IBM Digital Badges

The IBM Z Mainframe Computing Industry now has a series of IBM Issued, IBM Endorsed, Industry Recognized, Z Mainframe Skill & Knowledge Credentials.

Digital credentials have revolutionized the way the technical community assesses and promotes skills and achievements. The IBM Digital Badge Program is at the leading edge of this badging revolution and has developed these benchmark credentials for mainframe computing professionals at all levels to learn, invest, and promote their expertise in the global mainframe computing arena

MAINFRAME ORGANIZATIONS MAINFRAME PERSONNEL Improved Training Results & ROI Develop A Personal Z Brand Proven to exponentially increase workforce-wide training Proudly display the IBM endorsed depth & participation, training completions & overall results breadth of your z Mainframe skills & Knowl- Improved Workforce Engagement edge IBM Badges provide the Recognition that is shown to Broadcast Achievements make employees 3X more engaged at work, significantly Keep peers & management current on your increasing the quality AND quantity of workforce output! skills & achievements via social Improved Workforce Retention media & corporate communications Studies show that Recognized employees are only HALF Drive Your Own Development as likely to leave, keeping those hard-to-find skilled More training = more badges. Be the first mainframers in your organization! choice for the next project or promotion. Your career will thank you!

IBM Digital Credentials & Interskill Learning IBM recognizes Interskill’s mainframe training pedigree and now offers 50 official IBM Digital Credentials for Interskill course curricula completions.

IBM Mainframe Application Programmer

Mainframe Assembler Assembler CICS Programming Programming Programming - Programming - - Experienced Environment Experienced Expert IBM IBM IBM IBM

CICS Programming COBOL COBOL DB2 SQL Coding - Expert Programming - Programming - IBM IBM Experienced Expert IBM IBM

IMS 15 DB2 Programming - PL/1 Programming Programming Programming - Experienced - Expert Tools Experienced IBM IBM IBM IBM

IBM z Systems Academic Initiative Key Technologies & Professional Development

Coaching and IBM Enterprise z Mentoring for Blockchain Computing Technical Foundations Essentials Specialists IBM IBM IBM IBM Mainframe Operator

IMS 15 CICS v5.3 JES2 Monitoring & DB2 Operations Operations - Operations Management IBM Experienced IBM IBM IBM

z/OS Infrastructure z/OS System Network z/VM Monitoring & and Systems Problem Analysis Operations Management Operations and Resolution IBM IBM IBM IBM

IBM Mainframe Specialist

Job Control Operations Job Control Job - and Programming - Language Language - Experienced Expert Experienced IBM IBM IBM IBM

Mainframe Z Mainframe Mainframe REXX Programming - Business Infrastructure Utilities and VSAM Experienced Operations Awareness IBM IBM IBM IBM

SDSF TSO and ISPF z/OS UNIX System IBM IBM Services

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Mainframe Systems Programmer

Data IMS 15 - Problem Programming Management Experienced Diagnosis Tools and Resolution IBM IBM IBM IBM

System Configuration, System Monitoring Workflow Initialization and Management Management and Shutdown IBM IBM IBM

Other IBM Mainframe Roles

Mainframe Mainframe Storage Mainframe Security Production Administrator - Administrator - Scheduler - Tivoli Managing RACF - Expert Workload Scheduler Mainframe Storage IBM IBM IBM

IBM i

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IBM i System IBM i System Administrator - IBM i System IBM i Operator - Administrator - LPAR and Virtualization Administrator - Experienced Journal Management - Management - Security -

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IBM i System Administrator - Storage Management - Experienced

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