By Anna Valmero
PASAY CITY, METRO MANILA - Huawei Technologies has partnered with Asia Pacific College to establish a a certification training program for engineering and ICT (information and communications technology) students.
“Through this certification program, we are preparing a qualified manpower pool to fit the requirements of the industry,” said Richard Yang, Huawei country manager for enterprise business group.
After a decade of doing business in the country, this is the first time the network equipment maker assigned a local college as its authorized learning partner under the Huawei certified Datacom Associate or HCDA program.
Yang said this signals Huawei’s business expansion from its traditional base of telecom clients to the bigger enterprise market.
The HCDA program is available to IP network maintenance engineers and other professionals working with carrier-class IP networks.
The curriculum includes IP network basics, Ethernet technology, WAN technology, RIP protocol basics, OSPF protocol basics and its actualization in VRP, fire-wall basics, product knowledge, know-how for network equipment O&M.
HCDA capabilities include conforming with industry norms, and skills to apply routing technology and switching technology.
“Bringing-in Huawei technology and the HCDA courseware in the college can enable the students in learning computer networking and infrastructure beyond classroom experience,” said Yang.
Engineer Stanley Brucal, School of Engineering program director at Asia Pacific College, said the Huawei certification program will help students to learn computer networking beyond classroom work and equip them with skills needed by the industry.
“It will be integrated into the current Computer and Electronics Engineering curricula to strengthen the data communication knowledge and skills of its students,” said Brucal.
Huawei has implemented this training program in China, Indonesia and Thailand.
