The Help Desk Institute
The Help
Desk Institute, formerly Help Desk User Group (HUG) was founded in 1988
to provide a networking forum for Help Desk Professionals to support and
guide them in improving the service they provide to their customers. HDI,
following it’s mission to lead the IT Support Profession worldwide works
closely with its 7500 worldwide member organisations to provide answers
to industry questions, deliver workshops, conferences and training
programmes and build open-industry standards which are independently
tested by VUE (NCS Pearson Incorporated) and Prometric (Thomson
Learning Corporation).
HDI
Qualifications are:
The four Qualifications
levels are:
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Help Desk
Manager (HDM)

Help Desk
Senior Analyst (HDSA)

Help Desk
Analyst (HDA)
Customer
Support Specialist (CCS)
Official
curriculum and invigilated exams, based on internationally
recognised standards, aimed at help desk and support
professionals worldwide |
The
Customer Support Specialist
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To define and develop
understanding of the role and responsibilities of a Customer Support
Specialist
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To define and
understand the Support Centre environment
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To identify and develop
the skills and competencies required in a Customer Support
Specialist
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To prepare for the
Customer Support Specialist Certification Test
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