NI Certification Programs
Certification Title/Description | Recommended Experience Level | Prerequisites |
NI Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer (CLAD) | LabVIEW Core 1 and 2 training with three or more months of LabVIEW development experience | LabVIEW Core 1 and 2 training with three or more months of LabVIEW development experience |
Certified LabVIEW Developer (CLD) | LabVIEW Core 1, 2, and 3 with nine or more months of LabVIEW development experience | Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer |
Certified LabVIEW Architect (CLA) | Managing Software Engineering in LabVIEW and Advanced Architectures for LabVIEW training courses with 12 or more months of LabVIEW development experience | Certified LabVIEW Developer |
NI Certified LabVIEW Embedded Systems Developer (CLED) | 18 to 24 months of experience in developing medium- to large-scale LabVIEW Embedded control and monitoring applications with NI CompactRIO, NI Single-Board RIO, and/or NI R-Series hardware. |
Certification: CLD or CLA. Required training courses: LabVIEW Real-Time 1 LabVIEW FPGA LabVIEW Real-Time 2 (released Dec. 2012) OR LabVIEW Real-Time 1 NI RIO Integrator's training. |
Certified TestStand Developer (CTD) | TestStand I training with six or more months of NI TestStand experience | TestStand I training with six or more months of NI TestStand experience |
Certified TestStand Architect (CTA) | TestStand I and TestStand II training with 18 or more months of NI TestStand experience | NI Certified TestStand Developer |
Certified LabWindows™/CVI Developer (CCVID) | LabWindows/CVI Basics I and II with six months of LabWindows/CVI development experience | LabWindows/CVI Basics I and II with 6 months of LabWindows/CVI development experience |
NI Certified Professional Instructor | Experience as a Certified Developer with the NI software featured in the course | Presentation or teaching experience; experience developing applications with NI software featured in the course |
NI Recertification Policy
To keep certifications current, the certified individual should advance to take the next higher certification level or recertify at the current level.