National Instruments Recertification Policy and Process

Recertification is important for certified professionals and their employers: it demonstrates up-to-date expertise with the software as new features are released and maintains the certified professional's presence as a product expert in the technical community. All NI certifications are good for 2 years from the date of certification, which is approximately equal to the frequency with which National Instruments makes major revisions to its software. To keep certifications current, the certified individual should advance to take the next higher certification level or recertify at the current level. National Instruments sends a recertification reminder prior to your expiration date.

1. Recertification Exam Details
2. Preparing for Your Recertification Exam
3. Recertification Process
4. Certification Status Definitions
5. Early Recertification

Recertification Exam Details

Preparing for Your Recertification Exam

Recertification Process

The table above indicates  possible locations for taking a recertification exam.  Depending on the location where you will take the exam, the recertification process differs slightly.

Recertification Process for Exams to be Taken at Pearson VUE Testing Centers

1. For CLAD or CTD recertification, skip this step and go to step 2.  For CLD, CLA or CTA recertification, obtain an authorization code for recertification exam from National Instruments by emailing: certification@ni.com 
2. Register for recertification exam with PearsonVUE at http://www.pearsonvue.com/ni/.
3. Take your recertification exam at your nearest Pearson VUE location.

Recertification Process for All Other Exams

Step 1: Contact your local National Instruments office to register for your recertification exam 

Online/phone: ni.com/contact 

Email: certification@ni.com

Step 2: Take your recertification exam as scheduled.

Certification Status Definitions

Figure 1. Certification Status Timeline

Active

Active status is achieved immediately after passing a certification or recertification exam. Active status is in effect for 2 years from the date of certification.

Suspended (Expired)

Suspended status results if a certified individual does not pass either:

• The recertification exam OR
• The exam for the next level of certification

prior to the expiration date of the certification (2 years from date of issuance of certification).  In the suspended state, the following changes occur:

• The individual’s name is removed from the list of certified professionals on ni.com.  
• The individual will not be allowed to take the exam for the next level of certification without first recertifying at the current level.

Suspended status is cleared and changed to Active upon passing the recertification exam within a year of the date of suspension.  

Inactive

Inactive status occurs after one year of Suspended status. In order to regain Active status, an individual must repeat the entire certification process starting by taking the Associate Developer exam

Early Recertification

Recertification exams can be taken up to four months prior to your expiration date.  Exams taken within this window do not alter your current certification status, nor do they lessen the recertification interval.  

• Current certification status:  If, for example, you are an active Certified LabVIEW Developer whose certification expires March 1, 2011, and you fail the recertification exam on February 1, 2011, your certification is still valid until March 1, 2011.  However, you will need to retake and pass the recertification exam to extend your certification status beyond March 1, 2011.
• Recertification interval: For example, if your certification expires March 1, 2011, and you take and pass a recertification exam on February 1, 2011, your certification will remain active for 2 years from the original expiration date - through March 1, 2013.

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