You have made an important investment by earning an Alcatel-Lucent Service Routing Certification. Don’t let your certification lapse. Complete the recertification requirements during your eligibility window to conveniently renew your certification and to retain your professional designation.

Recertify after three years
All five certifications in the Alcatel-Lucent SRC Program are valid for three years. After three years, you will need to recertify to ensure these SRC designations stay current:

1.       Alcatel-Lucent Network Routing Specialist I (NRS I)

2.       Alcatel-Lucent Network Routing Specialist II (NRS II)

3.       Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Routing Professional (MRP)

4.       Alcatel-Lucent Triple Play Routing Professional (3RP)

5.       Alcatel-Lucent Service Routing Architect (SRA)

Key benefits of recertification
Like most professional designations, those in the Alcatel-Lucent SRC Program require students to recertify to retain their SRC designation. Recertification is an important, career-enhancing investment in your professional growth. By taking the time to recertify, you will:

1.       Avoid termination of your existing hard-earned certification level

2.       Ensure your skills and knowledge are evolving in lock-step with the continuous changes in IP service routing

3.       Continue to network with a community of leading-edge Service Routing experts

4.       Receive a new industry-respected diploma attesting to your certification level and accomplishment

5.       Be able to work toward a higher level certification in the future

Four key dates to remember

Please keep these important dates in mind and organize your recertification activities around them:

1. Certification date: The day your certification was awarded.
2. Certification expiry date: The day three years from when your certification was awarded. Note – If you achieve a higher level certification, the expiration and termination dates for all of your certifications will be reset to the date of the higher level certification. In the case of the NRS I certification, if you write any additional SRC exam, the expiration and termination dates for your NRS I certification will be reset to the date that you wrote the exam.
3. Recertification eligibility period: Starts six months preceding your certification expiration and ends six months after your certification expiry date. This is the period in which you should complete your recertification activity.
4. Certification termination date: The day your certification terminates if you do not successfully complete the recertification requirements during the recertification eligibility period.

Take advantage of your recertification eligibility window
You are eligible to recertify within a twelve-month window before your certification termination date. If you recertify while in this period, your original certification ID is kept and a new diploma will be issued to you.

Recertification requirements – It’s easy to recertify

To maintain your certification status, you must successfully pass the recertification requirements associated with the certification that you hold prior to the certification termination date. Specific recertification (exam) requirements by certification are:

Certification	Recertification requirements
NRS I:	Rewrite the 4A0-100 exam (Alcatel-Lucent Scalable IP Networks) or write and pass any additional SRC exam
NRS II:	Rewrite the 4A0-104 exam (Alcatel-Lucent Services Architecture)
MRP:	Write the MRP recertification exam
3RP:	Rewrite the 4A0-109 exam (Alcatel-Lucent Triple Play Services)
SRA:	Rewrite the 4A0-110 exam (Alcatel-Lucent Advanced Troubleshooting)

Prepare for your exam

 

SRC Program content constantly evolves with the requirements of the IP industry. You can prepare for your recertification by pursuing a self-study option (for NRS I or NRS II) or you can register for an instructor-led SRC course that is convenient for you. Visit www.alcatel-lucent.com/src/courses to review current course outlines and class schedules.

Register for your exam
All exams are available through Prometric test sites globally. Visit www.prometric.com/alcatel-lucent to register for your exam. When you recertify, you will obtain a new diploma within eight to twelve weeks of your exam activity. You will also maintain your original certification ID.

Working toward a higher level certification?
Your current level of certification must be active in order for you to be granted higher level certifications. For example, if you have an Alcatel-Lucent NRS I certification, this certification must be active in order for you to qualify for the Alcatel-Lucent NRS II certification. The table below identifies the specific exam requirements by certification.

Certification Requirements

Certification	Exam	Exam #
NRS I
	Alcatel-Lucent Scalable IP Networks	4A0-100
NRS II     Active NRS I certification in addition to the following exams:
	Alcatel-Lucent Interior Routing Protocols and High Availability	4A0-101
	Alcatel-Lucent Multiprotocol Label Switching	4A0-103
	Alcatel-Lucent Services Architecture	4A0-104
	Alcatel-Lucent NRS II Lab Exam	NRSII4A0
MRP     Active NRS II certification in addition to the following exams:
	Alcatel-Lucent Quality of Service	4A0-107
	Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS Mobile Backhaul Transport	4A0-M01
	Alcatel-Lucent Mobile Gateways for the LTE Evolved Packet Core	4A0-M02
	Alcatel-Lucent MRP Lab Exam	MRP4A0
3RP     Active NRS II certification in addition to the following exams:
	Alcatel-Lucent Virtual Private LAN Services	4A0-105
	Alcatel-Lucent Quality of Service	4A0-107
	Alcatel-Lucent Multicast Protocols	4A0-108
	Alcatel-Lucent Triple Play Services	4A0-109
SRA     Active 3RP certification in addition to the following exams:
	Alcatel-Lucent Border Gateway Protocol	4A0-102
	Alcatel-Lucent Virtual Private Routed Networks	4A0-106
	Alcatel-Lucent Advanced Troubleshooting	4A0-110
	Alcatel-Lucent SRA Practical Lab Exam	ASRA4A0

 

Lower-level dependant certifications are automatically renewed
If you achieve a higher level certification (NRS II, MRP, 3RP or SRA), the expiration and termination dates for all of your certifications will be reset to the date of the higher level certification. When you successfully complete the recertification requirement for a higher level certification (NRS II, MRP, 3RP or SRA), you will automatically receive renewal of your lower level certifications. When there is an automatic renewal of lower level certifications, a diploma will be sent only for the higher level certification. Lower level certifications that are terminated are not eligible for automatic recertification. Automatic renewal is only effective for lower level dependant programs (ie. Achieving a 3RP or SRA certification does not automatically renew the MRP certification.)

In the case of the NRS I certification, if you write and pass any additional SRC exam, the expiration and termination dates for your NRS I certification will be reset to the date that you wrote the exam.

What happens if you don’t recertify?
If you do not recertify while in the recertification eligibility period, your certification will be terminated. Once a certification is terminated, you lose all benefits of the certification. You will also need to meet all original certification requirements again to re-obtain the certification. If you do re-obtain it, you will be issued a new certification ID and diploma.

Why let your important certification designation lapse? Take steps to easily recertify during your recertification eligibility period by completing your recertification requirements.

If you have any questions regarding your certification activity, please contact us at src.exam@alcatel-lucent.com.