IPC-A-610 Training and Certification

IPC-A-610 Acceptability of Electronics Assemblies Training and Certification Program
Certification Extensions A-4 Size Certificates Are Now Available (.pdf)
Training Course Topics Program Benefits Support for Training A-610 Certified Instructors Support for Training A-610 Application Specialists Ordering information for 610D Translated Training Materials Authorized Training Companies Asia Pacific/Australia Europe/Africa North America
Translated Training Materials Translated training materials for this program are currently available for Revision D in the Chinese, French, German, Italian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish languages with additional language translations in progress.
Targeting Excellence in Electronics Assembly Support for Lead Free and Modular Training at the Application Level! 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

IPC-A-610 Training and Certification program has two tiers of instruction. Certified IPC Trainer candidates are sent by their parent companies to receive intensive training on the IPC-A-610 from an IPC authorized certification center. Candidates are certified once they complete their course of study and pass the certification examinations. If they feel they do not need the training course, candidates may opt to take a "challenge test" administered by one of the certification centers. Certified IPC Trainers are provided instructional materials for training Application Specialist in a modular training program. Certified IPC Trainers are considered certified for two years after the course completion date. They must then re-certify at an IPC authorized certification site.

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

Who Should Become a Certified Trainer

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 for A-610 training, as are engineering and manufacturing supervisors with assembly responsibilities.

"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

The IPC-A-610 Training and Certification Program offers those interested in company-wide quality assurance initiatives in an industry traceable, IPC-sponsored program to support their commitment to continuous improvement of product quality and reliability. The program provides individuals with a portable credential that represents their understanding of the IPC-A-610.

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-610D 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.

How to Register for Instructor Training

The organizations listed have been licensed to provide the IPC-A-610 Training and Certification program. Centers operate independently and set their own course schedules and fees. To register for the program, contact a training center. For program information, email certification@ipc.org or contact IPC at +1 847-597-2802.

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

Asian Centre for Aerospace Capability Development Pte Ltd. 511 Guillemard Road #03-12 Grandlink Square Singapore 399849 Republic of Singapore P: +65 6741 4693 F: +65 6741 1205 C: +65 9641 2084 Watson Chong watsonchong@asian-aerocad.com www.asian-aerocad.com	Australia SMCBA Training Centre PO Box 3140 MURRUMBEENA VIC 3163 Australia P: +61 3 9568 0599 F: +61 3 9568 0622 pollocka@smcba.asn.au www.smcba.asn.au Training also conducted in New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and The Philippines
Hong Kong Productivity Council HKPC Building, 3rd Floor 78 Tat Chee, Yau Yat Cheun Kowloon, Hong Kong P.R. China P: +852 2 788 5678 F: +852 2 788 5405 jennie@hkpc.org www.hkpc.org	Industry Association Training Center (IATC) #690, 6th 'A' Cross, 3rd Block, Koramangala Bangalore 560 034 India P: +91(0)25505028.& 29 F: +91(0)25505149 A. Vijayendra iatc.india@gmail.com
IPC China Suite 2303 1088 Yan An West Road Changnin District Shanghai P.R.China Postal code: 200052 P: +86 21 54973435 F: +86 21 54973437 infoasia@ipc.org www.ipc.org/China	Microtek (Changzhou) Laboratories No. 19 Xinke RD, Electronic-Technology Industrial Park Changzhou New District Jiangsu 213031 P.R. China P: +86 519 85487805 F: +86 519 85487810 Laya Chen: Training Coordinator Layachen@china.thetestlab.com www.china.thetestlab.com Training also available in Mandarin

