📜 Certifications & Training Overview

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This page provides a full overview of all certifications (earned, self-studied, and aligned by practical experience), with descriptions and context for each entry.

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OSHA 10 Certificate
Completed OSHA 10-hour safety training covering hazard recognition, incident prevention, and workplace safety protocols for technical and industrial environments.

Scissor Lift Certified
Certified to operate scissor lifts safely under regulated safety standards. Includes platform control and elevation safety.

Articulating Boom Lift Certified
Authorized to operate articulating boom lifts in elevated workspaces, with training in movement control, safety compliance, and hazard avoidance.

FANUC HandlingTool Certified
Training and certification in robotic arm setup, programming, safe movement, and error correction using FANUC's teach pendant.

FANUC iRVision Certified
Certified in FANUC iRVision camera-based vision systems for part detection, object alignment, and robotic quality inspection (2D/3D).


đź§  Self-Study + Practical Experience Equivalents

CompTIA A+ (Equivalent)
Extensive real-world experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting hardware/software systems across enterprise environments. Aligned to and exceeds A+ competencies.

CompTIA Network+ (Equivalent)
Deep practical experience in LAN/WAN design, VPNs, firewall setup, DHCP, DNS, routing/switching, and secure network architecture in enterprise settings.

CompTIA Security+ (Equivalent)
Hands-on experience in endpoint security, risk management, secure access, and incident response in healthcare, finance, and government IT environments.

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate - Equivalent)
Proficiency in routing, switching, VLANs, IP addressing, ACLs, and Cisco CLI. Applied across real enterprise environments for years.

CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional - Equivalent)
Advanced skills in network infrastructure and protocol design (EIGRP, OSPF, BGP), subnetting, QoS, and WAN services—applied in multi-site infrastructures.

MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer - Equivalent)
Years of experience designing and managing Active Directory, Group Policy, Windows Server architecture, and Exchange services in Microsoft enterprise environments.

PMP (Project Management Professional - Equivalent)
Project lifecycle management from planning to closure. Managed multi-phase IT infrastructure projects with budgets, timelines, risk mitigation, and stakeholder coordination.

CISM (Certified Information Security Manager - Equivalent)
Implemented secure system deployments, compliance enforcement, and risk policy creation across HIPAA/government environments.

CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional - Equivalent)
Real-world implementation of identity/access management, asset security, system hardening, and incident response planning within regulated industries.

VCP (VMware Certified Professional - Equivalent)
Managed vSphere/ESXi environments including VM deployment, storage config, vSwitches, and high availability planning.

Kubernetes (Practical Experience)
Functional understanding and hands-on application of Kubernetes for container orchestration and service scaling in test/dev environments.

Terraform (Practical Experience)
Used in backend development and infrastructure-as-code projects to build reproducible cloud infrastructure components.

Ansible (Practical Experience)
Used for system configuration and environment automation in test labs. Experience with playbooks and role-based provisioning.

Docker (Practical Experience)
Experience using Docker containers for isolated services and platform testing across AI, web, and automation projects.

CI/CD Pipelines (Practical Experience)
Involved in streamlining development and deployment workflows using version control, automated testing, and continuous integration practices.

For more detail on applied skills and tools, visit the IT Skills & Software Proficiencies page.