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Getting started with

AWS Training and
Certification
ACCELERATE YOUR CAREER,
BOOST YOUR IMPACT,
LEARN YOUR WAY

Jack Romanous
Technical Trainer
Amazon Web Services

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5M cloud jobs unfilled globally
due to skill shortages.

Source: Draup, Cloud Talent Demand and Supply Analysis, sponsored by AWS, June 2022.

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97% who completed digital skills
training experienced increased
opportunities for promotion.
79% of workers with advanced
digital skills express high job
satisfaction.
Source: AWS Gallup Digital Skills Report, The Economic Benefits of A Tech-savvy Workforce, November 2022.

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 Upskill in the cloud, accelerate your career
AWS Training and Certification increases Learner’s
productivity and value in the workplace:

84% said it improved 90% said it improved their 90% said it was the reason
their on the job efficiency ability to build services and they were selected to work
and effectiveness solve business problems on special cloud projects

Source: ESG whitepaper, sponsored by AWS, Training and Certification Help Leaners
Thrive in an Increasingly Cloud-first World, January 2022

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AWS Training and
Certification

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AWS Training and Certification: core offerings

Instructor led training: Digital training: AWS Certification:

virtual and in-person AWS Skill Builder Get Certified

Live classes with Q&A led by Over 600 free, on-demand Validate your cloud
instructors who will teach you courses and learning plans knowledge, skills, and
in-demand cloud skills and best that help you learn cloud expertise with an AWS
practices in a hands-on skills and services when and Certification to give you
environment. where it’s convenient. confidence and credibility.

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Instructor led training:
virtual and in-person

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Free AWS training examples
Example Courses Description Level Length
AWS Cloud Practitioner Covers an overview of cloud concepts, AWS services, security,
Foundational 5 hours
Essentials architecture, pricing, and support.

Covers the rationale for using AWS Lambda, how the service
AWS Technical Essentials Day Foundational 4 hours
works, and how you can get started using it. Includes a demo.

Machine Learning Basics Learn about the fundamentals of machine learning. Foundational 1 hour

The course covers the different security design principles that

Securing your AWS Cloud Foundational 1 hours
will help you plan your security approach in the AWS Cloud.
Exam Prep: AWS Certified
Reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and
Cloud Practitioner – Foundational 3 hours
teaches you how to interpret the concepts being tested.
Foundational
Exam Prep: AWS Certified
Reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and
Solutions Architect – Intermediate 3 hours
teaches you how to interpret the concepts being tested.
Associate
Learn how to prepare for the AWS Developer – Associate
Exam Prep: AWS Certified
exam by exploring its main topic areas and how they map to Intermediate 2 hours
Developer – Associate
developing on AWS.

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Training webinars
Free, live online events led by an AWS subject matter expert that help the builders
of today and tomorrow leverage the power of the AWS Cloud
• Engaging: Presented live by an AWS
instructor. Get your questions answered
on the spot!

• Comprehensive: Topics range from Cloud

Practitioner to Machine Learning and
Exam prep.

• Always on: Held weekly and constantly

being updated!
Access these events at:
aws.amazon.com/training/events

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Classroom training
In-person and virtual training from instructors who teach you or your team in-
demand cloud skills in a hands-on learning environment

• Relevant: Learn real-world best practices

• Immersive: Solve complex problems

through hands-on labs, in-depth
discussion, and analysis

• Relevant: ~35 courses for a variety of

roles and levels

• Flexible: Public, private, and virtual

delivery available

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AWS Ramp-Up Guides
Our downloadable guides offer a variety of
resources to help you build your skills and
knowledge of the AWS Cloud.
Each guide features carefully selected digital
training, classroom courses, videos, whitepapers,
certifications,
and more.

Explore the guides:

Browse by Role Browse by Solution Browse by Industry

Access these guides at:

aws.amazon.com/training/ramp-up-guides

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Demo:
AWS Training Events
and Ramp-Up Guides

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Digital training:
AWS Skill Builder

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 Build cloud skills with AWS Skill Builder,
our online learning center

Exam preparation AWS Builder Labs Game-based learning Use case challenges

A variety of interactive and immersive training, plus 600+ self-paced digital courses and
learning plans - developed by the experts at AWS

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AWS learning plans
50+ Flexible learning plans help you
build in-demand cloud skills
Follow a curated path to build your
knowledge in a specific role or technical
domain:
• Earn a digital badge upon completing
your assessment with a score of 80% or
higher for select learning plans including
Cloud Essentials and Solutions Architect
• Optimized to accelerate AWS skill
development

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AWS Certification Exam Prep
Test your knowledge with official exam
prep by AWS

AWS Certification exam preparation

• Provide teams with technical content, practice
questions, Builder Labs and AWS Certification
Official Practice Exams

