Our coaches and trainers are available to help you and your employees acquire knowledge related to z/OS based application development during an actively coached self-study week!

• Self-study, because 'participant-led'; the participant determines the over-all pace, content, and importance of the treated topics, using specifically built course material and labs;
• Coached self-study, because 'instructor-monitored' as well as 'participant led'. This specifically means:
  • that the instructor/coach actively monitors participant progress based on voluntary and required feedback-moments;
  • that the instructor/coach is permanently at the disposal of the participant, to guide him with questions and problems;
  • that the instructor/coach is permanently present in order to optimize knowledge transfer (motivate, stimulate and evaluate participants);
  • that the instructor/coach expects, and will stimulate, active participant participation and feedback.
• Self-study: not individual, but in group. Different participants will be working independently on distinct topics. The group as a whole stimulates and motivates each other; reference stories can be exchanged.

Actively coached self-study is possible for a number of logically related courses present in our core z/OS application development curriculum. Observe these courses are offered in an integrated track as well; or can be followed as individual, stand-alone courses.

The following courses from our z/OS and Db2 curriculum are involved:

• ISPF/PDF basics, standard 1 day
• ISPF/PDF: efficient use, standard 1 day
• JCL, standard 2 days
• COBOL programming - part 1 + COBOL programming - part 2, standard 5 days
• PL/I programming: fundamentals course, standard 5 days
• SQL and relational databases fundamentals, standard 2 days
• Db2 for z/OS fundamentals course, standard 3 days
• SQL workshop, standard 2 days

Actively coached self-study.

Delivered as a live, interactive training, combined with selfstudy – available in-person or online, or in a hybrid format. Can be coached in English, Dutch, or French.

No specific background is required. Some basic z/OS knowledge is however advisable.

Everyone likely to become a developer in an z/OS mainframe environment. Persons wanting to extend specific z/OS development skills.