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Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA)

Synopsis

The CCDA certification (Cisco Certified Design Associate) is the first of the design certifications and supports those wishing to follow the design route. This certification indicates knowledge of design for the infrastructure, and the ability to prepare the network for implementing solutions and services. CCDA certified professionals can design routed and switched network infrastructures involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and organisations.

A CCDA certified individual will be able to:

  • Determine a customer's requirements for network performance, security, capacity, and scalability
  • Design a network infrastructure that meets these requirements
  • Articulate the benefits of the design to a customer's satisfaction
  • Develop and test a prototype network that validates the design-and demonstrate's that to a customer's satisfaction

Intended Audience

CCDA certification is intended for pre-sales and post-sales network engineers involved in the network design, planning and implementation.

Prerequisites:

Knowledge and skills to install, configure, and operate small networks. CCNA level knowledge is needed to prepare for the CCDA certification exam.

Recommended Training

The recommended Cisco training course for gaining CCDA is:

Re-certification

CCDA certifications are valid for three years. To re-certify, pass the current certification exam, or a Cisco Qualified Specialist exam (excluding Sales Specialist exams), or any Professional level exam bearing a prefix 642, or pass a CCIE written exam on or after October 1, 2004. Advancing to the next level or recertifying at the Professional level automatically renews all related Associate level certifications.

Please call our Training Sales team on 0800 651 0338 or email training@gbdirect.co.uk for more information.

Cisco training UK enquiries

UK Training enquiries and feedback form.

Cisco training UK prices

For publicly scheduled training (individual places), see our UK training schedule.

In-house training for company groups is charged at a daily rate per group — see our In-House UK Training Guidelines.

Publicly Scheduled Training Locations

We currently run public training courses in the following locations:

  • London, UK
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
  • Carshalton, Surrey, UK
  • Chester, North West, UK
  • Coventry, West Midlands, UK
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK
  • Manchester, North West, UK
  • Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK
  • Reading, Berkshire, UK
  • Slough, Berkshire, UK
  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
  • Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

Most UK public training courses are available on a monthly basis.

Please see the individual course outlines or our public training schedule for details.

In-house (on-site) training locations

We deliver in-house courses at client premises and/or training facilities in any part of the world which is practically and commercially accessible.

Our In-house training guidelines outline our basic requirements and our UK pricing structure. To estimate costs for training in other countries, simply convert to your local currency and then make a rough calculation of our tutor's costs for travelling to and staying at your location.


West Yorkshire Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
Bradford Design Exchange
34 Peckover Street
BRADFORD
BD1 5BD
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


South East Regional Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
18 Lynn Rd
ELY
CB6 1DA
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


Please note:
Non-training enquiries should be directed, initially, to our UK national office in Bradford (West Yorkshire), even if the enquiry concerns services delivered in London or South/East England. Clients in London and the South East will typically be handled by staff working in the London or Cambridge areas.