IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Electronics Assemblies Training and Certification Program

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Targeting Excellence in Electronics Assembly

IPC-A-610, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies is the most widely used standard published by the IPC. With multiple language versions, it has an international reputation as the source for end product acceptance criteria for consumer and high reliability printed wiring assemblies.

An industry developed and approved program that includes training, certification and instructional materials based on the IPC-A-610 is available to your company. This certification will demonstrate your commitment to customer requirements and greatly assists any company dedicated to ISO-9000 or other quality assurance initiatives.

This training and certification has immediate recognition, legitimacy and value throughout the electronics industry. Thousands of individuals have been trained to be IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Trainers. A comprehensive and technically accurate program, IPC-A-610 Training and Certification provides Certified IPC Trainers with high quality materials and detailed instructional plans for training Application Specialists at all levels, including buyers, sales teams and management.

How the IPC Certification Program Works

Instructor Training Course Topics

• Establishing and maintaining integrity of the certification program
• Purpose and application of IPC-A-610
• Hardware installation
• Soldering criteria, including lead free connections
• Soldered requirements for connecting to terminals
• Soldered connection requirements for plated-through holes
• Surface mounting criteria for chip components, leadless and leaded chip carriers
• Swaged hardware and heatsink requirements of mechanical assemblies
• Component mounting criteria for DIPS, socket pins and card edge connectors
• Jumper wire assembly requirements
• Solder fillet dimensional criteria for all major SMT component groups
• Soldering, such as tombstoning, dewetting, voiding and others
• Criteria for component damage, laminate conditions, cleaning and coating
• Steps to effectively using the lesson plan and materials, tips on inspection and a review of important Certified IPC Trainer skills

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Who Should Become a Certified Trainer

"An excellent course of study on an excellent document… My students were nervous about testing, but we have had high pass rates and a lot of personal satisfaction gained from participating in the training. Without question, the greatest strength of the program is its relevance: it is used by our operators every day. The program has given the entire facility a much higher level of common knowledge about terminology and important concepts."

~ Bernie Schaeffer, Kimball Electronics Group

Program Benefits

Download the course synopsis (schedule format) (.pdf).

All IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Trainers receive materials for participating in the A-610 training as well as instructional materials for conducting the Modular Application Specialist training. The modular approach lets users control cost by tailoring training to the specific needs of their work force.

These include:

• A CD-ROM with full color teaching visuals illustrating every aspect of the IPC-A-610 document and training information, and all reports and forms required for conducting Application Specialist training
• An Instructor Guide, providing complete instructions for conducting the Application Specialist training and testing
• IPC-A-610E Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies and IPC-T-50 Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
• Open and closed book Application Specialist Written Examinations
• IPC certificate of course completion

Application Specialist training materials, including official, serialized IPC certificates, may be purchased from IPC only by Certified IPC Trainers and the companies they represent. Certified IPC Trainers may teach the course at any location and to any audience and may set a training fee, if applicable.

The term for an IPC-A-610 Certified IPC Trainer is two years. Re-certification training is conducted at the IPC Licensed Certification Centers.

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How to Register for Instructor Training

Approved IPC-A-610 Training and Certification Centers

Contact any of the IPC Licensed IPC-A-610 Certification Centers listed below for course locations, times and fees.

Asia Pacific & Australia