Europe/Africa

A. A. Training Consulting and Trade A.G. Ltd. 2A Rahvat Poina St. Shoam 60850 Israel P: +972 3 967 2826 F: +972 3 967 2813 Arie Grushka agrushka@zahav.net.il www.arie-grushka.co.il Training available in Hebrew	Advanced Rework Technology Hill Farm Ford End Chelmsford CM3 1LH UK P: +44 1245 237083 F: +44 1245 237084 Barry Morris debbie@rework.co.uk www.rework.co.uk
ATEK Training Services Ltd. 1 Palm Grove Ballina/Killaloe Co. Tipperary Ireland P: +353 61 375 255 F: +353 61 375234 Rob Mullane rob@atektraining.com www.atektraining.com	Bae Systems Integrated Systems Technologies Kelvin Building North Way Hillend Industrial Park Fife Scotland KY11 9JE P: +44 (0) 1383 836179 F: +44 (0) 1383 824401 John Leslie john.leslie@baesystems.com
Electronics Yorkshire Airedale House Clayton Wood Rise West Park Leeds LS16 6RF UK P: +44 0113 274 4270 F: +44 0113 274 4328 Eric Hinsley erich@electronicsyorkshire.org.uk www.electronicsyorkshire.org.uk	FED-Fachverband Elektronik Design e.V. Alte Jakobstrasse 85/86 Berlin D-10179 Germany P: +49 30 834 9059 F: +49 30 834 1831 Dr. Stephan Weyhe info@fed.de www.fed.de
HYTEK Sofievej 61 Postboks 519 DK-9100 Aalborg Denmark P: +45 9811 7003 F: +45 9633 2201 hytek@hytekaalborg.dk www.hytekaalborg.dk Training also available in Danish - Swedish - Norwegian	Istituto Italiano della Saldatura Lungobisagno Istria, 15 16141 Genova Italy P: +39 0108341315 F: +39 0108367780 luca.moliterni@iis.it
L & G Advice Serv SRL Petre Antonescu Nr. 13 BL. 12, AP. 45, Sector 2 Bucharest, 023592 Romania P: +40 74 508 5227 F: +40 21 242 1021 Augustin Stan office@lg-advice.ro www.lg-advice.ro Training available in Romanian or English	NKOKA Training CC 71 Goshawk Street Wierda Park Extention 2 Centurion 0149 South Africa P: +27 12 6532629 F: +27 866507397 Rian Venter rian@nkoka.co.za www.ipc.org.za Training available in Afrikaans or English
PIEK International Education Center (I.E.C.) B.V. Schelsberg 111 - 113 6413 AC HEERLEN The Netherlands P: +31 45 570 3333 F: +31 45 570 3320 info@piekiec.eu www.piekiec.eu Training also available in Dutch, German, English, French	Renex Electronics Education Center al. Kazimierza Wielkiego 6E 87-800 Wloclawek Poland P: +48 54 4112555 F: +48 54 4112555 Marcin Sudomir szkolenia@renex.com.pl www.renex.com.pl Training available in Polish, English, Lithuanian, Russian
Scanditron Sverige AB Box 39 162 11 Vällingby Sweden P: +46 (0) 8 795 24 00 F: +46 (0) 8 795 24 10 Sheila Ringqvist www.scanditron.se Training also available in English, Swedish, Polish	Solder School Technology 29, Whitehill Road Whitehill Business Park Glenrothes, Fife KY6 2RW Scotland P: +44 1592 631094 F: +44 1592 631995 Katherine Henderson KathHende@aol.com enquiries@solderschool.com www.solderschool.com
SQC DENMARK Skaaning Quality & Certification Engvej 3 DK-2960 Rungsted Kyst Denmark P: +45 4041 3930 F: +45 4586 3572 Finn Skaanning qualcert@qualcert.dk www.qualcert.dk	ZVE 6, Argelsrieder Feld D-82234 Oberpfaffen Wessling Germany P: +49 8153 403 21 F: +49 8153 403 15 Karl Ring karl.ring@zve.izm.fhg.de

