AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty
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About the AWS Machine Learning Specialty
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Prerequisites for AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty
There are no prerequisites to sit any AWS exam. However, the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam is a difficult exam that requires a solid foundation of knowledge of AWS services. You should also be familiar with basic machine learning concepts.
For those who do not have significant experience working with AWS technologies, it is recommended that you first pass at least one associate-level certification, such as the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, before attempting the AWS Machine Learning Specialty exam.
How to best prepare for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty Certification?
How should you prepare for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam? This is not an easy task and requires careful planning to ensure you’re fully prepared before you attempt this challenging AWS certification exam.
The best way is to enroll in our training courses for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty Certification. You’ll gain access to our on-demand video training and practice tests (in both exam simulation and training mode). A cheat sheet is also included which summarizes the key facts you need to remember for the exam.
How tough is the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam?
Specialty certifications vary in difficulty with the more difficult exams being on par with the professional level AWS certifications. The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam concentrates heavily on machine learning concepts, not just AWS concepts. Therefore, you need a solid understanding of advanced machine learning techniques before sitting this exam.
How long do you have to study for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam?
Assuming you have at least an associate level of AWS knowledge and some basic machine learning expertise, you should allocate between 4 and 8 weeks for study time. This really depends on your starting level of knowledge and how much time you can dedicate to learning.
What is the passing score of the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam?
The passing score is 750 points out of 1000 points (75%). There are 65 questions in the exam and the entire time allocation is 170 minutes.
How much does the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty certification cost?
The exam cost is $300 USD. Please remember that if you’ve passed another AWS certification exam previously (which you should have!) then you will have a 50% discount coupon available in your account over at aws.training.
What are the learning objectives of the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty?
The learning objectives for the MLS-C01 exam are as follows:
- Data Engineering
- Exploratory Data
- Analysis
- Modeling
- Machine Learning
- Implementation and Operations
This popular training covers everything you need to know to ace your AWS Machine Learning exam
On-demand Training Resources
Machine Learning has boomed in popularity as computation becomes less expensive. The AWS Certified Machine Learning specialty certification demonstrates expertise in Data Engineering, Exploratory Data Analysis, Modeling, and ML implementation and operations.
This certification is ideal for individuals who perform an artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML) development or data science role. In this training, you’ll learn how to design, build, deploy, optimize, train, tune, and maintain ML solutions for given business problems using AWS services.
All of this and much more is covered in great detail in our AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty online training courses so you have everything you need to fully prepare at your fingertips. We teach you through a unique combination of video lectures, guided hands-on exercises, practice questions and cheat sheets.
This is the best online training for the AWS Machine Learning Specialty certification available today and is completely up to date with the latest concepts featured on the exam.
On-demand video course (instructor-led)
Our instructor-led video course combines essential theory with guided practical exercises that are backed by high-quality diagrams and references.
- 12 hours of on-demand video training with guided hands-on exercises
- Coverage of the latest exam topics for the MLS-C01
- Hands-on lessons using the AWS Management Console
- Theory lessons with amazing architectural diagrams
- All diagrams, code, links, files and slides are available for download
- Course Certificate is issued upon successful completion of the course
The video course is taught in a style that includes theory lessons with lots of visualization such as architectural diagrams and animated graphics.
After the theory lessons, you’ll get to put your knowledge into practical use with hands-on lessons that teach you how to use AWS and complete exercises that reflect real-world situations. Learning by doing increases knowledge retention and is the best way to ensure you build practical skills.
On-demand practice exam course
Test your knowledge and assess your exam readiness with practice questions that match the difficulty of the real AWS exam.
Practice exams are delivered in 4 different formats:
- Exam Mode – 6 sets of practice exams with 20 questions each, time limit of 55 mins, and pass mark of 75%. These are shorter than the real exam to make it more manageable when studying.
- Training Mode – Check answers and explanations after every question (no time limit).
- Knowledge reviews: Collection of practice questions for a specific knowledge area that allows you to focus your efforts where they’re needed most.
