NI Certifications

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.