North America

Accelper Consulting 1320 Tower Road Schaumburg, IL 60173 USA P: +1 847-884-1900 F: +1 847-884-7280 Jay Patel jay@accelper.com www.accelper.com	ACME, INC. (American-Hispanic Company) 513 Cleveland Street Suite 300 Rapid City, SD 57701 USA P: +1 605-381-5963 F: +1 605-341-4261 P: +55 5272 4341 & 3319 (MexicoCity) C: +55 2709 6392 (Mexico Cell) Constantino J. Gonzalez acmetino@gwtc.net acmetino@msn.com acmetino@galusamex.com Training available in Spanish & English
Advanced Soldering Institute, LLC 6608 Jubilee Court West Valley City, UT 84128 USA P: +1 801-864-7905 F: +1 303-997-1819 William L. Walker Las_Vegas_training@asitraining.info Utah_sales@asitraining.info www.asitraining.info	American Competitiveness Institute (ACI)/Electronics Manufacturing Productivity Facility (EMPF) International Plaza One Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19113 USA P: +1 610-362-1200 F: +1 610-362-1290 registrar@empf.org www.empf.org
B E S T Inc. 3603 Edison Place Rolling Medows, IL 60008 USA P: +1 847-797-9250 F: +1 847-797-9255 Katy Radcliff kradcliff@solder.net www.solder.net Training available in Spanish, Mandarin or English	Blackfox Training Institute, LLC 701 Delaware Avenue Unit B Longmont, CO 80501 USA *Locations also available in Australia, Malaysia, Italy and Mexico* P: 888-837-9959 P: +1 303-684-0135 x100 F: +1 303-485-5504 Sharon Montana-Beard sharonm@blackfox.com www.blackfox.com Training also available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese and Italian
Celestica Performance Innovation 844 Don Mills Road Toronto, Ontario M3C 1V7 Canada P: +1 416-448-5800 ext. 4722 P: 888-899-9998 ext. 4722 (Toll-Free in North America) F: +1 416-448-6201 Zenaida Valianu learning@celestica.com www.celestica.com	Central New Mexico Community College School of Applied Technologies 525 Buena Vista SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 USA P: +1 505-224-3340 F: +1 505-224-3341 www.cnm.edu www.cnm.edu/depts/at/ programs/electronics andy@cnm.edu or ahuertaz@cnm.edu
Circuit Technology Inc. 340 Raleigh Street Holly Springs, NC 27540 also in Florida and in Maryland USA P: +1 919-552-3434 F: +1 919-552-2772 Bob Doetzer bob@circuittechnology.com Ruffin Blackard ruffin@circuittechnology.com www.circuittechnology.com/training Training available in Spanish	Dalus S.A. de C.V. Av. Kalos n° 117 Centro de Negocios Kalos Apodaca Apodaca, N.L. 66600 Mexico P: +52 (81) 8386 1717 F: +52 (81) 8386 4780 Erik C. Jurgensen Lorena Garza info@dalus.com lorena.garza@dalus.com www.dalus.com Training available in Spanish or English
EEI Manufacturing Services 703 Grand Central Street Clearwater, FL 33756 USA P: +1 727-447-5867 Venus Sanders vsanders@eeimfg.com Gloria Remp gremp@eeimfg.com www.eeimfg.com	EPTAC Corporation 8025 S Willow Street Longfellow Square, Building II Manchester, NH 03103 USA P: 800-643-7822 P: +1 603-296-0887 F: +1 603-296-2377 Brenda Bujwid eptac@eptac.com www.eptac.com
J.E.T.S. (Justice Electronic Training Services, Inc.) 5850 T.G. Lee Boulevard Suite 240 Orlando, FL 32822 USA P: +1 407-850-0205 F: +1 407-850-0294 Lucy Justice lucy@justets.com sherry@justets.com www.justets.com	Microtek Laboratories Microtek Laboratories 1435 Allec Street Anaheim, CA 92805 USA P: +1 714-999-1616 F: +1 714-999-1636 Russ Shepherd Russ@thetestlab.com www.thetestlab.com
Omni Training Corp. 9513 Business Center Drive Suite J Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730-4500 USA P: +1 909-945-9495 F: +1 909-945-9459 Ken Moore OTCSolder@OmniTraining.com www.omnitraining.com	Owen-GL S.A. de C.V. Calle Eva Briseño #665 Int. #15 Zapopan, Jalisco Mexico P: +52 333-656-5808 (Guadalajara MX) P: +52 818-374-5192 (Monterrey MX) F: +52 333-656-5808 Luis F. Garcia Jose Luis Martinez luisg@owen-gl.com joselmartinez@owen-gl.com www.owen-gl.com Training available in English, Spanish
Soldering.Biz (a Weeks Planning company) 13215 SE Mill Plain Boulevard, C-8 Suite 372 Vancouver, WA 98684 USA *Classrooms in Washington, Oregon and California* P: 877-523-5962 P: +1 360-608-8015 F: +1 360-546-2821 Kori Weeks korinn@soldering.biz www.soldering.biz	STI Electronics 261 Palmer Road Madison, AL 35758 USA P: 800-767-4919 P: +1 256-461-9191 F: +1 256-705-5538 Ann Duncan aduncan@stielectronicsinc.com www.stielectronicsinc.com
STM-Service To Mankind 3622 Norwood Avenue San Jose, CA 95148 USA P: +1 408-274-7119 Floyd Bertagnolli floyd@stmtraining.com www.stmtraining.com	Teamsource, Technical Services 156 Faubion Drive Georgetown, TX 78628 USA P: 1-800-489-0585 F: +1 512-986-7426 training@teamsource.com tom@teamsource.com www.teamsource.com
Technical Training Center 240 Bridgewater Road Aston, PA 19014 USA P: +1 610-459-1607 F: +1 610-361-9513 Tracy Clancy tclancy@technicaltrainingctr.com www.technicaltrainingctr.com	Training and Certification Specialists (TCS) P. O. Box 7501 Milford, NH 03055 USA P: 800-955-4842 F: +1 603-672-3010 Frank Stetson trainingct@aol.com
Verion Training Systems, LLC 4100 Alpha Road Suite 200 Dallas, TX 75244 USA P: 877-837-4661 (Toll-Free) P: +1 972-866-8887 F: +1 972-907-0500 www.veriontraining.com Rhett Johnson

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

Translated Training Materials

Targeting Excellence in Electronics Assembly