IPC-A-610 Trainer (CIT) Certification Training Course

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

An industry-consensus 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. Over 3,000 individuals have been trained and certified as IPC-A-610 Registered Instructors in the first five years of the program. A comprehensive and technically accurate program, the IPC-A-610 Training and Certification provides instructors with high quality materials and detailed instructional plans for training operators.

Role and responsibilities of Class "A" Instructors

• Criteria for acceptable laminate conditions
• 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
• Discrete wiring assembly requirements
• Solder fillet dimensional criteria for all major
• SMT component groups
• SMT Soldering anomalies, such as tombstoning, dewetting, etc
• Steps to effectively using the lesson plan and materials, tips on inspection and a review of important instructor skills

The IPC-A-610 Training and Certification program has two tiers of instruction. Registered Instructor candidates are sent by their parent companies to receive intensive training on the IPC-A-610 from STM, an IPC-approved certification center, or STM can come to your site. Candidates are certified once they complete their course of study and pass the certification examination. Registered Instructors are provided instructional materials for training workers in a twenty hour Worker Proficiency training program. Registered Instructors are considered certified for two years after the course completion date. They must then re-certify.