Partner Certification

The SAS Australia and New Zealand offices formally announce the SAS Certification program is available to all SAS Alliance Partners, contractors and internal staff. Attaining SAS Certification is a crowning & distinguishing professional achievement. The SAS Certification program intent is to set a clear technical competency demarcation & experience standards to reward our customers with a highest level of satisfaction.

SAS Certifications offered to SAS Australia / New Zealand:

• SAS/Business Intelligence Content Developer for SAS 9
• SAS/Data Integration Developer for SAS 9
• SAS/Data Integration Implementation for SAS 9
• SAS/Platform Administrator for SAS 9
• SAS Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner
• SAS 9.2 Migration Concepts
• SAS Programming

SAS Certification benefits

• SAS Certification is based on an individual basis.
• SAS Certification is the only globally recognized process for SAS technical competency. SAS Certification is often requested by customers and potential employers.
• With permission, SAS Australia and New Zealand will publish names of those who attain Certification on our external SAS website. The Certification website allows customers to verify those with their distinguished honour.

SAS Certification exams:

• Each discipline has a Certification exam. A partner consultant can achieve Certification in one subject or all disciplines.
• Each SAS Certification exam consists of both a theory and practical application of SAS. The practical application requires familiarity with the respective SAS technology to diagnose and solve problems. All exams require thorough knowledge of SAS Version 9.
• Although investing in SAS training is recommended, training not a requirement to partake in an Certification exam.
• Exams are conducted online at Prometic.com or throughout SAS ANZ offices. The exam is monitored & taken under a reasonable time limit.

For more information:

• To understand more, please visit the SAS Certification page
• Ready to take an exam!? Register to take SAS Certification exams online

SAS TRAINING PATHS TO PREPARE FOR CERTIFICATION:

SAS Predictive Modeler using SAS Enterprise Miner training path:

1. Go to PartnerNet and review the brief OnDemand training for:
   
   
   • SAS Business Analytics Framework
   • SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform Overview
   • SAS Analytics Overview
   • SAS Data Mining
   • SAS Model Manager
   • SAS Optimisation
     
     
2. Complete the Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner training (either classroom or eLearning online)



This course serves as an in-depth introduction to data mining and SAS Enterprise Miner software. The 3 day course option provides extensive hands-on experience with SAS Enterprise Miner. It covers the basic skills required to assemble analyses using the rich tool set of SAS Enterprise Miner for both pattern discovery and predictive modeling.



3. SAS Predictive Modeler / Enterprise Miner certification exam:

For advanced learning on SAS analytics & data mining, consider:

• SAS Advanced Metadata Security Workshop
• SAS Advanced Statistics: ANOVA & Regression
• SAS Text Miner
• Read publication on SAS Text Mining Predictive Modeling with SAS Enterprise Miner: Practical Solutions for Business Applications
• Read Evan Stubbs book: 'The Value of Business Analytics - Identifying the Path to Profitability'

SAS Data Integration training path:

1. Go to PartnerNet and review the brief OnDemand training:
   
   
   • Data Integration Always On
   • SAS Enterprise Intelligence Platform Overview
     
     
2. Complete the eLearning: Creating an ETL Process Flow Using SAS Data Integration Studio
   
   
3. Complete the SAS Data Integration Fast Track (classroom only)
   
   
4. Take DI Developers Certification Exam

   For advanced SAS/DI learning, consider:

   • Advanced OLAP Techniques Using the SAS System
   • Creating and Exploiting OLAP Using the SAS System
   • Creating & Viewing OLAP Cubes
   • DataFlux Fundamentals
   • Using SAS Data Integration Studio to Create Efficient ETL Processes

SAS Platform Administration Training path:

1. Complete eLearning: SAS 9 Intelligence Platform Administration Classroom
   
   
2. Complete SAS Platform Administrator Fast Track
   
   
3. Take Certification Exam

For advanced learning, consider:

• Customizing and Administering SAS Web Report Studio
• SAS Advanced Metadata Security Workshop
• Using SAS Management Console
• Contacting Metacoda for SAS Security Plug-Ins: http://www.metacoda.com/en/home.html

SAS Business Intelligence training path

1. Go to PartnerNet and review the OnDemand Training for: Business Intelligence Always-on
   
   
2. Complete eLearning: Querying & Reporting with SAS Enterprise Guide
   
   
3. SAS 9 Business Intelligence Fast Track
   
   
4. SAS BI Dashboard: Developing and Using Dashboards
   
   
5. Take Certification Exam

For advanced SAS/BI learning, consider

• Creating Information Maps & Web Reports
• SAS/BI Flex Customisation

Certification is based on two components:

1) Experience
2) Certification exams

A third party consultant is recommended to focus their SAS implementation skills and then pass exams accordingly. This table highlights the training exams befitting the SAS ANZ supported offerings.