AWS Certification Official Practice Exams

• Full-length practice exams
• Same question style, rigor, and scoring as AWS
Certification Exams

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AWS Builder Labs
125+ labs to get hands-on experience
at your own pace

Gain hands-on skills by building solutions

using the AWS Management Console
environment:
• Access a broad catalog of labs across
solutions and services
• Learn with step-by-step instructions
• Build practical skills without risk of
impacting production applications

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AWS Jam Challenges
250+ open-ended challenges to verify
your building expertise

Put your newfound skills to the test:

• Gamified real-world scenarios
• Work to complete open-ended challenges
across common AWS use cases
• Collaborate with teams and compete with
others in a Jam event, or explore on your
own with a Jam Journey

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AWS Industry Quest
Game-based training for industry needs

Solution assignments for common industry

use cases:
• Practice building solutions for your industry’s
most common challenges
• Gain cloud skills to deploy industry solutions
beginning with access to 29 Financial Services
industry (FSI) solution-building assignments
and more to come
• Customize your avatar and office, then take
your virtual firm to the top

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AWS Cloud Quest
ONLY ROLE-PLAYING GAME TO BUILD AWS CLOUD SKILLS

A role-playing video game that

develops practical cloud skills through
hands-on experiential learning

Gameplay :
• Business problems into technical solutions Cloud Practitioner Serverless Developer
• Interactive simulations Solutions Architect
Security Specialist
Machine Learning Specialist
Data Analytics Specialist
• Learning activities that transform the city

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Demo:
AWS Skill Builder

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Game-based learning

“Learners consume 3 to 4
times more content when
immersed in a game-based
learning environment.”
Based on a report about the Metaverse in Training
Published by TSIA - https://www.tsia.com/resources/the-impact-
of-the-metaverse-on-training

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AWS Cloud Quest
ONLY ROLE-PLAYING GAME TO BUILD AWS CLOUD SKILLS

6 Distinct learning paths | 75 Solution building quests | 150+ Learning videos

500+ Quiz questions | 100+ Architecture puzzles
100+ Hours of learning

Cloud Solutions Serverless Security Machine Data

Practitioner Architect Developer Learning Analytics

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AWS Cloud Quest
ONLY ROLE-PLAYING GAME TO BUILD AWS CLOUD SKILLS

1 2 3

Customer Conversation Learn Concepts Plan

(Business problem) (Interactive architecture (Review tasks)
walkthrough)
4 5 6

Practice DIY Collect Rewards

(Build part of solution) (Add component, validate final (Transform the city and your
solution) Avatar)
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What AWS Skill Builder subscriptions offer
Special features Free Individual Team
digital training subscription subscription
600+ On-Demand Courses and Learning Plans
Standard Exam Prep Courses
AWS Certification Official Practice Question Sets
AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner
Digital Badges
Unlimited Access to 125+ AWS Builder Labs
AWS Cloud Quest: Intermediate & Advanced Roles
AWS Industry Quest: Financial Services
Enhanced Exam Prep Courses (with practice materials)
AWS Certification Official Practice Exams
AWS Jam Journeys
AWS Jam Events
Administrator Dashboard
Comprehensive Reporting
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AWS Certification

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AWS Certification(s) are industry recognized
Help individuals validate their skills and expertise, and organizations to identify
and hire the right talent to accelerate digital transformation.

We have more than one million

active AWS Certification(s),
a number that grew more than
29% in the past year.

More than 650K individuals hold

associate, professional, or specialty
AWS Certification(s).

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 AWS Certification builds your credibility

87% say being AWS Certified

increased their confidence.
79% say it increased
influence among coworkers.

Source: ESG Research Insights Paper, Training and Certification Help candidates Thrive in an Increasingly Cloud-first World
- Skilling Up and Validating Capabilities with AWS Training and Certification Drives Job Effectiveness, Career Growth, and
Job Satisfaction; January 2022.

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AWS Certification
What IT leaders say about having AWS Certified staff:

91% say it drives 90% report increased 86% say it improved

innovation productivity security

Source: ESG whitepaper, sponsored by AWS, Understanding the Value of AWS Certifications to Organizations,
October 2020.

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Available AWS Certification(s)
Foundational Professional
Knowledge-based Role-based certification that validate
certification for advance skills and knowledge
foundational required to design secure, optimized,
understanding of and modernized applications and to
AWS Cloud. automate processes on AWS.
No prior experience 2 years of prior AWS Cloud
needed. experience recommended.

Associate Specialty
Role-based certification that showcase your Dive deeper and position
knowledge and skills on AWS and build yourself as a trusted
credibility as an AWS Cloud professional. advisor to your
Prior cloud and/or strong on-premises IT stakeholders and/or
experience recommended. customers in these
strategic areas.
Refer to the exam guides
for recommended
experience.

