Why Choose SkillBuilders to provide your Oracle training?

Who developed your Oracle courses?

Our Oracle courses are developed and edited by Dave Anderson and Geoff Wiland.

Who teaches your Oracle courses?

Dave Anderson, Geoff Wiland, Kevin Flanagan and John Mullins teach our Oracle courses.

What are the credentials of those people?

Dave, Geoff, Kevin and John each have more than 20 years of I.T. experience and cumulative 30 years of Oracle experience. We are all experienced developers or DBAs, with ongoing hands-on industry experience. We provide consulting services in addition to teaching classes, which we have been doing since 1985. Please meet our Instructors.

We encourage you to call and speak with your instructor before you schedule your training.

Why should I buy your training instead of Oracle Corp's or another vendor?

There are four compelling reasons:

  1. Our Credentials. You will know your instructor and his credentials before your purchase your training. We will provide references, testimonials and biographies. We encourage you to call us and speak with your instructor about your specific goals before you purchase your training.

  2. Customization. For classes hosted by our customers, we will tailor the class to your specific needs, usually at no extra cost. This is possible because we wrote the course books and can pick and choose the topics that best fit your situation. We encourage a pre-class conference with your technical lead and our instructor to tailor the class.

  3. Flexibility. Need to split the students into morning and afternoon sessions to ensure coverage? No problem. Need to split the training across several weeks? We can make this happen. We will work with you to find a solution to your budget and scheduling challenges.

Do you offer a free Oracle training course?

For online tutorials, yes. Click here to see our Oracle tutorials.

For in-class instructor-led, no. However, you can see Dave speak - often for free - at industry events.

Do you have a customer list I can review?

Yes, click here.

Do you have student comments I can read?

Yes, click here.

What type of Oracle training do you offer?

We offer the following modes of instruction:

  1. Instructor-led, onsite classroom - Our larger customers often choose this option since they have more than one or two students to train and they have classroom facilities available.

  2. Instructor-led, virtual classroom - We receive and pool requests from persons interested in a class. When we have enough requests, we contact the students and schedule the class.

  3. Online, self-study tutorials - Click here to see our Oracle tutorials.

We also sell copies of our course books for self-study or to companies and training vendors for use in their classrooms. Click here for more information.

Which courses are available today?

Click here to see our Oracle curriculum.

Do your courses specifically prepare me for the certification exams?

Our courses are not specifically aligned with the certification exams. We construct our courses with our customers' needs in mind. An "off-the-shelf" course will include what we have found (in our hands-on experience) to be the critical information you will need. Furthermore, for onsite classes (i.e. classes held at a customer site), we will tailor the course to your situation. Consequently, when we teach you, we are teaching you what you need to know to be successful at your job.

However, that said, most courses (the Oracle Database Administration Workshop, for example) do provide the vast majority of the information you will need to pass the related certification exam. Thus, with minimal extra preparation, you will easily pass the exam.