IBM and LearnQuest Badge Program - z-Systems
LearnQuest is working together with IBM to offer IBM training courses and award digital badges upon successful completion and attainment of course objectives.
IBM Badge Courses z-Systems Series offered by LearnQuest:
- LearnQuest IBM z-Systems Advanced Topic - CICS
- LearnQuest IBM z-Systems Developer - Intro
- LearnQuest IBM z-Systems Developer - Intermediate
- LearnQuest IBM z-Systems Developer - Advanced
- LearnQuest IBM zOS JCL and Utilities Foundations
- LearnQuest IBM zOS System Foundations
- LearnQuest IBM z/OS Environment Foundations
- LearnQuest IBM z Systems Fast Track
- LearnQuest IBM z/OS Facilities
- LearnQuest IBM z/OS System Programmer Foundations
- LearnQuest IBM System z Hardware Management Console (HMC) Operations
LearnQuest z-Systems Advanced Topic - CICS
This badge indicates the recipient is ready for an entry-level Mainframe Developer position with focus on CICS. The recipient can design, code, and debug command-level CICS application programs.
Topics and application include: CICS commands, Worldwide Books Online, Debugging applications, Completing the WB Presentation and Customer Program, CICS Web Applications.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, and participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with:
- Introducing Worldwide Books Online
- Writing a pseudo conversational echo program
- Debugging applications by using CEDF
- Writing the WB presentation program
- Completing the WB presentation program, customer program, and order program
Recommended next steps:
CICS V5 CICSPlex System Manager Administration Training WM865G: CICS Command Level Coding Training
z-Systems Developer - Intro
This badge indicates the recipient has demonstrated basic COBOL and mainframe developer knowledge and skills including ISPF and JCL. The recipient can write a simple program, submit the compile, run the program and debug.
Specifically,
- Using ISPF
- COBOL Environment, Data Division, SAM file Processing, Simple compute and IF statements
- JCL Job, Exec and simple DD statement, JCL Creating a Sequential File
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To learn about our Mainframe Application Developer Boot Camp training program, click here.
Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- Using ISPF as a Text Editor
- COBOL Environment and Data Division
- COBOL VSAM Processing
- DB2 Simple Select statement
- COBOL Simple Embedded Select statement & Cursor
- JCL IDCAMS
- JCL Condition codes, concatenation, GDG
- ISPF library options
Recommended next steps: Continue with z Systems Intermediate Badge requirements.
Evidence: Transcript reflects student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments.
z-Systems Developer - Intermediate
This badge indicates the recipient has demonstrated intermediate COBOL and mainframe developer knowledge and skills including DB2, ISPF and JCL. The recipient can write COBOL programs using the following:
- COBOL Control Breaks, Subroutines, VSAM Processing, Embedded Select statement & Cursor
- DB2 Simple Select statement
- JCL IDCAMS, Condition codes, concatenation, GDG
- ISPF library options
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To learn about our Mainframe Application Developer Boot Camp training program, click here.
Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- COBOL Control Break Logic
- COBOL Using and writing subroutines
- COBOL VSAM Processing
- DB2 Simple Select statement
- COBOL Simple Embedded Select statement & Cursor
- JCL IDCAMS
- JCL Condition codes, concatenation, GDG
- ISPF library options
Recommended next steps: Continue with z Systems Advanced Badge requirements
Evidence: Transcript reflects student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments.
z-Systems Developer - Advanced
This badge indicates the recipient has mastered advanced COBOL mainframe programming and demonstrated principles of program maintenance. The recipient can create basic programs to support the business’ development or maintenance needs.
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To learn about our Mainframe Application Developer Boot Camp training program, click here.
Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- COBOL Packed and binary fields
- COBOL Single Dimension tables
- COBOL Sequential file matching logic
- COBOL Variable Length Records
- DB2 Using scaler and aggregate functions, multi table join, subselects and unions
- DB2 creating tables, views and indexes
- DB2 Stored Procedures, functions & Triggers
- JCL Procs, Sort, FTP
Recommended next steps: Recommendation is to continue in CICS, IMS, Assembler, PL/1, MQSeries, REXX, Rational Developer for z, RD Traveler
Evidence: Transcript reflects student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question and answer sessions and/or assessments.
