The Certified Internet
Webmaster’s CIW Associate is an
entry level, vendor-neutral,
certification for IT professionals
who have foundational skills that
include basic knowledge of
Internet technologies, network
infrastructure, and Web authoring
using HTML. The CIW Associate is
also a starting point for more
advanced certifications, such as
the CIW Professional, and the
Master CIW series.
The CIW Associate certification
emerged in 2000, with the most
recent version of the
exampublished in June of 2001. In
terms of recertification, CIW
exams may be retired for various
reasons, including release of a
new exam series, changes to
related certification programs, or
determination by the IT industry
that a job role has become
obsolete. Once retired, the exam
is no longer available at testing
centers, although in some cases
candidates can still apply credit
for a retired exam version toward
a multi-exam certification. CIW
offers six months' prior notice
for retirement of any exam so that
interested candidates have time to
prepare and take the exam while it
is still available.
Job roles of those pursuing
this certification typically
include: web developer, web
programmer, Internet site
designer, or an Internet systems
administrator.
To achieve the CIW Associate, a
candidate must pass one CIW exam.
In addition, the CIW program
accepts the CompTIA
i-Net+ as credittoward a CIW
Associate certification.
