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Convergence Technologies Professional Certification (CTP) -
A new set of skills is required to sell, install and support convergence technologies. IT Professionals who sell, install, support, and service the new communications server applications need new skills to stay competitive. TIA's Convergence Technologies Professional (CTP) certification was created to validate the industry-required skills necessary to fill in-demand convergence job roles. The CTP certification exam validates core knowledge of convergence industry standards and protocols, infrastructure, signaling, basic telephony, Voice over IP (VoIP), topology convergence, and the skills required to perform jobs related to these technologies. The CTP credential is attained by passing a high-stakes, computer-based proctored exam consisting of 65 questions.

The CTP certification assists those who want to remain current or advance their career in the voice, data or convergence industries, including channel partner sales professionals, technical representatives, advanced technical engineers, and application sales engineers.

The Need for Convergence Certification

The convergence of three technologies -- voice, video and data -- into a single network is a major development in computer and communications technology. Companies need complete solutions and there is a shortage of personnel qualified to sell and support convergence products.

Manufacturers and their channel partners all need a way to educate their employees and customers about convergence technologies. Industry-common skills and applications of convergence technologies are vital to the success of sales professionals and support technicians. They need to know vendor-specific equipment and applications, as well as how these applications work with other software and equipment available in the marketplace. That is why vendor-neutral training and certification such as CTP is an essential foundation for vendor-specific training.

Supporting the enterprise customer is one of the goals to achieving success in the communications industry. An educated industry -- from the manufacturer to the network service provider to the channel partner -- furthers the goal. In an effort to help the industry attain the goal, TIA offers several vendor-neutral convergence technologies credentialing programs for all segments of the telecommunications industry to validate the industry-common terms and skills needed to apply and implement convergence solutions. CTP and CCNT (Certified in Convergent Network Technologies) fill the industry's need to conserve valuable training resources by offering industry-standards credentialing programs to reduce redundant training.

CTP Audience

The target audience for CTP certification is anyone interested in pursuing or advancing an information or communications technology career. CTP provides the skills and knowledge to prepare individuals for specific job roles within the convergence technologies industry. CTP prepares individuals for the following job roles:
Technical Sales and Technical Representatives,
Enterprise IT professionals that support voice and data applications
Implementation and Application Sales Professionals, and
Sales Engineers.

Value of CTP Certification

Obtaining an industry-recognized certification validates an individual's competence in a set of skills or a job role. Certification enhances an individual's career by demonstrating to employers and customers one's readiness to perform required job skills.

TIA's CTP certification is a unique credential that helps to address the current shortage of professionals skilled in convergence technologies, by ensuring that individuals are proficient in the industry-established skills necessary for meeting industry needs. Individuals can pursue important new job opportunities and companies can differentiate themselves to customers by using only certified personnel to sell, install and support convergence technologies solutions.