Online Course – IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Certified Professional Certificate

IBM z/OS Training Campus lets you jumpstart your career in business technology. Gain skills on the IBM Z platform, used by the world’s leading businesses.

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Professional Certificate

Intermediate level

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Basic skills in corporate computing
  • Hands-on experience on an IBM Z server
  • Understanding of different operating systems
  • Knowledge of Mainframe applications
  • Ability to develop Mainframe applications
  • System programming skills
  • System management capability
  • Expertise as a DBA

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Mainframe Application Developer
  • System programmer
  • system administrator
  • DBA Expert

Professional Certificate – Three-course course series

This professional certificate is designed to provide the foundational skills required to begin a career in the enterprise computing platform that powers over 68% of transactions worldwide. Companies all over the world are looking for these skills to manage their critical system workloads. In this course series, participants will be exposed to various operating systems, mainframe applications, and gain real-time hands-on experience on the IBM Z server. The skills acquired upon completion of this professional certificate will enable participants to pursue a career as a mainframe application developer, system programmer, system administrator, or DBA.

There are three courses in this specialization, please be sure to complete all three to maximize your time and effort.

  • Course 1: Introduction to Corporate Computing
  • Course 2: Getting Started with Mainframe Using z/OS Commands and Panels
  • Course 3: Basic System Programming on IBM Z

Upon successful completion of this professional certificate, learners will be eligible to receive the IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner professional certificate badge. More information is available here .

Applied Learning Project

This specialization is designed to kick-start your career on the enterprise computing platform that powers over 68% of the world’s transactions. Learners will build a complete foundation of skills in IBM Z hardware and software, specifically around z/OS and system administration. This course includes hands-on labs on a real IBM Z server (no simulations), giving the participant realistic experience.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to Enterprise Computing

Course 1

  • 9 hours
  • 4.7 (924 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn

  • Identify the different architecture families, explain the improvements in each architecture family, and the operating system functions.
  • Explain the concept of Sysplex and describe the methods available for securing z/OS
  • Define the IOCP statements for IOCDS and explain the concept of session profiles
  • Describe the process of starting an operating system.

Skills you will gain

  • Category: Mainframe
  • Category: Enterprise Software
  • Category: Information Security
  • Category: IBM Z
  • Category: z/OS

Getting Started with Mainframe Using z/OS Commands and Dialogs

Course 2

  • 15 hours
  • 4.7 (414 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn

  • Review key z/OS concepts
  • Connect to TSO and open ISPF/PDF
  • Navigate ISPF/PDF dialogs and use basic ISPF/PDF and ISPF editor functions
  • Use ISPF/PDF to assign data sets and edit data sets using ISPF editor commands

Skills you will gain

  • Category: z/OS commands
  • Category: Dialogues
  • Category: SysOp
  • Category: System Administration
  • Category: TSO

Basic system programming on IBM Z

Course 3

  • 18 hours
  • 4.8 (349 ratings)

Course Details

What you will learn

  • Explain how to submit and view JCL output
  • Describe the use of applications such as CICS, IMS, and DB2 on z/OS
  • Summarize the application services offered in UNIX
  • Describe the purpose, benefits, and functions offered by z/OSMF

Skills you will gain

  • Category: JCL
  • Category: System Programming
  • Category: System Administration
  • Category: Unix
  • Category: DB2