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Subject: Re: RFC: a new try for an official community approved certification
From: Chris Mair <chris@1006.org>
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 09:14:33 +0200
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 Tatsuo Ishii <ishii@sraoss.co.jp>
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>>=20
>> Note that LPI-Japan (a non profit organization) already has a Postgres-c=
ertification
>> exam that can be taken world-wide through Pearson-VUE:
>>=20
>> https://oss-db.jp/eng_exam
>>=20
>> AFAIK right now this is Japanese-only. But there have been attempts to o=
ffer this in
>> English too - see this old thread:
>=20
> I heard from LPI-Japan that they have already offered English
> PostgreSQL certifications:
>=20
> https://oss-db.jp/eng_exam
> https://lpi.or.jp/en/
> --
> Tatsuo Ishii
> SRA OSS LLC
> English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en/
> Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp
>=20

Hi all,

we have confirmation that LPI-Japan is offering their OSS-DB in english
once again! I'm forwarding, with permission, the below message that was sen=
t
off-list.

Bye,
Chris.


> From: =E6=B5=85=E5=88=A9=E5=BA=B7=E4=BA=8C <koji.asari@lpi.or.jp>
> Subject: Re: RFC: a new try for an official community approved certificat=
ion
> Date: 14 June 2023 at 08:17:05 CEST
>
> Hello all,
>
> Thank you for the introduction, Ishii-san!
> We started to conduct the OSS-DB certification in 2011, which is a Postgr=
eSQL certification that was taken over from SRA OSS.
> And, many candidates take the exam and the number is still increasing eve=
ry year.
> Major exam takers are Japanese currently, but we also have the English ve=
rsion of the OSS-DB exam and you can take the exam at a number of Pearson V=
ue locations around the world.
> Feel free to ask us, if you have some questions.
>
> Regards,
>
> ---
> Koji Asari
> LPI-Japan
> https://lpi.or.jp/en/