Currently Offered IPC Certification Courses

 

IPC-A-610

This certification will demonstrate your commitment to customer quality requirements and greatly assist any company dedicated to ISO-9000 or other quality assurance initiatives. This ensures immediate recognition, legitimacy, and value throughout the electronics industry. It is a comprehensive and technically accurate program with high-quality, detailed instructional plans for training Application Specialists at all levels. Anyone responsible for the quality and reliability of electronic assemblies should consider becoming an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Trainer. Trainers and quality supervisors versed in electronic assembly are excellent candidates, as well as engineering and manufacturing supervisors with assembly responsibilities.

• Module 1 – General, Foreword, Applicable Docs, Handling (MANDATORY FOR CIS) (Covers Fundamentals, Non-IPC Documents, ESD & Handling)
• Module 2 – Soldering & High Voltage (Covers soldering fundamentals & high voltage Soldering application)
• Module 3 – Component Damage & PCB’s (Covers Leaded and leadless devices and laminate anomalies)
• Module 4 – Terminal Connections (Covers terminals where wire placement, soldering, and inspection are applicable)
• Module 5 – Through Hole Technology (Covers installation, soldering, and inspection of through-hole applications)
• Module 6 – Surface Mount Technology (Covers SMT terminations, installation, soldering, and inspection)
• Module 7 – Hardware (Covers Fasteners, Locking Mechanisms, Proper sequencing

IPC/WHMA-A-620

Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies enjoyed immediate international acceptance since its first release in 2002 and quickly became the most important process, materials, and inspection standard for the cable and wire harness industry. Developed with the support of the Wire Harness Manufacturer’s Association, the document and training programs have been published in several languages and the standard has earned an international reputation as the source for end-product acceptance. Now updated to lead-free for terminal soldering criteria, IPC/WHMA-A-620 has been embraced by original equipment manufacturers and electronics manufacturing services companies worldwide.

• Module 1 – General, Applicable Docs, Preparation, Measuring, Testing (MANDATORY FOR CIS) (Covers fundamentals, wire & cable prep, nominal & tolerance measuring, electrical & mechanical testing)
• Module 2 – Crimp Terminations & IDC’s (Covers stamped & formed open and closed barrel terminals and insulation displacement connections)
• Module 3 – Soldering & High Voltage Soldering (Covers basic soldering principals and high voltage soldering applications)
• Module 4 – Connectorization & Over Molding / Potting (Covers cable connectors alignment and securing and high and low-pressure connector molding and potting)
• Module 5 – Ultrasonic Welding & Splices (Covers splicing accomplished by ultrasonics, soldering, and crimping)
• Module 6 – Marking, Securing & Final Assembly (Covers position, application, and content of marking, wire bundle securing, installation for final assembly)
• Module 7 – Coaxial & Biaxial (Covers stripping, terminating, and jumper wires involved common axis cable signal carrying)
• Module 8 – Shielding & Protective Coverings (Covers signal shielding and abrasion resistance of cable harnesses)
• Optional hands-on workmanship

The optional hands-on training is also available. In this 1-day additional course students will build a cable assembly to demonstrate their practical ability to measure, cut, and strip wires. Attach terminals to wires (crimped and soldered). Assemble coaxial, ethernet, and ribbon cables as well as bundle securing (tie wraps, lacing, etc.). Full kit, assembly drawing, and instructions provided.

J-STD-001

This course presents the methods and acceptance criteria for producing basic soldered electronic circuit boards.  Students will be trained by lectures and hands-on workmanship to obtain certification. Experienced solder technicians and operators need to show they understand the correct way to achieve quality soldered connections.
This course assumes that the students know some basic concepts and materials associated with hand soldering. If not, additional training could help the student before attending this course.

• Module 1 - Introduction of the Standard (MANDATORY FOR CIS) - (Covers overall introduction and fundamentals)
• Module 2 – Wires & Terminals - (Covers terminals where wire placement, soldering, and inspection are applicable)
• Module 3 – Printed circuit Boards & Adhesives - (Covers PCB conditions, conformal coating, encapsulation, and staking)
• Module 4 – Through Hole Technology - (Covers installation, soldering, and inspection of through-hole applications)
• Module 5 – Surface Mount Technology - (Covers SMT terminations, installation, soldering, and inspection)
• Module 6 – Inspection - (Covers all the inspection methodology covered in modules 2, 4, and 5)

J-STD-001 Space Addendum

Additionally, we offer the J-STD-001 Space/Military Addendum which supplements or replaces specifically identified requirements of the base document for soldered electrical and electronic assemblies that must survive the vibration and thermal cyclic environments of getting to and operating in space and military applications. A CIT candidate must be certified to J-STD-001 as a prerequisite before attaining certification. A CIS candidate must have passed Module 1 and at least one other Module before attaining certification. There is no workmanship associated with this 1-day course. The Space Addendum certification must be obtained within 90 days of certifying to the J-STD-001.