Training Priority
Components should prioritize persons registering for DAU training to meet mission needs, to ensure they meet certification requirements, are qualified to perform the duties to which they are assigned, and to provide career development opportunities in the AT&L Workforce.
Supervisors are responsible for ensuring that workforce members are provided the opportunity to meet the mandatory certification requirements of their acquisition positions and career fields.
Certification is obtained by meeting the training, experience, and education requirements, if any, established for each acquisition workforce segment. In some cases, the training requirements can be met through fulfillment based on experience or education, or equivalency, if the individual has taken courses from alternate providers.
Training Requirements
DOD publishes the certification standards annually in the DAU Catalog, available at
www.dau.mil. The standards identify education, training, and experience requirements for the certification levels. The training requirements may be met in the following ways:
- Completing the course through the DAU.
- Completing a DAU approved equivalent course.
- Fulfilling a DAU course.
Fulfillment
DAU provides Defense Acquisition workforce members the opportunity to complete course prerequisite and program (acquisition career field certification) core and functional training requirements by exercising the Fulfillment Program. This program permits the assessment of a workforce member's demonstrated competencies (capabilities acquired through previous training, education, and/or experience) against the learning outcomes/objectives of select DAU courses. Per the
DoD AT&L Workforce Career Management Desk Guide DoD agencies and components may approve a fulfillment request of a workforce member thereby certifying that the workforce member possesses the knowledge, skills and abilities that would otherwise have been gained by attending the DAU course.
The authority to approve a Defense acquisition workforce member's fulfillment request has been delegated to the DoD agencies and components. TMA AT&L workforce members desiring to pursue this alternative method of completing acquisition career field training or DAU course prerequisite requirements must consult with the ACM for process and approval authority guidance.
- Complete DD 2518 and submit to ACM.
- The approved DD form 2518 along with the supporting documentation must be maintained by the approving agency/component for as long as the workforce member remains in the agency/components Defense Acquisition workforce and twelve months (12) thereafter.
- It is the approving agency/components responsibility to ensure approved fulfillments are documented in their employee’s official records to include the Army Training Requirements Resource System (ATRRS).
- Beginning 1 April 2008, approved fulfillments as well as equivalencies documented in the ATRRS will be reflected on student official DAU transcript records available through Student Services at DAU.
Defense Acquisition University (DAU) Course Registration Registration for DAU courses is accomplished through the Acquisition Training Application System (ACQTAS) found at
https://www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/acqtas. DAU funds training, assists with temporary duty (TDY) orders, places individuals in a wait or reservation status or may disapprove an application. Any questions about the status of an application should be addressed to the appropriate TMA training coordinator.
Upon arrival to the ACQTAS web site, the enrollee will be prompted to choose a DoD component. Select “TRICARE Management Activity (TMA)” and complete entry by entering SSN and DOB. Employees should know in advance which class and section they want to attend, e.g., ACQ 101.
The program may prompt an employee to update or create the student profile. Fill out the application completely. Note all other options available on the menu, including canceling a class.
The application will go to the employee’s supervisor, who must approve/disapprove. As a courtesy, employees should alert their supervisor to this pending message.
Contact the TMA training coordinator if there are any questions about the status of an application, TDY orders, cancellations, etc. DAU does not have visibility of an application until the employee registers.
For classroom-style offerings (not web enabled): After the employee has a seat reserved for a course, 60 days before the start of the class the employee will receive an email explaining where and when to report for the class, lodging contacts, local Point of Contact (POC) and much more. SAVE THIS MESSAGE for future reference. Some courses have pre-course assignments or reading material. Employees should pay close attention to various messages received about any pre-course work.
The application and approval process may take several days. An employee can determine the status of an application by returning to the application program.
Cancellation
If an employee is not able to attend the class, the employee must officially cancel the reservation through the ACQTAS site used to apply for the course. DAU does not have user rights to cancel a seat in a class.
If the class is not properly canceled, the employee status will be "No Show" when the class starts, which could prohibit the employee from applying for additional courses for 6 or more months.
Registration Time Limits
The ACQTAS system is designed in such a way that all student reservations must be entered in ACQTAS 75 calendar days prior to the class report date. If reservations are not placed against allocated quotas
75 calendar days prior to the class start date, unused quotas automatically become available for use by any ACQTAS user assigned to a DoD Component. At 65 days prior to the class date, any unfilled quotas become available to any employee of the Military Departments, non-DoD agencies, and the private sector.
Registration for DAU equivalency examinations can be accomplished through ACQTAS. The DAU will distribute course materials, grade and examinations, and enter “pass” or “fail” into ATRRS. Currently, PMT 250 is the only DAU course that offers an equivalency examination.