Certification is offered by various professional associations as well as product vendors and software firms. Certification is voluntary and can help advance telecommunications professionals' skills and employment opportunities. Associations such as the National Center for Women & Information Technology and the Association for Computing Machinery, among others, offer certification programs.
- Cable Television Technicians
- Computer and Office Machine Service Technicians
- Computer Network Administrators
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Support Specialists
- Computer Systems Programmer/Analysts
- Customer Service Representatives
- Electrical Engineering Technologists
- Electrical Engineers
- Electronics Engineering Technicians
- Electronics Engineers
- Electronics Service Technicians
- Engineering Technicians
- Engineers
- Fiber Optics Technicians
- Internet Developers
- Internet Security Specialists
- Line Installers and Cable Splicers
- Microelectronics Technicians
- Network Operations Center Engineers
- Network Operations Center Technicians
- Software Application Developers
- Telephone and PBX Installers and Repairers
- Telephone Operators
- Wireless Service Technicians