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Independent Claude Exam Preparation

Claude
Certification Training.

Anthropic launched its Claude certifications in 2026, so there isn’t much reliable study material out there yet. We custom designed our courses around Anthropic’s published exam blueprints and teach them live. Anthropic sells and runs the exams, and we handle the preparation.

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Built From the Published Exam Blueprint
Live Online, Taught Not Recorded
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Choose Your Track

Which Claude Certification Fits Your Role

CCAO-F

Business and Knowledge Workers

For people whose job now involves Claude but who are not writing code against the API: consultants, analysts, project and operations people, marketers. The largest domain on this exam is not prompting, it is Output Evaluation and Validation at 21% - knowing when Claude is wrong and what to do about it.

AI & DATA

CCAO-F

Claude Certified Associate – Foundations (CCAO-F) Prep Boot Camp

2 days
Live Online
2 days
CCDV-F

Developers and AI Engineers

For people building on the Claude API, the Agent SDK, Claude Code and MCP. Applications and Integration alone is 33.1% of this exam, so it tests whether you can build, operate and debug a production Claude application rather than describe one.

DEVELOPMENT

CCDV-F

Claude Certified Developer – Foundations (CCDV-F) Prep Boot Camp

3 days
Live Online
3 days
CCAR-F and CCAR-P

Solution and Enterprise Architects

Two separate credentials rather than a ladder: you can sit Professional without holding Foundations first. Foundations is weighted toward agentic architecture and orchestration at 27%. Professional moves up to enterprise scope, where roughly 28% of the exam is governance, stakeholder communication and lifecycle ownership.

AI & DATA

CCAR-F

Claude Certified Architect – Foundations (CCAR-F) Prep Boot Camp

3 days
Live Online
3 days
AI & DATA

CCAR-P

Claude Certified Architect – Professional (CCAR-P) Prep Boot Camp

2 days
Live Online
2 days
FAQ

Claude Certification Questions, Answered

Which Claude certification should I start with?

Start from your role rather than a ladder. If you use Claude in your work but do not write code, that is Associate - Foundations. If you build on the API, Agent SDK or MCP, that is Developer - Foundations. If you design the systems other people build, that is Architect. The two Architect credentials are separate: you can sit Professional without holding Foundations first.

How do I get the exam?

Directly from Anthropic, and only from Anthropic. They sell the exams themselves through the Anthropic Partner Academy, and that is where you register, pay and schedule. Training Camp does not sell, resell or bundle the exam, and no voucher is included in any of these courses. Anthropic owns the exam; we teach the preparation, which is why the course price is instruction only.

Is this official Anthropic training?

No. This is independent exam preparation built by Training Camp. Anthropic publishes its own preparation curriculum through the Partner Academy, and we recommend using both. What we add is the classroom: a live instructor, a compressed schedule, and 25 years of working out how people pass certification exams.

Do I need to work for a Claude Partner Network organization to sit the exam?

Currently, yes. Anthropic restricts certification registration to eligible individuals at organizations participating in the Claude Partner Network, and requires a company-domain email address. Final eligibility is determined by Anthropic, not by us, and we have no part in that process. You are welcome to take the course regardless, but confirm your eligibility with Anthropic first if sitting the exam is the point of attending.

What do the exams cost and how are they scored?

Associate is $99, Developer and Architect - Foundations are $125 each, and Architect - Professional is $175, all paid to Anthropic. Every exam runs 120 minutes and is scored on a scaled range of 100 to 1,000 with 720 required to pass. A 720 scaled score does not mean 72% of questions correct; Anthropic does not publish a raw-score conversion.

What happens if I do not pass the first time?

Anthropic enforces escalating waiting periods: 14 days after a first failed attempt, 30 days after a second, and 90 days after a third, with a maximum of four attempts per exam in a rolling 12-month period. Retakes are charged at the applicable exam fee. That waiting period is the real cost of an unprepared attempt, and it is the main reason structured preparation is worth the time.

How long does a Claude certification last?

Twelve months from the date you earn it. Anthropic currently offers a renewal path for candidates who renew before expiry, which may include reviewing what has changed in Claude and completing a free non-proctored renewal assessment. Let it lapse and you generally re-sit the full proctored exam and pay again.

Claude changes constantly. Will the course be current?

That is exactly the problem these courses exist to solve. Claude ships new models, API surfaces and tooling on a cadence no printed study guide keeps up with. We maintain the courseware against Anthropic's published exam blueprint and the current API, and we teach the parts that are stable - architecture, evaluation, context handling, security - separately from the parts that move. You will be told which is which.