Printed Circuit Board - (Bare) No Components Installed

International Inspection Standard

About the class:

Course Length: 24 hours
Recertification Course Length: 12 hours
Certification Length: 2 years

This course presents the Internationally accepted Inspection Standards for the (Bare) Printed Circuit Board(s). Revision 'G' includes the Lead-free Inspection & Manufacturing information with the latest technology changes. Based on the Train-the-Trainer model, to give your company an 'In-house' Trainer.

Choose your CIT candidates wisely, and ask a few of the right questions: 1) Is your CIT candidate comfortable in front of a group of people, 2) Have they ever taught a class before, 3) Can they handle class room conflict well, 4) Can they take criticism well, 5) IPC Policy recommends 1 year actual instructor experience before CIT certification.

Topics Covered in the IPC-A-600 Certified IPC Trainer Course:

• 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
• Skills for teaching the lesson plan effectively

All IPC-A-600 Certified IPC Trainers receive the instructional materials for teaching the Application Specialist training course, including:

• A CD-ROM with more than 250 full color visuals covering all aspects of the standard and training course, student handbook files for royalty-free printing, and all reports and forms required for conducting Application Specialist training.
• (35 mm slides are available separately)
• An instructor guide for teaching the Application Specialist training course
• A printed board sample showing external characteristics, such as conductor width and spacing, annular ring, and solder resist registration
• The IPC-A-600 Acceptability of Printed Boards and the IPC-6012 Qualification and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards
• Open and Closed Book Examinations for IPC-A-600 Application Specialist training
• A student handbook for use in the classroom portions of the course
• IPC certificate of course completion

Class Schedule:

IPC-A-600 CIT Certification Classes
Date:	Time:
Aug 09 - Aug 11, 2010	08:00am - 04:00pm