Saturday, September 24, 2011

Are you a Certified Person?

Autodesk certifications are industry-recognized credentials that can help you succeed in your design career—providing benefits to both you and your employer.
The Building Information Model (BIM) fund aims to help firms to adopt BIM technology into their work processes to improve their productivity by defraying part of the cost incurred in training, consultancy, software or hardware.
One of the criteria for BIM fund application is your firm must employed a Certified Person (for Revit users, either Revit Architecture Certified Associate or Revit Architecture Certified Professional).To earn Certification you need to pass an Autodesk Certification Exam or a series of exams.
Take a course at an ATC (NTUC LearningHub, IMAGINiT,..) and/or purchase an Autodesk Official Training Guide to prepare.  Be sure to practice using the software, as direct experience using the application is critical to your success. After that take the required exam at ATC (NTUC LearningHub, IMAGINiT,..).

Reference Books

1-Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 by Eddy Krygiel, Phil Read and James Vandezande. It is published by Sybex/Wiley Publishing, Inc.
2-The Unofficial Revit 2011 Certification Exam Guide

Free Online Test

1-Revit Associate Certification Practice Exam by Elise Moss
2-Full Exam by Cesar Escalante (IDEATE)
3-Revit Architecture Assessment Test 1 by Steven Tan (CPG)
4-Revit Architecture Assessment Test 2 by Steven Tan (CPG)
5-Revit Architecture Assessment Test 3 by Steven Tan (CPG)