PTC- Creo certification program

PTC does not have a certification program for Creo. Perhaps a local college offers a suitable course.

I don't see how it would work. A useful test would take about 2 weeks of 8 hour days.

It looks like Pearson offers a certificate: http://www.pearsonvue.com/ptc/

"Creo Certifications

PTC University’s Creo Certification Program offers certifications of expertise in the effective usage for Creo Parametric in a mechanical design environment. The Creo certification exam validates a candidate’s ability to model using Creo Parametric. Candidates apply core Creo Parametric Modules to effectively model mechanical designs.

• Creo Parametric for Design Engineers through Pearson VUE authorized test centres in India and SAARC
• PTC Creo for Designers at academic partner locations of PTC University in India"

Back when it mattered for me, I always wanted PTC to have a certification program, like there is for IT guys with Microsoft, networking etc.  I'd heard that for a while PTC actually DID have a certification process, but I also heard that employers refused to value these users and didn't pay them anything more for having the certification, unlike in the IT world where you ARE paid for the certification.  Where I am now, it doesn't matter, so  don't care anymore.

On a similar note, but far more important, I feel accredited colleges absolutely NEED to have some sort of "CAD" degree.  I mean, you can become a packaging Engineer for example, and get a 4 year degree in the design of cardboard boxes and plastic clamshells.  SRSLY?  So why can't we have a CAD degree which involves proficiency with CAD, vaulting systems, minor programming (relations), a certain level of math proficiency, and a certain level of non-planar geometry proficiency.  For the most part, I do a lot of work that would be considered an Engineer's work, but since I don't have the 4 year degree, I don't get paid at that level and certainly don't get any recognition for it.  We need something better than the 2 year degree you might be able to get at, say, a community college.  Thank God where I work now I can actually advance and am paid well instead of being stuck like in my last "perm" job.

Actually, I'll go further even.  You can get a 4-yr degree as a Packaging Engineer, learning how to design cardboard boxes and clamshells and other dunnage/packing materials.  There are any number of "liberal arts" underwater basketweaving degrees that you can get that are 4 year degrees.  Why can't we have a fully accredited 4-yr degree in CAD?  You'd have to extensively know your 3D geometry, how to construct difficult geometry.  You'd have to learn how to design IM plastic parts because those are the toughest draft, shrink, gating, etc.).  You'd have to have a certain amount of programming skill for relations etc., you'd have to have a certain amount of knowledge about the 3D printing methods, and you'd have to have proficiency in vaulting systems.  For what many of us do, there's no reason why we shouldn't be able to get 4 year degrees in CAD.  For anything IT related you can get any number of certs.  CAD has been around since the early '80's (I learned AutoCAD in '86) so why can't we finally be considered professionals?  Some of the guys here actually refer to me as the "Drafter".  *facepalm*