Stand-Alone Certifications
ETA offers several stand-alone certifications for those individuals who do not wish to complete a career track. Click on the links below to view PDF overviews of each exam’s test criteria, suggested reading, committee members involved with designing each exam.
View ETA-approved schools that currently offer our electronics certification exams and ETA-approved FOI schools that currently offer fiber optics certification exams.
Stand-Alone Exams:
Communications
Communication Site Installer (R56)*
Broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (B-VoIP)**
Certified Satellite Installer (CSI)
Line & Antenna Sweep (LAS)**
Passive Intermodulation Testing (PIM)
Personal Communications Service-Cellular (PCS-C)
Telecommunications (TCM)
Information Technology
Certified Network Computer Technician (CNCT)
Certified Network Systems Technician (CNST)
Computer Service Technician (CST)
Wireless Network Technician (WNT)
Fiber Optics, Data Cabling, Optics and Photonics
Aerospace Fiber Optics Fabricator (FAB)**
Data Cabling Installer Certification (DCIC)**
Fiber Optics Installer (FOI)**
Fiber Optics Technician-Outside Plant (FOT-OSP)**
Fiber Optics Technician (FOT)**(The prerequisite for the FOT is the FOI)
Fiber Optics Designer (FOD)**
Photonics Technician Operator (PTO)**
Photonics Technician Specialist (PTS)**
Technician in Precision Optics (TPO)**
Specialist in Precision Optics (SPO)**(The prerequisite for the SPO is the TPO)
Renewable Energy
View Renewable Energy School Version:
Commercial Wind Maintainer (CWM) - Coming Soon
Photovoltaic Installer (PVI)
Small Wind Installer (SWI)
View Renewable Energy On-the-Job Training Version:
Commercial Wind Maintainer (CWM) Level 1 - Coming Soon
Commercial Wind Maintainer (CWM) Level 2 - Coming Soon
Commercial Wind Maintainer (CWM) Level 3 - Coming Soon
Photovoltaic Installer (PVI) Level 1
Photovoltaic Installer (PVI) Level 2 - Coming Soon
Photovoltaic Installer (PVI) Level 3 - Coming Soon
Renewable Energy Integrator (REI)- Coming Soon
Small Wind Installer (SWI) Level 1
Small Wind Installer (SWI) Level 2- Coming Soon
Small Wind Installer (SWI) Level 3- Coming Soon
SmartHome
Certified Alarm-Security Technician (CAST)
Electronic Security Networking Technician (ESNT)
Residential Electronics Systems Integrator (RESI)
Master (RESIma)***
Other ETA Stand-Alone Certifications
Certified Customer Service Specialist (CSS) (Lifetime certification)
Certified Service Manager (CSM) (Lifetime certification)
Electric Vehicle Technician (EVT)**
Gaming & Vending Technician (GVT)
Radio Frequency Identification Technical Specialist (RFID)
More about certification:
Certifications
Why ETA Certification?
Renewable Energy Certifications/Guides
Basic Electronics Certifications/Competencies
Journeyman Certifications/Competencies
Senior and Master Certifications
Motorola Certifications
FCC Licensing
Certification Rollovers
Renew/Maintain Certifications
Online Certification Tests
Online Self-Study Courses
* R56 certification expires after 4 years and must be retaken. This examination is to be attempted by Motorola technologists, engineers, contractors and vendors who have completed a Motorola-approved Communications Site Installer (R56) training course.
** Indicates special course; fee and hands-on exam from an ETA-approved school required.
*** To qualify for the ETA MASTER RESI, Residential Electronics Systems Integrator, a technician must hold the RESI basic certification (or have passed the RESI examinations) and pass each of the 5 endorsements. |
