Courses take place during evening and weekend hours rather than during regular work hours.
There are a total of 204 hours of classroom and lab training. In an accelerated format, this one-year program can be completed in 26 weeks. The accelerated format is designed for experienced programmers. Two optional tracks are offered, one in Microsoft's Visual Basic and the other in PowerSoft's PowerBuilder , to help customize the training per the individual trainee's career path. A third option is to do both VB and PB, as most of the courses required for each certificate are common to both tracks.