Memo of AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty (MLS-C01)

Takahiro Iwasa

Jun 15, 2020

3 min read

AWS Certification

I have successfully passed AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty (MLS-C01) exam. I will be sharing some tips on how to obtain this certification.

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AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty Certification | AWS Certification | AWS

Earning AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty validates expertise in building, training, tuning, and deploying machine learning (ML) models on AWS. Learn more about this certification and AWS resources that can help you prepare for your exam.

I have already passed the following exams and have been using AWS for years in my daily work.

I began learning after passing Advanced Networking - Specialty, and made a plan to take the exam in May 2020.

I took the official practice test.

Total score:  85%

Topic level score:
1.0  Data Engineering: 100%
2.0  Exploratory Data Analysis: 80%
3.0  Modeling: 75%
4.0  Machine Learning Implementation and Operations: 100%

I took the exam on June 14th and successfully passed with a score of 932 out of 1,000.

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AWS Certified Machine Learning -Specialty (MLS-C01) Exam Learning Path

This post provides a brief learning path and resources for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty (MLS-C01) Certification exam.

This was an excellent resource for understanding the exam topics. The content is well-organized, and I recommend following this guide from start to finish on your learning path.

Introduction to Machine Learning with Python: A Guide for Data Scientists

I read this book as a beginner’s guide for machine learning.

• Exam Guide
• AWS Documentation
• FAQ
• Amazon Machine Learning - Developer Guide
• SageMaker - Developer Guide

Whizlabs - AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty

I used this for my preparation.

Udemy - AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Full Practice Exam

I did not use this, but it has a high rating and may be better organized than Whizlabs.

Frankly speaking, I think that passing this exam alone cannot guarantee that you are a specialist in the machine learning area. However, the exam offers a great opportunity to learn machine learning with AWS.