The document describes the Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) certification program. The CIW program offers a multi-tiered certification path focused on different internet job roles, including designer, administrator, and developer. It covers key technologies and topics and is endorsed by major internet associations. The program provides 50+ days of flexible training across different certification series leading to specialized and master certifications aligned to job roles.

1. Certified Internet Webmaster
Program

2. What is the CIW Program?
• A multi-tiered Internet skills certification
program aimed at all of the various job roles
within the typical Web team.
• Appeals to a broad student base. Provides
students the opportunity to develop specialized
skills.
• Endorsed by the top Internet associations.
• Created by ProsoftTraining.com, tests are
administered by Prometric and VUE.

3. Endorsements
The CIW Internet skills certification program is
recognized and endorsed by the top Internet
professional associations:
•International Webmasters Association (IWA)
•Association of Internet Professionals (AIP)
•Internet Certification Institute International (ICII)
These organizations, the fastest growing professional
societies in the world, collectively encompass the
largest group of Internet professionals globally.

4. The Hottest Internet Topics are
Covered!!
• FrontPage 2000 and Dreamweaver
• HTML, Dynamic HTML and Style
Sheets
• CGI Programming and Active Serve
Pages (ASP)
• JavaScript and Java Programming
• Database creation and administration
• TCP/IP and Security
• E-Commerce

5. CIW Program Structure
MASTER CIW
ADMINISTRATOR
***************
CIW Server
Administrator Series

CIW Internetworking
Professional Series

CIW Security
Professional Series
MASTER CIW
DESIGNER
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CIW Site Designer
Series

CIW E-Commerce
Professional Series
MASTER CIW
ENTERPRISE
DEVELOPER
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CIW Application Dev.

Database Specialist
Series

CIW Enterprise Dev.
Series
This track includes programming
language certs.
CIW Foundations or CompTIA’s i-Net+ certification

6. CIW Program Structure Features
• Based on job roles.
• More than 50 days worth of training available.
• Students obtain a CIW Professional certification at
the end of each series. 14 certifications available!
• Students obtain Master CIW certification once they
complete all of the series in one track Master.
• Training providers are NOT required to offer all of the
series or all of the series in a Master CIW certification
track.

7. Audience for the CIW Program
While each series appeals to specific target audiences, the CIW
program as a whole appeals to the following:
• Vendor specific certified: Microsoft, Novell, Cisco,
Adobe
• Vendor-neutral certified: i-Net+, A+, Network+
• Existing Web professionals: 97 percent are looking to
gain a certification source:cnn/fn
• Marketing professionals, admins.: Technical
certifications give them the competitive edge.
• Non-certified IT professionals

8. CIW Foundations
• Establishes the basic Internet skills
that are required for all levels of
specialization.
• Course materials prepare students for
CompTIA’s i-Net+ certification as well.
• Target audience: admin. assistants, HR
hiring professionals, others who need
to interface with the Internet.
• 5 days of training: Internet basics,
HTML, and networking.

9. CIW Professional Series
• Establish specialist skills that are
associated with Internet job roles.
• Lead to Master CIW certifications.
• 5 days of training for each series.
• There are 8 CIW Professional certifications
available.

10. CIW Professional Series include...
• CIW Site Designer Series
• CIW E-Commerce Designer Series
• CIW Application Developer Series
• CIW Enterprise Developer Series
• CIW Database Specialist Series
• CIW Server Administrator Series
• CIW Internetworking Professional Series
• CIW Security Professional Series

11. Site Designer series target
audience
Web authors, marketing and communications
professionals, PR professionals, Webmasters,
graphic designers, desktop designers,
technical writers, and library scientists.
Design Methodology and Technology (5 days)
Site Designer course...

12. Web authors, marketing and communications
professionals, PR professionals, Webmasters,
graphic designers, desktop designers,
technical writers, and library scientists.
E-Commerce Designer target
audience...
E-Commerce Strategies and Practices
(5 days)
E-Commerce Designer series course...

