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Feature - Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Certification Guide Level I
Level I  |  Level II  |  Level III
Level I Certification Guide
Type of Assignment  Representative Activities
Quality Assurance Engineer   Builds quality characteristics (i.e., performance, cost, durability, safety, ease of use, reliability, maintainability, availability, ease of disposal, simplicity of design, and configuration management) into the designs of the products and services.
  Ensures consistency of requirements as they flow down to the component level.
Quality Assurance Specialist   Ensures the appropriate quality characteristics have been integrated into the products.
  Monitors products and services through life cycle and the supply chain.
  Validates/verifies adherence to specified requirements through test and measurement activities.
Manufacturing/Production Engineer   Participates in manufacturing planning.
  Builds producibility into designs (tooling, facilities, and products).
  Evaluates production capability and capacity of manufacturing processes.
Manufacturing/Production Specialist   Performs production surveillance.
  Monitors schedule and delivery processes.
  Participates in assessing manufacturing/production readiness.
 
Core Certification Standards (Required for DAWIA certification.)
 Acquisition Training   ACQ 101  Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management
 Functional Training   PQM 101  Production, Quality, and Manufacturing Fundamentals
  CLC 024  Basic Math Tutorial
  CLM 017  Risk Management
 Education   Formal education not required for certification
 Experience   1 year of acquisition experience in manufacturing, production, or quality assurance


Core Plus Development Guide (Desired training, education, and experience.) Type of Assignment
Training QA Eng QA Spc Man/Prod Eng Man/Prod Spc
  CLE 004 Introduction to Lean Enterprise Concepts
  CLE 011 Modeling and Simulation for Systems Engineering    
  CLE 015 Continuous Process Improvement Familiarization
  CLE 201 ISO 9000:2000
  LOG 101 Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals
  LOG 102 Fundamentals of System Sustainment Management'      
  PQM 104 Specification Selection and Application (R)  
  SYS 101 Fundamentals of Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering
  SYS 120 Defense Standardization Workshop (R)  
  TST 102 Fundamentals of Test and Evaluation    
Education
  Baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physical science, mathematics, statistics, manufacturing or production management, industrial technology or management, business, quality assurance, or a related field
Experience
  At least 4 weeks of rotational assignments at a contractor and/or governmental industrial facility that includes experience in quality, manufacturing, engineering, and contracting
Notes:
1 The Core Certification Standards section lists the training, education, and experience REQUIRED for certification at this level.
2 “(R)” following a course title indicates the course is delivered as resident based instruction.
3 When preparing your IDP, you and your supervisor should consider the training, education, and experience listed in this Core Plus Development Guide if not already completed.
13 Some continuous learning (CL) modules have been created by extracting lessons in their entirety from a training course. If this is the case for the CL module(s) identified in the above core certification standards, the course from which the CL module was extracted is identified in the “Notes” section of the CL course description and the course can be substituted to meet the certification standard.