LearnQuest IBM zOS JCL and Utilities Foundations
This badge holder can use z/OS job control language (JCL) and selected z/OS utility programs in an online batch environment. Recipients understand both Storage Management Subsystem (SMS) and non-SMS JCL.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, & participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with:
- Coding basic JCL statements, instream & cataloged procedures, procedure overrides & additions super, and sort & merge control statements
- Identifying SMS requirements
- Using symbolic parameters and selected utility programs
- Recognizing & resolving common abnormal terminations (ABENDs)
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LearnQuest IBM zOS System Foundations
This badge holder has demonstrated a solid foundation of the fundamental practical skills to navigate and work in a z/OS environment, which includes the use of ISPF/PDF dialogs, TSO/E commands, JCL, UNIX System Services shell, and BookManager.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- Using commands & functions to manipulate data set
- Identifying security considerations
- Invoking REXX exec, UNIX processes, & TSO CLIST
- Tailoring JCL & submitting batch jobs
- Reviewing job status & output using SDSF
- Manipulating HFS directories & file systems
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LearnQuest IBM z/OS Environment Foundations
This badge holder has demonstrated an acquired knowledge of the basics of the Z/OS operating systems and services and installation requirements for an enterprise server.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- Identifying installation requirements, support, storage, work management, data sets, & data set management;
- Describing security, products, tools, z/Architecture, zEnterprise, interfaces, benefits, scalability, availability, backup, & recovery;
- Using System z processor configurations & server hardware.
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LearnQuest IBM z Systems Fast Track
This badge holder has demonstrated a well-rounded introduction to the System z environment, current servers, operating systems, software utilities, and middleware. Through discussion and hands-on labs, they have proven the basic skill set to jump start productivity for technical professionals new to the mainframe environment. The skills earned in this badge can be applied across multiple mainframe job roles.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by student progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions and/or assessments associated with the following topics:
- Using commands, panels, statements, parameters, and windows;
- Building user-defined groups;
- Sending messages to the operating system;
- Entering & navigating ISPF;
- Coding JOB & EXEC statements, & DISP parameters;
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LearnQuest IBM z/OS Facilities
This badge holder has demonstrated understanding of the base elements, optional features, and servers that are provided in z/OS via the z/OS Base Control Program (BCP). The recipient can use functions to manage jobs, tasks, storage, data, and problems.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:
- Describing processes: system initialization, supervisor calls, cross memory services, allocation, recovery, & serialization;
- Describing JES, workload & storage management, & security;
- Understanding address/data/hyper-space, & paging/swapping;
- Creating a plan for installation & configuration.
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LearnQuest IBM z/OS System Programmer Foundations
This badge holder has demonstrated understanding of the basic components that apply to all z/OS systems. Recipient understands concepts that apply to the z/OS hardware platform and the z/OS software. Badge holders have performed detailed analysis & lab activities that can be applied to the system programmer role to maintain z/OS systems.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:
- POR, IPL, JES, VTAM, ISPF, SNA & TCP/IP networking, RACF, ISPF/PDF & UNIX System Services;
- Identifying software used to define, maintain, & manage catalogs & data sets;
- Using Parmlib & requirements for system initialization & operation that include System symbolics, WLM, SFM, RMF & system logger.
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LearnQuest IBM System z Hardware Management Console (HMC) Operations
This This badge holder has demonstrated experience with navigation, operation, and recovery techniques for the HMC in the System z environment. The earner knows setup and operating procedures for the HMC, and has gained in-depth problem determination skills. The individual also has experience practicing HMC operations, and knows how to utilize recovery capabilities provided by the System z servers.
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Badge Criteria and Activities
Badge earners have successfully achieved class objectives demonstrated by progress in lab exercises, attendance, participation in question & answer sessions, and/or assessments associated with:
- Identifying zEnterprise 196&114, System z10, System z9, & zSeries servers
- Describing functions provided by HMC & SE
- Using classic & tree UI; Establishing HMC/SE session; Identifying entry point I/O & Channel Problem Determination panels; Logging off from CPC session
- Establishing HMC/SE session
- ; Identifying entry point I/O & Channel Problem Determination panels
- Logging off from CPC session
