cisco Routers and Switches as well as many other pieces of networking equipment which will further enhance their understanding of networking technologies.

All course material is supplied by us from Cisco Systems which is kept up to date on a weekly basis. Students are given exclusive access to the Cisco learning environment online and 24/7 access to all course material e-labs and other simulation software. This will ensure that you have all the tools at your disposal to enable you to gain all the practical experience and theoretical knowledge possible to bring you a unique learning experience.

Latest Testimonial

With looming redundancies where I work it was time to strengthen my skill set and improve on my previous CCNA. After searching locally and then nationally SNCLC was the most convenient location that had approved Cisco Academy status.
After previous experience of Cisco and Microsoft training with nationally recognised training providers I was sure that the Cisco Academy status should at least guarantee a baseline of quality. SNCLC  exceeded early expectations by having a modern well specified lab environment and all new routers and switches to work on during labs. The previous training providers had a basic standard of providing coursework and materials but to varying degrees, the quality and experience of the teaching was not always to my expectations with some of these companies supplying non IT staff that simply read instructor manuals, however, some had much more in depth and time served IT experience and skills, SNCLC's trainer Phil falls into the latter category and has many year's experience in both Cisco networking and Microsoft engineering. This instantly helped my confidence in his ability to deliver material with sound knowledge and the ability to answer questions regarding any subject matter.
The course is a mix of instructor led materials and labs which help you to understand and embed your skills. The course is demanding and requires dedication to complete but you will be successful with the skills you learn on the course and the experience and training delivered by Phil.
Overall this has been a very positive and highly beneficial course which delivers exactly what you need for strengthening your Cisco networking skills and gaining your CCNP". Chris Hale. Broadband Project Officer at Nottingham City Council

Prerequisites

Students require a CCNA® certification or the completion of the CCNA Networking Academy course, any one of these are a prerequisite for CCNP academy enrolment.

Exams

The required exams for achieving a CCNP certification can all be taken at this centre. We encourage students to take each of the exams before moving on to the next Semester so by the end of the course they have their full CCNP Certification. Some students last year took and passed their last exam which is TShoot before the end of the course because they felt that confident in passing.

Revised CCNP Curriculum and Exams -

Cisco redesigned the CCNP courses for the Cisco Academies to keep student upto date with the evolving job Market.

 ROUTE v1.0 – Implementing Cisco IP Routing – This course enables you to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise LAN and WAN routing solutions, using a range of routing protocols which also covers configuration of secure routing solutions to support branch offices and mobile workers.

 SWITCH v1.0 – Implementing Cisco IP Switched Networks – On this course you will learn to plan, configure, and verify the implementation of complex enterprise switching solutions, using Cisco Enterprise Campus Architecture it also covers secure integration of WLANs, VLANs, voice, and video into campus networks.

 TSHOOT v1.0 – Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks – During this course you will learn how to perform regular maintenance and troubleshooting on complex enterprise routed and switched networks. The Academy allows students to carry out extensive hands-on labs which provide excellent reinforcement to your professional skill set giving you wide-ranging troubleshooting skills

The CCNP curriculum is designed for network engineers who have passed their CCNA or have completed the CCNA Academy course and should have at least one year of professional work experience in the networking industry. The revised CCNP certification requires three 120-minute exams—ROUTE #642-902, SWITCH #642-813, and TSHOOT #642-832—and the CCNA qualification.

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