How Much Does Red Hat Certification Cost?
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Are you going to prepare for the RHCE examination? Do you wish to know the details about RHCE in Red Hat certification? In this article, I have covered information about the RHCE certificate like exam fees, course fees. Are you eager to know the salary for freshers who earned an RHCE certificate? Before that, we would have to know about certain facts regarding the RHCE Certification. RHCE - It is Red Hat Certified Engineer which trains your skills such as system administration and configuring a server. To do this certification you should earn Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) certificate. It is the second level in the Red Hat certification program. This certification teaches you about the configuration of a server. If you are interested to enter the IT sector without programming skills, RHCE certification is one of the best ways. Several centers train the RHCE course in India, but make sure that you have joined an authorized center. You can check those details on the Red Hat official website.
Exam Fee
RHCE fee for training might vary at each center. Some might pay about $100 as a training fee, actually, it was during an offer period. I have heard that some RHCE training centers charge about $250. RHCE training period is considered to be 2 months and within this, you would be able to gain expertise in this field. The exam fee is about $150 with one attempt.
Training Tuition fee - $250 Approx
The exam fee would be about Approx $150 with one attempt. The exam fee also varies slightly. All the above details I mentioned are for Red Hat 6.
Exam Examination
The RHCE exam is not a theoretical examination. This examination will be similar to your practice exams. A score of 210 out of 300 will be considered as pass. There will be 20 questions and the exam evaluation is completely different. You would be in trouble even if you would be leaving even a single question unanswered. Everyone student will have different opinions on this exam. RHCE exam will be easier than the RHCSA exam but many students fail this exam for silly reasons.
Certificate validity
RHCE certification validity is believed to be about 3 years or valid till the next Red Hat version release, Suppose Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 has released then you need to redo the certification. So, once you earn an RHCE certificate you should enter a job in this domain and gain experience.
Certificate Salary
Salary for a fresher with an RHCE certificate will be about $60,000 to $70,000 per annum. While, if you have 3 or more years' experience you can earn above $90,000 per annum. This certificate is considered to be in great demand in foreign countries too. In countries like the USA, UK, Australia, and China this course has a high demand.
Common mistakes in RHCE exam
Usually, everyone would be repeating a common mistake in this exam. Here I have given some common mistakes in RHCE which I have heard through one of the trainees and also according to my own experience.
- Don't forget rebooting after completing all your questions.
- Don't forget to run "chkconfig on" and "service start" command.
- Do only what is given in the question. Don't act smart and do extra things.
- Try to complete a question in a single attempt.
- Reboot wherever necessary.
- Spend more time on guidelines.