Certified TIA-942 Lead Auditor

The CTLA® is a 3-day course designed to provide the knowledge and skills to become a lead auditor who is able to independently conduct ANSI/TIA-942 conformity audits. The course contains lectures and a variety of business cases and testing the aspiring auditor for his/her auditing capabilities. Lead auditors will determine the conformity or nonconformity of a data center to the requirements of the ANSI/TIA-942. As such, the examination is one of the toughest exams in the data center industry.

The CTLA® is part of the Standards/Compliance training track.  

Audience Profile

The audience for this course is any professional who aspires to become a TIA-942 Lead Auditor. Please note that the CTLA® certification does not allow the person to conduct a third-party audit and issue statements/letters/certificates unless he/she works for a TIA Accredited Licensed Certification Body and meets the other obligations as laid down in the auditor accreditation rules of TIA.

Course Benefits

Describe the ANSI/TIA-942 audit scheme

Describe the different certification programs

Define an ANSI/TIA-942 audit program

Review design drawings for conformity to the standard

Judge audit evidence to be a CAT-1, CAT-2, OFI, RFI

Create an audit report that conforms to TIA requirements

Review a CAR – Corrective Action Report

Understand the requirements and process for issuing certificates

Describe the requirements for certification maintenance

Course Syllabus

The ANSI/TIA-942 accreditation scheme

Standards

SDO – Standards Development Organization

TC/SC – Technical Committee / Sub Committee

Standards Development Process

Scheme Owner

Audit Organizations (RCB, CB, CAB)

Accreditation Body (AB, NAB)

Roles within a CB

Overview of audit process

Initiate audit

Prepare for audit

DCDV – Data Center Design Validation

DCCC – Data Center Conformity Certification

Report writing

CAR – Corrective Action Report

Issuance of certificates

ANSI/TIA-942 certification for data centers

Certificate maintenance

Audit steps duration overview

The audit program

Planning the schedule

Audit preparation

Opening Meeting

Exercise: Creating an audit program, opening meeting presentation

High-level audit criteria considerations

High-level design requirements (Architectural, Electrical,

Mechanical, Telecommunication)

Rated-1

Rated-2

Rated-3

Rated-4

Nonconformity classi­cation

Major nonconformity

Minor nonconformity

OFI – Observation Form Improvement

RFI – Request For Information

Grading of nonconformity

Key considerations

Key considerations

Key considerations

Exercise: Review site planning, floor planning, physical security, ­fire safety

Key considerations

Exercise: Review SLD – Single Line Diagram

Key considerations

Exercise: Review SLPD – Single Line Piping Diagram, fuel supply

Key considerations

Exercise: Network routing review

Closing meeting

Exercise: Closing meeting presentation

Audit report requirements

Audit report distribution

Retention of documents

Exercise: Creation of audit report

Follow-up action on audit report

History log of nonconformity

Criteria for issuing a conformance certificate

Review of a CAR

Exercise: Review CAR response

The full audit cycle

Surveillance audit

Recertification audits

Issuing of the TIA-942 DCDV/DCCC Certificate

Requirements of the certificate

Registration of the certificate

Exam

To be awarded the CTLA®, the candidate must meet two criteria. The first is the successful completion of the business cases during the training, the result will be available within 14 days. The second is a 60-minute closed-book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions, whereby 32 correct answers are required to pass.

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