Choose your AWS Certification Path aligned

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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
is the #1 most in-demand
IT certification in 2022.

Source: CIO, Top 15 IT certifications in demand for 2022, January 2022.

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect -
Associate
is listed among 15 top-paying
certifications of 2022.

Source: Skillsoft’s list of 15 top-paying certifications of 2022, September 2022.

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect -
Professional
ranks #1 among 15 top-paying
certifications of 2022.

Source: Skillsoft’s list of 15 top-paying certifications of 2022, September 2022.

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4 Steps to prepare for an AWS Certification

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Prepare for AWS Certification
Step 1: Get to know the exam and exam – style questions
www.skillbuilder.aws

1. Review the exam guide.

2. Sign up for access to 600+ free digital
self-paced courses on
AWS Skill Builder, our online learning
center.
3. Familiarize yourself with exam-style
questions by enrolling and taking the
Skill Builder AWS Certification Official
Practice Question Set for your exam.
4. Review your results to identify gaps in
exam topics you need to focus on.

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Prepare for AWS Certification
Step 2: Learn about exam topics on AWS Skill Builder

1. Fill gaps in your foundational knowledge you’ve identified,

by enrolling in self-paced digital courses or a
comprehensive Learning Plan.

2. Build hands-on, practical skills by becoming an AWS Skill

Builder subscriber.

Unlock access to:

• Develop and apply practical skills with access to 150+
AWS Builder Labs, with guided instruction in an AWS
Management Console sandbox

• AWS Cloud Quest intermediate & advanced role-

based games develop your practical skills in a sandbox
environment.

• Verify your building expertise by solving open-ended

challenges in a sandbox environment with AWS Jam
Journey.

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Prepare for AWS Certification
Step 3: Prepare for your exam

Now that you’ve filled the necessary gaps in your foundational

knowledge, its time to prepare for your exam.

1. Digital training: enroll in an exam prep course by selecting from

two options Skill Builder:

• Standard free digital exam prep course

• Enhanced exam prep course with additional

hands-on practice materials and AWS Certification Official
Practice Exams* - An AWS Skill Builder subscription is
required

(Available for selected exams.)

2. Instructor led training: register for a live instructor led exam

prep training webinar event and our AWS expert trainers can
answer your questions

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Prepare for AWS Certification
• Step 4: Verify your exam readiness

1. Through your Skill Builder

subscription, take an AWS
Certification Official Practice Exam
which includes:

• exam-style scoring and pass/fail

• Answer feedback on each

question

• Recommended resources to
deepen knowledge of key topics

• Exam simulation settings (timed,

answers shown after completion)

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Where and how should you test?
AWS Certification
Testing Center Online Proctoring
Exams
Test in person at a Pearson
Location Test from home or a private space that meets requirements
VUE testing center
Equipment Testing center provided Use your own computer

Availability Pearson VUE Pearson VUE

Appointment times Vary by center English: 24x7

Japanese: Mon – Sat, 9 am – 4 pm JST
Exam language All available languages
Spanish (Latin America): Mon – Fri, 10:00 am - 5:45 pm EST
Proctor language Local language options vary Mandarin*: Mon – Fri, 8:00 am – 5 pm CST

Breaks Breaks allowed No breaks permitted

Taking notes Dry erase board provided Digital whiteboard only

*For candidates in Mainland China only

Learn about the testing option that works best for you: Schedule an Exam

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AWS Certification benefits

Digital Badges Exam Discount Event Recognition AWS Certified

Global Community
Showcase your Get access to a 50% Receive invites to Gain access to our AWS
AWS Certification discount voucher to regional Appreciation Certified community
achievement with apply toward Receptions and use on Influitive; network
digital badges on your recertification or any your digital badge to and connect with your
social media and email other exam. get exclusive access to peers.
signatures and to AWS Certification
gain immediate access Lounges at AWS
to exclusive AWS- re:Invent and select
sponsored certification AWS Summit events.
events.

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Session review
• Increasing demand for skilled talent across the globe
• Employers focused on upskilling and reskilling their employees
• Higher ROI, job satisfaction, job security and pay through skills development
• Cloud computing, one of the most in-demand hard skills
• AWS Training and Certification core offerings include:
• Instructor led training virtual or in-person
• Digital training through AWS Skill Builder
• AWS Certification(s)

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AWS Training & Certification

Access 600+ free digital courses with AWS Skill Builder

Focus on the cloud skills and services that are most relevant to
you across 30+ AWS solutions, including digital self-paced
learning plans and ramp-up guides.

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Validate your cloud expertise with an AWS Certification

Take the step towards earning an industry-recognised credential.
Learn more about how to become an AWS Certified Cloud
Practitioner, and AWS resources that can help you prepare.
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Thank you!
Jack Romanous
Technical Trainer
Amazon Web Services

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