Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist (DRCS)

The Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist (DRCS) certification is designed and developed for management, department representatives, business unit coordinators designated with DR responsibilities, DR managers and planners.

Candidates will be imparted essential skills and knowledge of identifying critical or important business services, setting up impact tolerance, performing end-to-end mapping of processes and resources, conducting scenario testing and exercising, implementing continuous improvement and keeping DR plans current. Candidates will also be introduced to the key disaster recovery strategy development and roadmap stage.

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Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist (DRCS)

Pre-requisites

The pre-requisites are:

Attend and complete the DRP-300: IT Disaster Recovery Implementer course and Pass the Qualifying DRCS examination
AND
Have at least one year of IT disaster recovery professional experience and
Be able to describe at least 3 BCM Body of Knowledge (BoK)
Send in the SGD 75 (Singapore Dollar) DRCS Certification Application Processing Fees

How to be Certified

To become an ORCS-certified professional, a candidate must complete four separate processes:

Formal Education (attend and complete the OR-300: Disaster Recovery Implementer course)
Examination (attempt and pass the Qualifying ORCS examination)
Show proof of at least one year of verifiable OR experience (Refer to the application form for further explanation)
Make a payment of SGD 75 (non-refundable) application processing fee.

Formal Education

Sign up for the DRP-400 course and complete the two modules (M1 to M2)
Pay the Course Fees before starting the course.
Be assigned login credentials to start the eLearning for Module 1
Answer quizzes at the end of each sub-module of Module 1
Continue to complete Modules 2 within the schedule.
Sit for the examination at the end of the course.

Examination

To sit for the Examination, a candidate must:

Be competent in the Competency Level (CL):
- Foundation(CL 1)
- Intermediate (CL 2)
  including the five BCM Body of Knowledge (BCM BoK)
Attempt the online practice quiz at least once

Certification

To be issued a certificate, a candidate must:

Pass the DRCS qualifying examination with a required passing score of 75% out of 100- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Submit a non-refundable Application Processing Fee
Submit the Certification Application Form to certification team
Describe three out of seven of BCM Body of Knowledge (BCM BoK) as experience
Select two references for each BCM BoK (references may be repeated for all three of seven of the BCM BoK).

Fee Payment

Application Processing Fee (Singapore Dollar): SGD 75. (Not included in course fees and non-refundable even if the application is rejected)
Annual Maintenance Fee: SGD 75 (Applicable after your first year of certification)

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Certification
Certification Type	Disaster Recovery Certified Expert	Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist	Disaster Recovery Certified Planner
Course	DR Expert Implementer/ Manager	DR Implementer	DR Planner
Course Code	DRP-400/ 5000	DRP-300	DRP-200
Certification Application Processing Fee/ Annual Renewal Fee	SGD 150	SGD 75	SGD 50 Complimentary on Year 1
Number of BCM Body of Knowledge	5 of 7 BCM BoK	3 of 7 BCM BoK	Not Required
Year of Experience for Eligibility	> Three years	> One year	Not Required
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