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Certification Prep

AACE CST® Certified Scheduling Technician — Exam Prep

AACE CST® 注册进度技术员备考

Code CT-CSTFormat Exam prepAwarding body AACEDuration 5 or 10 days

Overview

AACE CST® Certified Scheduling Technician — Exam Prep is part of our Certification Prep portfolio (Exam prep). It runs as a 5-day or 10-day course, in the classroom in 40 cities or live online, and can be delivered in-house and customised for your organisation. This course prepares candidates for the AACE examination; the credential itself is awarded by AACE.

Available in English or Chinese, and as bilingual delivery for joint-venture and Chinese-led project teams in the Gulf and Africa.

You will be able to

  • Explain the principles, terminology and standards behind AACE CST® Certified Scheduling Technician — Exam Prep.
  • Apply AACE CST® Certified Scheduling Technician — Exam Prep methods to real cases from the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
  • Work through mock exams and question analysis to master the exam format and timing.
  • Leave with templates and an action plan for your own workplace.

Who should attend

Professionals preparing for the AACE examination

Course outline

5-day programme (days 1–5)

Day 1

Exam orientation and diagnostics

  • AACE CST® Certified Scheduling Technician — Exam Prep: eligibility, application and exam format
  • Body of knowledge and reference documents
  • Diagnostic test and personal study plan
  • Scheduling technician fundamentals
Day 2

Domain review I

  • Cost estimating and budgeting
  • Planning and scheduling (CPM)
  • Practice questions with explanations
Day 3

Domain review II

  • Cost control and earned value
  • Risk management and contingency
  • Practice questions with explanations
Day 4

Domain review III

  • Contracts, change and claims
  • Total Cost Management (TCM) framework
  • Calculations and scenario questions
  • Weak-area clinic
Day 5

Mock exam and exam strategy

  • Full timed mock exam
  • Answer review and coaching
  • Exam-day strategy and time management
  • Study plan to the exam date

The 10-day programme adds days 6–10

Day 6

Deep dive I

  • Total Cost Management (TCM) framework
  • Cost estimating and budgeting
  • Advanced question sets
Day 7

Deep dive II

  • Planning and scheduling (CPM)
  • Cost control and earned value
  • Advanced question sets
Day 8

Deep dive III

  • Risk management and contingency
  • Contracts, change and claims
  • Case-based questions
Day 9

Second mock exam

  • Full timed mock exam 2
  • Item analysis by domain
  • Targeted revision
Day 10

Final review and next steps

  • Rapid review of key formulas and rules
  • Application and exam booking support
  • Continuing education and recertification
  • Certificate of attendance

Where it runs

Middle East: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, Al Khobar, Doha, Kuwait City, Manama, Muscat, Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Alexandria, Sharm El Sheikh, Baghdad, Erbil, Basra, Istanbul

Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Vienna, Geneva, Zurich, Munich, Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Lisbon, Brussels, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Athens, Edinburgh

Africa (in-house and live online): Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Accra, Addis Ababa, Casablanca, Algiers, Tunis, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Kampala, Kigali, Dakar, Abidjan, Kinshasa, Maputo, Tripoli

Live online for every time zone, including East Asia.

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