Where to start with google Associate Certification

[Heli0s]

Hi All,

 

I've been wanting to start the google Associate Certification for some time but I have no idea where to enrol or officially start the certification course! So simple question, can someone point me in the right direction please! And is there any cost? If there is I'll have to provide info to our finance dept.

 

Cheers,

Jamie C

[elsiegee40]

@Zoom7000 is aGoogle Certified Trainer perhaps he can comment

[elsiegee40]

@Heli0s if Zoom7000 doesn’t respond, send him a PM

[Zoom7000]

The Google Associate Certification fall out of the education area, so this isn't something I've come across. Having said that, I've done a quick search and found the Associate Cloud Engineer certification. Unlike the education specific certifications, I've found that these certifications don't come with much in terms of training or resources. In fact, if you click the links to the FAQs, there is a preparations and resources section that take you here, where it quite literally says "Hands-on real world experience is critical to preparing for Google Cloud certification exams."

 

This was the case for when I did the ChromeOS IT Admin exam (now discontinued). There is a link to the Google Cloud training portal, but the general assumption usually is that you are already working with these tools if you are looking to certify.

 

Maybe if someone else has already done these exams they can confirm right or wrong. But this was my experience from the ChromeOS IT Admin exam.

[Ditto]

The hands on experience expectations makes life much more challenging and does make it harder for those trying to start iut. The nearest experience I have found is doing Coursera courses. See https://www.coursera.org/search?query=Google cloud&

[slugshead]

Yeah it's all through coursera

 

They do a plan for teams, if you the hold budget and have funds for training, grab a subscription for your team