Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP®)
Course Overview
Enhance your expertise in data centre operations with our CDCP® certification! Gain mastery in critical components like power, cooling, security, and more for ensuring high availability and efficiency. Enrol today to elevate your skills and excel in managing mission-critical data centres!
Discover the CDCP® (Certified Data Centre Professional), a robust 2-day course meticulously crafted by Upskilled Tech Academy to provide an in-depth understanding of vital data centre components and operations.
Our comprehensive training encompasses pivotal areas like power, cooling, security, cabling, and safety, ensuring the effectiveness and high availability of data centres. The CDCP® serves as the cornerstone within the EPI Design and Build track under the prestigious EPI Data Centre Training Framework, exclusively offered through Upskilled Tech Academy.
Who is this training for?
IT, Facilities, or Data Centre Operations professionals seeking to optimize data centre availability and manageability will find immense value in this course. This includes roles such as data centre managers, facility managers, engineers, network/system engineers, and consultants, all benefiting from Upskilled Tech Academy's tailored expertise.
What will you gain?
Upon completion, participants will harness the capability to:
- Select prime locations for mission-critical data centres, aligning with both present and future demands.
- Master the critical elements ensuring high availability, effectively setting up and optimizing data centres.
- Apply industry standards and cutting-edge technologies like UPS, fire suppression, cooling systems, monitoring solutions, and cabling standards, driving enhanced cost-efficient data centre availability.
- Conduct thorough assessments of electrical distribution systems to avert costly downtime.
- Enhance cooling efficiency using the latest techniques and technologies.
- Architect reliable and scalable network infrastructures, ensuring precise installation and testing.
- Deploy robust data centre monitoring systems and implement robust security measures.
- Choose equipment racks and components suitable for ICT equipment and its cooling requirements.
- Implement essential fire safety and protection controls effectively.
Modules
- Selecting appropriate sites and buildings and how to avoid pitfalls
- Various components of an effective data centre and supporting facilities setup
- Uniform, concentrated and rolling load definitions
- Applicable standards
- Raised floor guidelines
- Signal Reference Grid, grounding of racks
- Disability act and regulations
- Suspended ceiling usage and requirement
- Standards
- Light fixture types and placement
- Emergency lighting, Emergency Power Supply (EPS)
- Power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level
- ATS and STS systems
- Redundancy levels and techniques
- Three-phase and single-phase usage
- Power distribution options within the computer room
- Power cabling versus bus bar trunking
- Bonding versus grounding
- Common Mode Noise and isolation transformers
- Distribution boards, form factors and IP-protection grades
- Power quality guidelines
- Real power versus apparent power
- How to size and calculate load in the data centre
- Generators
- Static and dynamic UPS systems, selection criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency option
- Battery types, correct selection and testing
- Thermo-graphics
- Renewable Energy Factor (REF)
- Electrical fields and magnetic fields definitions and units of measurements
- Sources of EMF
- Effects of EMF on human health and equipment
- (H)EMP
- Standards
- EMF shielding solutions
- Rack standards, properties and selection criteria
- Security considerations
- Power rail/strip options
- Temperature and humidity recommendations
- Cooling measurement units and conversion rates
- Sensible and latent heat definitions
- Differences between comfort and precision cooling
- Overview of different air conditioner technologies
- Raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling
- Placement of air conditioner units and limitations to be observed
- Supplemental cooling options
- Cold aisle/hot aisle containment
- Liquid immersion cooling
- Cooling concepts: Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage (STER)
- Importance of water supply and application areas
- Backup water supply techniques
- The importance of a Structured Cabling System
- Planning considerations
- Copper and Fiber cable technology and standards
- ANSI/TIA-942 Cabling hierarchy and recommendations
- Testing and verification
- Network redundancy
- Building-to-building connectivity
- Network monitoring system requirements
- Standards for fire suppression
- Detection systems
- Various total flooding fire suppression techniques and systems, their benefits and disadvantages
- Handheld extinguishers
- Signage and safety
- Regulatory requirements and best practices
- Physical security considerations
- Physical safety considerations
- Data centre monitoring requirements
- EMS, BMS and DCIM
- Water leak detection systems
- Alarm notification
Entry requirements
While there are no specific prerequisites, individuals with one to two years of experience in a data centre or facilities environment can extract maximum benefits from our CDCP® program. Upskilled Tech Academy warmly welcomes novices eager to delve into the realm of data centre management.
Payment Options
What you need to know
The CDCP® certification opens doors to the dynamic and rapidly expanding data centre industry. This certification ensures participants gain fundamental knowledge necessary to pursue diverse roles within the data centre sector. Moreover, it serves as a stepping stone for individuals aiming to specialize in advanced areas such as data centre design/build, operations/governance, or standards/compliance through further training and certifications.
Delivery Structure and Methods
At Upskilled Tech Academy, the CDCP® course is led by an EPI Certified Instructor, delivering a blend of lectures and interactive sessions. Our instructors engage participants in discussions tailored to address specific needs and challenges encountered in their environments. Leveraging the trainer’s extensive expertise, participants gain practical problem-solving skills applicable to their current roles, providing invaluable insights and solutions.
Upskilled Tech Academy offers the CDCP® course through the following delivery formats:
- ILT – Instructor Led Training
- VILT – Virtual Instructor Led Training
- TOD – Training On Demand
These delivery modes ensure flexibility and accessibility, allowing participants to engage either in on-site sessions or virtually. It's our commitment to provide a dynamic and adaptable learning experience tailored to your needs.
Exam: Certified Data Centre Professional (CDCP®)
Certification exam voucher is included in this course. Certification exams are administered at the end of the course. Attendees will take a 1-hour CDCP® exam. The exam is 40 questions, multiple-choice, closed-book. The passing mark is 27 out of 40. Attendees passing the exam will be awarded the internationally accredited and recognized 'Certified Data Centre Professional' (CDCP®) certificate.
