CIW Certifications and Apprenticeships UK

Through our continued work with City and Guilds, Edexcel, e skills and Ofqual CIW Certifications are now available as vendor units within the current ICT Apprenticeships schemes.

Positioned at QCF level 3 and 4 the CIW certifications validate that students have the necessary job role specific skills to succeed in today's competitive workplace, certified CIW professionals have proven abilities that set them apart from other Web professionals. Our core curriculum focuses on the foundational standards of the Web, including Web design, Web development and Web security.

QCF Credits and Levels

Unique Ref No.	Certification	QCF Level	Unit Value	Guided Learning Hours
D/502/9007	Internet Business Associate	3	10 Credits	60
D/502/9010	Site Development Associate	3	10 Credits	60
K/502/9009	Network technology Associate	3	10 Credits	60
T/502/9014	Web Foundations Associate	3	30 Credits	180
L/502/8998	Web Design Specialist	4	20 Credits	120
M/502/8993	E-commerce Specialist	4	20 Credits	120
F/502/8996	Web Design Professional	4	40 Credits	240
Y/502/9006	JavaScript Specialist	4	10 Credits	60
T/502/9005	Database Specialist	4	10 Credits	60
M/502/9013	Perl Specialist	4	10 Credits	60
R/502/9019	Web Security Associate	3	10 Credits	60

CIW Partner Program

The CIW Academic Partner program is designed to reduce the costs of implementing CIW Certifications as vendor units within funded training programs. For more information on our Partner programs, click here.

We provide high quality Official course materials for all the CIW certifications designed especially for instructor led training, interactive support materials through CIW Online, practice exams and live labs when necessary. We also offer lesson plans of 10, 16 and 32 weeks to all instructors as well as providing them with all the necessary information that ensures the smooth delivery of classroom based training.

Our Marketing portal provides your Employer Engagement team with promotional materials that helps explain the CIW Certifications to employers and the value of having an apprentice with CIW skills within their organisations.

Your account management team will help you implement the CIW Certifications as vendor units as well as providing advice and options for testing candidates.

Awarding Bodies

Certification Partners currently work with the two leading awarding bodies for ICT Apprenticeships – City & Guilds and Edexcel.

City & Guilds Certificate and Diploma in ICT Professional Competence (4520). For more information, please click here.

CIW units can also be found in the City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma in Social Media for Business that will provide provide Social Media technical staff with the skills and knowledge to deliver robust, rich websites as part of social media and digital marketing activity within an organisation.

IT and Telecoms Professionals Advanced Apprenticeship (Level 3)
IT and Telecoms Professionals Higher Apprenticeship (Level 4)
For more information please click here.