- Final exam simulator – Full-length exam with 65 questions pulled randomly from our pool of questions. Same time limit (170 mins) and pass mark (75%) as the real AWS exam.
You will be presented with an overall score at the end of the exam with a pass/fail message.
A Certificate of Achievement is issued when you score 75% and above in your final exam simulator.
Training notes (PDF) for offline study
Take your studies offline with this cheat sheet for the MLS-C01 exam.
- Downloadable training notes (PDF) for offline study
- Exam-specific facts you need to know to successfully pass your exam
- Ideal resource for last-minute revision
- Get straight to the facts and shortcut your study time
We teach you all of the skills required to successfully pass your AWS Machine Learning Specialty exam on your first attempt
What you'll learn [Scope & Content]
Our AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty training covers all knowledge areas in the exam. You’ll gain in-depth knowledge of the services featured on the exam today as well as a strong practical knowledge through completion of the guided hands-on lessons.
You can then test yourself by attempting our online practice tests that reflect the style and difficulty of the real exam. We also provide a cheat sheet that you can use for last-minute exam cramming.
The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty (MLS-C01) exam guide groups the required skills into four domains. In this course, we teach you all of the skills necessary to successfully pass your exam.
You’ll learn the following skills (grouped by domain):
- Create data repositories for machine learning
- Identify and implement a data ingestion solution
- Identify and implement a data transformation solution
- Sanitize and prepare data for modeling
- Perform feature engineering
- Analyze and visualize data for machine learning
- Frame business problems as machine learning problems
- Select the appropriate model(s) for a given machine learning problem
- Train machine learning models
- Perform hyperparameter optimization
- Evaluate machine learning models
- Frame business problems as machine learning problems
- Select the appropriate model(s) for a given machine learning problem
- Train machine learning models
- Perform hyperparameter optimization
- Evaluate machine learning models
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The instructor is very knowledgeable and does a great job in explaining machine learning concepts.
Really enjoyed the guided hands-on exercises that helped me better understand Machine Learning.
Well structured and highly detailed course that successfully prepared me for my MLS-C01 exam!
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Frequently Asked Questions
I don't have ANY cloud experience. Is this training right for me?
If you don’t have any experience with cloud computing, we recommend that you first complete at least one associate-level AWS certification as those will set you up with a strong base of knowledge to build upon.
You may also consider passing the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional exam before attempting the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty exam.
Are your training courses up to date?
All of our video lessons, practice exams and training notes are regularly updated to reflect the latest AWS changes.
What's included in the video course? Do I get to access all course materials?
All diagrams, code, links and files are available for download (in PDF format).
You also get access to all slides (PDF).
Practice Exams are available in exam and training mode. Plus, there's the knowledge reviews and the final exam simulator. What's the difference?
Exam Mode: In exam mode, you complete one full-length practice exam and answer all questions within the allotted time.
Training Mode: When taking the practice exam in training mode (no time limit), you will be shown the answers and explanations for every question after clicking “check”.
Knowledge Reviews: Now that you have identified your strengths and weaknesses, you get to dive deep into specific areas with our knowledge reviews. You are presented with a series of questions focussed on a specific topic. There is no time limit and you can view the answer to each question as you go through them.
Final Exam Simulator: The exam simulator randomly selects questions from our pool of practice questions – mimicking the real AWS exam environment. The practice exam has the same format, style, time limit and passing score as the real AWS exam.
How do I earn my certificate of achievement?
With practice exams, a Certificate of Achievement is issued when you score 75% and above in your online exam simulator.
A certificate of completion is issued upon successful completion of the video course.
I need to gain practical experience. Do you offer Hands-on Cloud Labs?
All of our AWS training courses include guided hands-on training where you can follow along in an AWS Free Tier account. Additionally, we offer Challenge Labs for those who are looking for extensive hands-on practice opportunities to develop real-world cloud skills. Challenge Labs are scenario-based hands-on exercises that run in a secure sandbox environment.
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