Alex, The way it works is that whatever the date you last achieved any of the LPIC certifications is the date you need to base this on.
For example, if you took and passed both the LPIC-2 exams almost 5 years ago, as long as you take either a) the two LPIC-2 exams again, or b) an LPIC-3 exam, you will be brought up to current and will have 5 more years before you need to recertify. If you have only taken 1 of the 2 exams that are needed to achieve the LPIC-2, you MUST take the 2nd one before your certification status expires in order to keep current. There's a great FAQ section on the site about this: http://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/faq If all else fails, please send an email to "i...@lpi.org" and Customer Service will do thier best to answer your question and help you out! Ross -- Ross Brunson Director of Member Services Linux Professional Institute em: rbrun...@lpi.org sk: rossbrunson ph: 916.304.2112 On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Chris Andrews <candrew...@hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi. > > I'm trying to find out if I can still take the 202 exam. > > I passed exam 201 towards the LPIC2 on Dec 2010 (approx 3yrs & 4 months > ago) and I received the LPIC1 on Feb 2009 (5 yrs ago). > > I see that exams stay current for 5 yrs. The requirements web pg states > that you need LPIC1 as prereq for LPIC2. > > My question is, Can I take the 202 exam and receive the LPIC 2? > > I have been progressing under assumption that as long as I kept taking an > exam(s)within 5 year period that would keep things current to continue to > progress with the next exam in the sequence; 101, 102, 201, 202, 301 ... > 3. Is this correct? > > I am hoping because I completed the LPI 201 exam 3 years ago in Dec 2010, > that this keep me current and allows me to continue to progress and that I > can take the 202 to receive the LPIC2, please confirm > > thank you > > > From: al...@rosedu.org > > Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 18:01:24 +0200 > > To: lpi-discuss@lpi.org > > Subject: Re: [lpi-discuss] FAQ :- Do LPI certifications expire? > > > > > On 28 December 2013 01:53, Anselm Lingnau <anselm.ling...@linupfront.de> > wrote: > > > Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > > > >> Can someone please help me understand recertification process? > > > > > > First of all, LPI certifications don't expire – or at least they don't > expire > > > like some other certifications do, as in »the certification > organisation will > > > forget that you ever existed«. > > > > I beg to differ on that. > > > > My experience with other certification providers is the same as with LPI. > > Nobody will tell you that after $TIMEOUT years, it's like you never > > passed the exams. They will say that you were certified many years > > ago. > > > > > > > > What does happen is that five years after you gained an LPI > certificate, the > > > status of that certificate in LPI's database is set to »inactive«. The > > > reasoning behind this is that if LPI hasn't heard from you in five > years, your > > > Linux admin skills may have become a bit rusty (Linux being the moving > target > > > that it is). However, the fact that you did pass the certificate at > some point > > > will stay on record forever. (Both your certificate and your little > LPIC card > > > give the date of your certification, so if you're presenting a > 2005-vintage > > > certificate when applying for a job in 2014, your prospective employer > may be > > > less than impressed, but may still be more impressed than they would > be if you > > > had no certificate to show at all. Your employer *will* be able to > check your > > > certificate against LPI's alumni database, though, which would not > work with > > > certificates from various other vendors and their respective alumni > > > databases.) > > > > > > You can prevent your certificate from becoming »inactive« by > »re-certifying«, > > > which means either re-taking (just) the exams that led to that > certification, > > > or else obtaining a higher-level certificate. Whenever you pass the > > > appropriate exams to gain an LPI certificate, the five-year clock will > start > > > for that certificate and all active »lesser« LPI certificates that you > hold. > > > > > > By way of example, let's assume Alice passed the LPI-101 and LPI-102 > exams on > > > 23 April, 2009, to gain her LPIC-1 certificate. That certificate will > become > > > inactive on 23 April, 2014, unless Alice either re-passes LPI-101 and > LPI-102 > > > or else passes LPI-201 and LPI-202 to gain an LPIC-2 certificate > before that > > > date. If Alice passes LPI-201 and LPI-202 on 21 April, 2014 then the > clock > > > will be started again for both her LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 certificates, and > she > > > will have to re-certify before 21 April, 2019, either by re-passing > LPI-201 > > > and LPI-202 or else passing any of the LPIC-3 speciality exams to gain > an > > > LPIC-3 certificate, at which time the clock will be restarted for her > LPIC-2 > > > and LPIC-1 exams too. (Note that Alice will NOT have to re-take > LPI-101 and > > > LPI-102 to re-certify at LPIC-2 level between 21 April 2014 and 21 > April > > > 2019.) > > > > > > It is a bit unclear (at least to me) what will happen with the LPIC-3 > > > speciality exams. Presumably, given that there are no higher-level > > > certifications you could take, you will have to re-certify by > re-taking the > > > exam in question. Maybe someone from LPI can clarify what the current > policy > > > is. > > > > > > Don't worry too much about the two-year thing. This is a > recommendation based > > > on the (debatable) assumption that either Linux or the LPI exams will > have > > > changed enough within two years that it would make sense to re-certify > just to > > > document that your Linux knowledge is very current indeed. My personal > take is > > > that regardless of what happens with Linux itself, it generally takes > somewhat > > > more than two years for the LPI exam objectives to be updated to > account for > > > any intervening important changes to Linux, and so if you want to be > maximally > > > up-to-date it would make sense to track new versions of the exams and > re- > > > certify either when there are actual interesting-looking changes to > the exam > > > objectives of your highest-level LPI certificate, or when 4 years and > 11 > > > months have elapsed since your last exam for that certificate, > whichever > > > occurs earlier. > > > > > > Finally, there has been some exploratory discussion regarding > re-certification > > > methods other than the re-taking of exams (which would be interesting > at the > > > LPIC-3 level in particular). This might include mentoring other LPIC > > > candidates, taking part in discussions on LPI social networking sites, > > > submitting records of relevant professional experience, or otherwise > > > convincing LPI that you are still around and active. No concrete > proposals > > > have however been put forward as yet (that I am aware of). > > > > > > Anselm > > > (Not speaking for my employer.) > > > -- > > > Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... Linux-, Open-Source- & > Netz-Schulungen > > > anselm.ling...@linupfront.de, +49(0)6151-9067-103, Fax -299, > www.linupfront.de > > > Linup Front GmbH, Postfach 100121, 64201 Darmstadt, Germany > > > Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705), Geschäftsführer: Oliver > Michel > > > _______________________________________________ > > > lpi-discuss mailing list > > > lpi-discuss@lpi.org > > > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > > lpi-discuss mailing list > > lpi-discuss@lpi.org > > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-discuss mailing list > lpi-discuss@lpi.org > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss >
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