Senior Production Scheduler z/OS Learning Plan

The senior production scheduler supervises

production scheduling activities and is responsible
IBM (z/OS) - for:
Introduction to the IBM
Enterprise Environment
• Resolving complex processing schedules
4 hrs

• Resolving more difficult problems associated

with batch jobs and job output
DevOps - Introduction z/VM - Concepts,
Introduction to the IBM z/OS - Concepts and Introduction to Cloud Ensuring Data Center Big Data, Hadoop, and Blockchain z/OS UNIX System
to DevOps in the System Initialization • Reviewing and evaluating production job
Z Systems Components Computing Business Continuity Analytics Technologies Services - Basics
Workplace and Shutdown
software for organizational requirements
5 hrs 6 hrs 1 hr 7 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 4 hrs 4 hrs 3 hrs

z/VM - Monitoring and

Parallel Sysplex - Understanding Cloud Machine Learning and
Controlling z/VM IBM Z Hardware Models
Fundamentals Architecture Spark
Operations Approximate number of training hours - 277
5 hrs 5 hrs 3 hrs 3 hrs 4 hrs

Managing IBM Z This Learning Plan represents an industry standard

Linux on IBM Z z/Architecture –
Enterprise System education plan for this job role. Please note that
Fundamentals Processing Workloads
Hardware the equivalent job role at your organization may
5 hrs 1 hr 5 hrs use different software applications or require
greater or lesser levels of expertise in any area.
z/Architecture – Mem ory, Please check our site regularly to see what new or
Address Spaces, and
Virtual Storage updated courses have been added to this plan!
3 hrs

Cryptography

1 hr

z/OS Connect – IBM

z/OS Connect
Enterprise Edition
3 hrs

z/OS - z/OS Concepts

Assessment
1 hr

IBM MQ – Introduction
to IBM MQ
4 hrs

z/OS - Monitoring the SMP/E - Introduction to

z/OS System SMP/E
5 hrs 3 hrs

SA z/OS – Introduction
to IBM Z System
Automation
1 hr

JES2 - System Comms - IBM Mainframe

Managed File Transfer
Initialization and Communications
Operations
Shutdown Concepts
3 hrs 5 hrs 5 hrs

JES2 - Monitoring Batch

Jobs with JES2
4 hrs

JES2 - Using JES2 in

Scheduling Batch Jobs
5 hrs

JES2 - Concepts and

Operation Assessment
1 hr

JES2 - Identify and

Resolve JES2 Batch
Problems
5 hrs

JES2 - Advanced - Tips

and Tricks
.5 hr

SDSF - Concepts and

Operation
8 hrs

SDSF - Using SDSF to SDSF - Using SDSF to

SDSF - Using SDSF to
Display, Manipulate and Manage System
Control Job Processing
Print Job Output Resources and Devices
7 hrs 6 hrs 6 hrs

SDSF - Advanced - Tips

and Tricks
2 hrs

ISPF (z/OS) - Using

Online System Facilities
– TSO/ISPF
5 hrs

ISPF (z/OS) - TSO/ISPF

Concepts Assessment
1 hr

ISPF (z/OS) - Managing ISPF (z/OS) -

Data Files and Definitions Maintaining Data in Files
with ISPF/PDF with the ISPF Editor
5 hrs 7 hrs

ISPF (z/OS) - TSO/ISPF

Operation Assessment
2 hrs

TSO/ISPF - Advanced -
Tips and Tricks
2.5 hrs

Storage - Introduction
to Storage and Disk
Systems
3 hrs

Storage -
Understanding Tape
Storage
3 hrs

JCL (z/OS) -
Introduction to JCL
3 hrs

JCL (z/OS) - JCL

Concepts Assessment
1 hr

JCL (z/OS) - JCL Coding

Basics – JOB and EXEC
Statements
4 hrs

JCL (z/OS) - JCL Coding

Basics – DD
Statements
6 hrs

JCL (z/OS) - Working

JCL (z/OS) - Advanced
with Procedures and
JCL Data Set Use
Symbols
5 hrs 3 hrs

JCL (z/OS) - JCL Coding

Assessment
1 hr

JCL (z/OS) - Advanced

- Tips and Tricks
1 hr

zWS - Understanding How Introduction to the

Interacting with the z/OS Explorer - IBM Utilities - General Data VSAM - Introduction to
IBM Z Workload Scheduler CLISTS Introduction REXX Programming Utilities - Data Utilities
z/OS UNIX System Explorer for z/OS Processes Work Set Utilities VSAM
Language
4 hrs 2 hrs 4 hrs 6 hrs 4 hrs 4 hrs 5 hrs 6 hrs

Working with REXX Keywords

z/OS UNIX zWS - Monitoring and zWS - Scheduling Instructions
Backup, Recovery
Managing the IBMand
Z Backup, Recovery with
and Utilities - Advanced - VSAM - Advanced -
WorkloadResolution
Scheduler
IBM Z Workload
4 hrs Problem Problem Resolution
Scheduler 6 hrs Tips and Tricks Tips and Tricks
Environm ent
56hrs
hrs 56hrs
hrs 1 hr 30 mins

REXX Built-In Functions

6 hrs

REXX with z/OS and

TSO/E
6 hrs

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