IPC-A-600 Certified IPC Specialist (CIS) Training Course

The IPC-A-600 Training and Certification Program helps all segments of the electronics interconnection industry improve their understanding of printed board quality issues, greatly enhances communication between PCB manufacturers, their suppliers and their customers and provides a valuable portable credential to industry professionals as well as recognition for their companies.

The program is built on a train-the-trainer model. Companies involved in fabrication, assembly, or original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) enroll a representative in a twenty-hour training course at any IPC Licensed IPC-A-600 Certification Center. The training program provides a detailed review of the IPC-A-600 criteria and concludes with a qualifying examination. Those who pass the exam are recognized as “IPC-A-600 Certified IPC Trainers” and receive instructional materials to use in “Application Specialist” training. The Application Specialist training is modular and allows for any or all of the four sections of the document to be taught.

Topics in this course include:

• Printed board product classifications and acceptance criteria
• Base material surface and subsurface conditions such as measling/crazing
• Solder resist coverage over conductors and registration to lands
• Conductor width and spacing and annular ring requirements
• Dielectric material criteria for etchback, voids, and resin recession
• Plated-through hole requirements for copper plating thickness, voids, nodules and cracks
• Acceptance criteria for flexible, rigid-flex and metal core printed boards