Re: Certification Center in Paraguay?
Jim Henderson
> Hi, what are my options to certify to CLP/CLE living in Paraguay (South
> America)?
It seems that we have no centers in Paraguay currently - so the options
would be either to travel to a country that does have a center, or
convince a local testing provider who doesn't offer Novell's Practicum
Exams to contact us and become a Practicum Testing Center.
Jim
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Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10
Novell Training Services
Jim Henderson
> Well, I was expecting to find out about some hidden partner :p
>
> Between a Partner in Buenos Aires and Novell itself in Sao Paulo I think
> it's better to go to Sao Paulo, not?
QualityWare is the one I think you're referring to in BA, and they'd be
as good as the Novell office in Sao Paulo - both run exams fairly
regularly (the Novell office probably a bit more since staff take their
exams there as well).
> How's the date picked?, I can choose any weekday and any hour?. There's
> not much info on the Novell page, there's only a Practicum subscription
> form...
The date fields are a request - the partner will contact you to confirm
scheduling, and if the date and time don't work for them, they will work
with you to pick a date/time that is mutually agreeable.
Jim Henderson
> I have a business trip to Sao Paulo in 10 days but i'm not sure if I'll
> have time to prepare for CLP. Do you know how much time before I need to
> setup and pay for the session?.
Payment is collected at the time you go to take the exam. We need about
4 business days notice to process the registration and have the testing
location schedule the exam (generally it's faster than that, but our SLA
is two days to process the registration + two days for the testing center
to schedule it).
> If you have a contact in Novell Brazil I can talk to, would be great. On
> the web site I can only subscribe, I can't make any question through
> forms and there are no contact emails.
If you visit http://practicum.novell.com and use the "search" function
there (also linked off the registration page that you went to
previously), you can pull up the center's details including e-mail and
telephone contact information.
Jim Henderson
> Thanks a lot, that was really useful..
Glad to help out. Good luck on your exam!
Jim Henderson
> Ok, went to Sao Paulo last week and had the test before leaving. It was
> fine, i'm sure I did each item as asked, but the system said I didn't.
> :/
>
> It would be nice that the exam gives you some feedback (I passed, but
> bothers me not knowing what was, supposedly, wrong), maybe I can ask for
> a manual revision >:D. I was told a notification would be send by email,
> how much time does it take usually?
The e-mail is usually immediate. A manual rescore is possible only if
you didn't pass the exam; they won't tell you what you did right or wrong
(that would invalidate the test) beyond what's on the score report.
Jim Henderson
> I'm sure I did everything as requested, but if it's a matter of
> "Past"|"Don't Past", there's not point in complaining.
>
> I just checked my email again, and there's no notification email. The
> exam was taken on Friday morning, I think I can wait until monday night
> before asking people from Practicum Support.
OK - or if you want to, drop an e-mail to practicum at novell dot com and
I'll check it tomorrow.