13. Once students complete the CIW Site
Designer series and the CIW E-Commerce
Designer series, they receive the
Master CIW Designer certification.
Master CIW Designer

14. LAN/WAN administrators, systems
administrators, systems managers, intranet
administrators, network engineers, and
internetworking engineers.
•Internet System Management (2 days)
•Advanced Internet System Management (3 days)
Server Administrator series
target audience...
Server Administrator courses...

15. Network engineers, network architects,
internetworking engineers, LAN/WAN
administrators, systems administrators,
systems managers, intranet administrators.
Internetworking Professional
series target audience...
• TCP/IP Internetworking (2 days)
• Advanced TCP/IP Concepts and Practices
(3 days)
Internetworking Professional courses...

16. Network server administrators, firewall
administrators, systems administrators,
application developers, and IT security officers.
Security Professional series
target audience...
• Network Security and Firewalls (2 days)
• Operating System Security (1 day)
• Security Audit, Attacks and Threat Analysis (2 days)
Security Professional series courses...

17. Once student complete the CIW Server
Administrator series, CIW Internetworking
Professional series, and the CIW Security
Professional series they receive the
Master CIW Administrator certification.
Master CIW Administrator

18. Application Developer series
target audience...
Webmasters, software developers, application
programmers, client/server developers, and
desktop publishers.
• Fundamentals of CGI Programming Using PERL
(2 days)
• Dynamic Server Pages (3 days)
Application Developer series
courses...
Available August
2000!

19. Database Specialist series
target audience...
Database developers, Internet application
developers, database architects, middleware
programmers, database administrators, Java
developers, and client/server developers.
• Database Design Methodology (3 days)
• JDBC 2.0 (2 days)
Database Specialist courses...
Available December
2000!

20. Enterprise Developer series
target audience...
Database developers, Internet application
developers, database architects, middleware
programmers, database administrators, Java
developers, and client/server developers.
• Internet Enterprise Architecture (1 day)
• Enterprise Java Beans (2 day)
• Distributed Object Computing Using
CORBA and Java (2 day)
Enterprise Developer courses...
Available December
2000!

21. CIW Language Series
There are 3 Language Series that are a part of
the Master CIW Enterprise Specialist track.
•Web Languages Series:
JavaScript Fundamentals (2 days) and Perl
Fundamentals (3 days)
•Java Programming Series:
Java Programming Fundamentals (5 days)
•Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Series:
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design (5 days)
Available August 2000!
Available August 2000!

22. Once students complete the CIW Application
Developer job role series, the CIW
Database Specialist job role series and the
CIW Enterprise Developer job role series,
as well as the 3 CIW language series, they
receive the
Master CIW Enterprise Specialist certification.
Master CIW Enterprise Specialist

23. Growth Factors of CIW
•Massive growth of the Internet and e-
commerce is an indicator of the growth of
this job market.
•Salary range for web jobs: $40,000 to
$88,000
•Number of CIW training providers has
increased by more than 10 times in the past
year.

24. CIW Program Requirements
• Must be an Authorized Training Center
(CIW ATP)
• Certified instructors must deliver the
certification courses.
• Use certified curriculum must be used
to deliver the certification courses.
• Association fee
• Hardware/software requirements.

25. CIW ATP Status includes:
• Access to the world standard for Internet
certification training
• Full library of the Certified Internet Webmaster
courseware.
• Inclusion on CIWcertified.com Web site.
• Operations manual
• Access to a dedicated ComputerPREP Account
Manager to assist in the implementation of your
program.
• Access to Technical Support.
• Plaque and CIW Executive case
• Biweekly CIW News Updates

26. CIW Program Benefits
• Multi-tiered program that allows students to
specialize in real Web job roles, not a specific
vendor’s products.
• Internet is very hot and Web jobs are in demand.
• Appeals to a broad student base.
• It has been endorsed by Internet professional
associations.
• More than 50 days worth of training and it is flexible
program.
• Covers the hottest Internet topics.