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Skill certifications

Validate your expertise with industry-recognized skill certifications.

What is Certification ?

Give yourself a competitive edge by taking courses and exams to gain Knowledge and Skill Certification.

Whether you want to develop your personal career path or to demonstrate the expertise of your team, TM Forum Certification exhibits your knowledge and understanding of the use of our industry recognized, in-demand standards and best practices.

Knowledge Certification is awarded to individuals who attend a course and pass the associated exam.

Skill Certification is given to individuals who complete the combination of required courses and exams in each skill path, demonstrating the required knowledge to competently navigate business challenges such as business process modeling, information modeling, revenue assurance and more.

TM Forum Career Certification
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How does it work?

See the list of skill paths to help you plan your training

Skill paths

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Why get Certification?

Develop your own career or grow the skills of your employees to optimize agility, improve business processes and provide solutions that directly meet your customer’s needs.

TM Forum skill paths:

  • Are designed to help you attain and communicate your industry expertise
  • Ensure you can invest with confidence that our courses are built from years of expert collaboration on industry agreed and accepted standards
  • Provide a useful career planning tool with defined paths
  • Give your team the competitive edge with demonstrated knowledge to succeed in our ever-changing digital economy

Skill path

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Attend training

Online or on-site

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Sit the associated exams

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Congratulations!

You’re now Knowledge or Career Certified! Prove your knowledge as you appear alongside the best in the industry, with your name listed on the TM Forum website.

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Make the most of your Career Certification!

  • Include it in your resume/CV
  • Update your LinkedIn and TM Forum Community profile
  • Prove your value within your business and differentiate yourself with your customers
  • Add it to your email signature and business cards

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