CIW’s CIW Associate certification is a vendor neutral, entry-level certification. CIW certified Associates have a basic knowledge of Internet technologies. The CIW Associate certification is appropriate for you if you have skills of using Web browsers, e-mail and FTP and creating Web pages using HTML. This certification is essential for you if you want to pursue the CIW Associate, CIW Professional, CIW Certified Instructor, Master CIW Web Site Manager, Master CIW Administrator, Master CIW Designer and Master CIW Enterprise Developer certification.

The job roles for CIW Associate certified professionals typically include: Webmasters, Graphic Designers, Server Administrators, Application Developers or Firewall Administrators.

To get CIW Associate certification, you have to take one mandatory Core test, i.e. CIW Foundations 1D0-510.