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Hi Everyone,
Please can someone tell me if there is such thing as an Excel VBA qualification, as in a certificate that can be achieved as evidence of someone's VBA skills?
Many thanks in advance,
Rowan
Hi Everyone,
Please can someone tell me if there is such thing as an Excel VBA qualification, as in a certificate that can be achieved as evidence of someone's VBA skills?
Many thanks in advance,
Rowan
I know there are MS qualifications, but not sure if You can get a specific called "VBA".
But I can tell you there is another qualification called "VBA qualification by doing" which is free.
MS certification. VBA is not a dedicated topic.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en...id=5HOS0JnSstg
VBAExpress offer a certificate
http://www.vbaexpress.com/training/
Thanks for the responses.
RowanB,
In my opinion (Stress it is ONLY my own experience), The best route is by doing, but where do you start? I tried books. Books are good for reference, but you can not visualise what is written in a book, but you can in video. You can easily find hundreds on-line on any topic you wish. Some teach you right from scratch. You can watch what goes on excel and try it yourself. There is added bonus-you do it on own time, no need to go to any building, or tied up to any time. What you need is simple: Motivation and Desire to learn.
The problem with certifications, as I've been learning, is that everyone and their dog used to be able to get certified regardless of their skill, which actually made the certifications moot. I agree with AB33, the best certification you can is experience. That includes at work as well as answering questions on forums like this one.
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there is a difference between being able to do it and being able to say I'm certified to do it.
Sure, learning and doing will get you the first, but if you are trying to convey to somebody else the level of your ability then you need a 'yard stick'. That's what the cert is. Whether that cert is worth anything is a different matter.
Rather than a cert you could build a body of work (web posts/forum posts etc) to demonstrate your skills.
But unless you post some "original" content who to say you actually have the ability. Only takes a couple of secs to google, copy & paste. Then the only thing you are good at is google, copy & paste.
Originally Posted by Andy Pope
I'm going to put that on my resume below VBA programming.
Andy,
I am sure you have got lots of experience in the world of VBA than many of us. There is no recognised professional body for VBA. Anyone who claims to be "Expert in VBA" can run course and charge astronomical price (£500 per day). These courses are not original work of the Author, but as you said , are copy and paste from on-line free information. Personally, there is little point of paying lots of money for rote learning while I can get it myself for free. This is just my opinion.
Last edited by AB33; 06-12-2013 at 11:01 AM.
I don't disagree in general with what you are saying.
But to the OPs question there is a difference between learning and qualification (as I read it). How do you prove to a future/current employer how good you are?
One way is to have a recognised qualification. Trouble is, as you say, there are none (at least from the big name providers.)
My copy/paste comment was made not so much at trainers as to somebody trying to prove their own ability.
I'd say my VBA skills are pretty strong. I've been programming Excel tools in my job for over a year now. I just wondered if it's worth getting a certificate, but doesn't sound worth it at all.
The most effective way of demonstrating my skills would be to just give the employer a presentation / demo of the VBA tools I've made, but that's not always feasible.
Last edited by RowanB; 06-12-2013 at 11:36 AM.
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