GitLab Certified Git Associate

Development teams lose time and increase change risk when Git workflows, branching standards, and CI/CD automation vary from project to project. This beginner-level GitLab Certified Git Associate training gives IT Directors and Team Leads a structured path for junior DevOps admins and newer IT Practitioners who already have basic Git exposure and need consistent, professional GitLab habits.

Plan for about 17 hours per learner across source control, Git internals, branching and merging, GitLab team development, Pages, CI/CD, container image builds, AWS and Azure deployment workflows, Ansible, Vault, Terraform, artifacts, and services. For change management, assign it before expanding GitLab pipeline ownership or standardizing DevOps workflows across teams. CBT Nuggets Playlists and Team Reporting help Training Managers sequence the rollout and track completion by role or team.

IT teams complete this training to turn GitLab from a shared repository into a repeatable delivery platform. The course maps to day-to-day DevOps work: managing branches and merges, collaborating in GitLab, automating builds, and connecting pipelines to cloud and infrastructure tools.

• Reduce workflow inconsistency: Teams align on source control, Git internals, commit techniques, branching strategies, and merge practices.
• Support faster delivery cycles: IT Practitioners learn GitLab CI/CD fundamentals, then apply pipelines to container image builds and more complex automation.
• Improve infrastructure handoffs: DevOps teams see how GitLab pipelines connect to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Ansible, and Terraform workflows.
• Strengthen project security practices: Teams are introduced to integrating HashiCorp Vault with GitLab Server for secrets-related workflows.

Knowledge

• Source control concepts with Git and how Git works internally
• Common branching strategies and merge workflows
• Git commit techniques used in professional development workflows
• GitLab hosting, team development processes, and GitLab Pages basics
• GitLab CI/CD concepts, pipeline structure, artifacts, and services
• How GitLab connects with containers, AWS, Azure, Ansible, Vault, and Terraform

Ability

• Apply consistent Git workflows across repositories and teams
• Create and manage branches, commits, and merges with fewer process gaps
• Navigate GitLab as a collaboration and hosting platform
• Build CI/CD pipelines that support container image creation and more complex automation
• Use GitLab pipelines in cloud and infrastructure-as-code scenarios
• Prepare for the GitLab Certified Git Associate certification at a foundational level