How to Become a Certified Website Builder
Although it is not required to be a successful website builder, becoming certified is an effective way to demonstrate to potential clients that you have been taught enough about building websites to do it effectively. A lot of companies that are looking to hire website builders require that they are certified because they don't want to waste money on a developer who might not know what they're doing. To do it requires a series of classes, exams, and apprenticeship.
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Becoming Certified
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Go to your local community college and take classes in different areas of website building. Classes on photo manipulation, Internet programming, a JavaScript class, and a database class would provide you with the needed understanding the connect the growing trends in websites.
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Visit an online certification site and determine that you want to take their exam. Two examples of these are WebProfessionals.org and CIWCertified.com. Both of these companies offer tests that rank you based on the percentage you got correct. WebProfessionals.org ranks you as an apprentice all the way up to master based on how you do. CIWCertified.com grades you and provides a certification with the percentage.
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Use the site's test material to prepare for the exam. The tests are typically similar because coding is the same. However, the test tools will help gear you for their specific test and will give hints on what questions are more likely and less likely. Use the material and study up. You might have received high marks in your college classes; however, this test is what will guarantee certification.
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Take the exam, pass and receive your certification. This can typically take about eight weeks. Once you have it, you can use it in your resume to show different clients that you are a qualified, certified website builder that is capable of doing whatever web languages you are certified in.
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Tips & Warnings
Be careful of companies that say they will certify you. Some will just take your money and run.
