ETA is one of the leading certification vendors in the information technology field. ETA certifications are designed for students who seek employment as electronics technicians and cover various electronics career paths including Fiber Optics, Biomedical Imaging, Computers, Satellite, Radar, Voice over IP, Telecommunications and Avionics.

ETA Certification Types:

ETA Certifications offer three types of certification:

Entry level, which has one path, the Student Electronics Technician (SET) and the Certified Electronics Technician, associate (CETa). SET is intended for students that do not have the prerequisite level of experience required for the CETa certification

Customer Service Specialist (CSS), which covers numerous topics, such as, Safety; Ethics; Respect; Teamwork; Communication; Handling Emotions; Telephone Techniques; Customer Problem Solving; Interpersonal Relationships; and Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service

Stand alone, which is the various ETA Certifications including Audio/Video Distribution (AVD), Broadband VoIP (B-VoIP), Certified Alarm Security Technician (CAST), Certified Customer Service Specialist (CSS), Certified Network Computer Technician (CNCT), Certified Network Systems Technician (CNST), Certified Satellite Installer (CSI), Certified Service Manager (CSM), Certified Web Specialist (CWS), Computer Service Technician (CST), Data Cabling Installer Certification (DCIC), E-Commerce Developer (ECD), Fiber Optic Designer (FOD), Fiber Optics Installer (FOI), Fiber Optics Technician (FOT), Fiber Optics Technician - Outside Plant (FOT-OSP), Residential Electronic Systems Installer (RESI/RETI), RF Line-Sweeping (FDR), Personal Communication Service - Cellular (PCS-C), and Telecommunications (TCM).

ETA Certification Paths:

The ETA certification covers various electronics career paths by offering different certification tracks so that students can match their certification track to their job role in the industry. The ETA certification tracks are:

Audio/Video which consists of the AVD certification

VoIP which consists of the B-VoIP certification

Alarm Security which consists of the CAST certification

Customer Service which consists of the CSS certification

Network Computer which consists of the CNCT certification

Network Systems which consists of the CNST certification

Satellite which consists of the CSI certification

Service Manager which consists of the CSM certification

Web which consists of the CWS certification

Computer Service which consists of the CST certification

Data Cabling which consists of the DCIC certification

E-Commerce which consists of the ECD certification

Fiber Optic which consists of the FOD, the FOI, the FOT, and the FOT-OSP certification

Residential Electronic Systems which consists of the RESI/RETI certification

RF Line-Sweeping which consists of the FDR certification

Personal Communication Service which consists of the PCS-C certification

Telecommunications which consists of the TCM certification

ETA Certification Renewal:

Certification renewal is a key feature of ETA certification. A successful CET and FOI student will hold that ETA certification for four years only. The CET student must re-validate their ETA certification by retaking and passing one of the current Journeyman CET exams, or by acquiring 10 educational contact hours per year and a total of 40 hours for the four year period, or electronics instructors can recertify by verifying their employment as an electronics teacher at an educational institute, or by attending or completing in-house training programs sponsored by corporations or other organizations and associations; or by attending program presentations at related technical or professional meetings.

The FOI student can submit your renewal application if you have been working either as a fiber optic installer, technicians, engineer, or educator since you obtained your FOI certification, and have received 24 or more classroom hours of additional fiber optic training, or take a recertification. If you have not been working in the fiber optic industry as a fiber optic installer, technician, engineer, or educator since you obtained certification you will be required to attend an approved CFOI installer refresher course to renew your FOI certification.

Preparing for an ETA Certification:

There are plenty of ETA Certification study materials available on the Internet. These range from the official ETA Certification Training courses and official ETA Self Study Training Guides from ETA Press, to the Testking practice exams and Testking study guides. Online practice exams and braindumps are also available online.

ETA More Information:

You can find more information about the ETA certifications on the internet on websites like at www.testking.com, www.certifyexpress.com and at www.eta-i.org itself.