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ACE Recertification

Most of the industry maintains an expiration date on your certifications of two or three years. Before the expiration date, if you want to stay certified and current, you need to purchase new material, study from the beginning, and retest all over again. Arista will not have an expiration date.

Instead, Arista is introducing a yearly recertification program which will allow you to stay current and certified year after year without retesting. This recertification is based on a point system; you will earn points through the various learning tools available to you and through being an active participant in the Arista community.

Additionally, there is a way to recertify in a certain amount of time if you allow your certification to lapse by not meeting the yearly requirements. Life can get in the way sometimes, so Arista wants to be sure that you had a chance to regain that certification.

Recertification Program Point System

ACE certified engineers will need to accumulate a minimum of 100 points every year to maintain their Arista certification. This will be in addition to paying the annual membership fees.

Category 1: Product/Feature Courses – 15 points(required) per 2-hour course/webinar/video (must accumulate at least 60 points)
Category 2: Documented Arista-based networking projects completed – 10 points(required)(maximum of 20 points per year)
Category 3: Community Involvement – active participant (10 or more posts and answers) – 5 points(optional)
Category 4: Submitting whitepapers, Linux/Python scripts or other packages – 10 points(optional)
Category 5: Higher Level Certification courses – purchase and attend, passed exam is not required – 30 points per course (optional)

If you do not reach the required points by the annual anniversary, your certification will go inactive.
You may re-activate anytime within the following year by completing the required points, submitting your annual fee and paying a $100 re-activation fee.
After 24 months you may still re-activate by accumulating the required points that were missed over the last two years during the inactive period, pay the total sum of annual fees you have missed and re-submit an application with a $500 fee. Arista Training will review and may require additional information to reactivate the certification.

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Testimonials

This was a fantastic course that covered relevant topics. The labs were great. Amir is a great instructor who knows technology inside and out. He does the best white boarding with MS Paint that I've ever seen. He takes time to make sure everyone understands the topics.

John

ACE:L3

Tony is a very experienced instructor. He shares his experience with students in the class which is very beneficial. I would highly recommend this class for anyone who is working day-to-day on Arista gear and wants to do automation.

Anonymous

ACE:L5

Very well put together class! The labs and lab gear worked great, and most importantly - the instructor was extremely well informed and showed a genuine passion for teaching the material.

Anonymous

ACE:L3

Learning programing and automation in networking is cool.

Anonymous

ACE:L5

Amir is very experienced and was able to share his knowledge in easy to understand examples.

Rajesh

ACE:L3

Tony is very experienced and knowledgeable in the topics being discussed.

Anonymous

ACE:L5

Amir was pretty great. He was personable, open-minded and covered the material in great detail.

Anonymous

ACE:L3

The contents are great and the way Tony explain and show the examples are great. Thank you!

Anonymous

ACE:L5

Great course for individuals looking for deep dive into networking on the Arista platform. The instructor was very knowledgeable with advanced network topics and presents this information in easily digestible segments.

Kenneth

ACE:L3

Tony did a great job this week - likely one of the best instructors for networking courses i've had. His style of teaching is very clear and concise and he teaches with the intent to help you understand the material as best as possible. It's obvious he really enjoys teaching these courses.

Jim

ACE:L5

One of the best instructors I ever met. Thank you Elan!

Vasyl

NCT

The instructor is pretty good at teaching, I'm a visual learner so he did a pretty good job by explaining through drawing...making it easier to understand the complex content.

Marcelo

NCT

Tony is a fantastic instructor! He really knows the materials and goes the extra mile. When we ran into a defect in Ansible, he demonstrated how to implement a workaround and, leading by example, reported the defect upstream. That level of engagement is contagious and great to see!

Paul

ACE:L5

Great content and the labs were really good and relevant. Everything was well thought out and flowed really well.

Anonymous

ACE:L5

Tony is a great teacher with experience to back it up. He is very interactive and easy to talk to. Clear to understand.

Anonymous

ACE:L5

Elan is a great instructor. He makes everything visual which is great for visual learners like me.

Anonymous

NCT

Instructor was fantastic. Clearly has a strong command of the material and a great teaching style. I specifically liked the drawings as compared to "death by powerpoint"

Eric

NCT