Altium Designer Associate Certification

Step confidently into the next stage of your PCB design career with the Altium Designer Associate Certification. This certification validates your understanding of essential PCB design workflows within Altium Designer, from schematic creation to board layout and documentation.

It’s more than a credential; it’s your proof of professional readiness. As a Certified Altium Designer Associate, you demonstrate the technical competence and design discipline employers expect from skilled PCB design engineers. Whether you’re looking to build credibility in your first role or strengthen your standing on a design team, Altium certification sets you apart in a competitive field.

This certification exam will focus on essential concepts and skills, including basic navigation, component libraries, schematic capture, PCB designer layout, draftsman, project documentation, customization, and design transfer.

Member Price
$199.00
Nonmember Price
$235.00
Access
90 Days From Enrollment

  • Course Level: Introductory

  • Training Time

    Exam Time 2.5 Hours

  • Certificate of Completion

    Certified Altium Designer Associate

  • Seasonal Enrollment

    Access for 90 Days

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Altium Designer Certificants demonstrate, through the certification process, that they possess a minimum level of knowledge (as determined by IPC Certification program) with regard to their skills and understanding of Altium Designer software. 

Certificants are certified in two-year cycles after satisfying specific prerequisites outlined in the Policies and Procedures document, including the completion of one or more written examinations on the use of Altium Designer. These certification assessments are based on a body of knowledge that encompasses various best practices, requirements, and guidelines specified within the Altium Designer documentation and knowledge base.

Domain 1:  Basic Navigation Essentials (9.0%)

  • How to Create Files
  • Set Up System Environment
  • General Panel Management
  • Project Structure
  • Licenses
  • Extensions and Updates 

Domain 2: Component Library (12.1%)

  • Library Creation
  • Importing Library
  • Understanding Libraries
  • Part Choices
  • Schematic Symbols
  • Land Pattern/Footprint Creation
  • How to Make Sure Library Compiles
  • Adding Models/File Types to a Component 

Domain 3: Schematic Capture (25.1%)

  • Schematic Preferences
  • Basic Schematic Navigation
  • Grids
  • Schematic Graphical Objects
  • Schematic Annotation
  • Use of Available Panels
  • Using a Path Library
  • Component Placement
  • Basic Schematic Connectivity
  • Hierarchical vs Flat
  • Changing Component Values/Properties
  • FSO (Find Similar Objects)
  • Cross Probing 

Domain 4: PCB Designer Layout (30.6%)

  • PCB Editor Preferences
  • Basic PCB Navigation
  • PCB Graphical Objects
  • Create Board Shape
  • Add and Manipulate Free 3D Model
  • Grids
  • Use of Available Panels
  • View Configuration
  • Understanding Different Layers of the Board
  • Set Up Layer Stack
  • Basic Routing
  • Differential Pair Routing
  • Placement of Components on PCB
  • Keepouts
  • Define Basic DRC Rules
  • Design Rule Constraints 

Domain 5: Draftsman (10.3%)

  • Board Views
  • Layer Stack
  • Text
  • Call Outs
  • Tables
  • Dimensions
  • Update from Board 

Domain 6: Documentation Outjob Files (2.1%)

  • OutJob/File Generation 

Domain 8: Customization (5.6%)

  • General Preferences
  • Project Options
  • Default File Locations
  • Importing/Exporting  

Domain 9: ECO/Design Transfer (5.2%)

  • Update Components
  • Synchronization of Project
  • Project Options 

This certification exam is intended for professionals who are new to the field and have used Altium Designer for 1 to 3 years.

Altium Designer Certification Programs are offered as Remote Proctored Exams. This exam is monitored by a combination of Artificial Intelligence, live proctors, and video/audio recording and analysis to monitor candidates as they sit for the certification exams. Remote Proctoring Exams do not require a proctor physically present while testing.

The exam consists of 75 multiple-choice questions. Completion of the examination with a score of 70% or higher is required.

Review the Altium Designer Certification Policies and Procedures.

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