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CERTIFICATION STANDARDS & CORE PLUS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
ENGINEERING  LEVEL III
Type of Assignment  Representative Activities
Functional Engineer   Leads and/or manages, or provides technical oversight of engineering activities in a functional specialty relating to the design, development, fabrication, installation, modification, sustainment, and/or analysis of systems or systems components.
  Ensures appropriate systems engineering technical and technical management processes are properly applied to functional specialty activities that support IPT environments.
General Engineer   Leads and/or manages, or provides technical oversight of design and development activities for systems or systems components.
  Ensures appropriate systems engineering processes are properly applied during systems development.
Research Engineer or Scientist   Leads and/or manages science and technology research and engineering activities supporting acquisition programs, projects, or activities.
  Ensures appropriate systems engineering processes are properly applied during science and technology activities.
 
Core Certification Standards (required for DAWIA certification)
 Acquisition Training None
 Functional Training   ENG 301  Leadership in Engineering Defense Systems (R)
  CLE 012  DoD Open Systems Architecture (OSA)
  CLE 068  Intellectual Property and Data Rights
  CLL 008  Designing for Supportability in DoD Systems
 Education Baccalaureate or graduate degree in a technical or scientific field such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, or computer science
 Experience   Four years of technical experience in ENG or S&TM position.
  Similar experience gained from other government positions or industry is acceptable as long as it meets the above standard.


Core Plus Development Guide (desired training, education, and experience) Type of Assignment
Training Func Eng Gen Eng Res Eng/Sci
  ACQ 370 Acquisition Law (R)
  ACQ 450 Leading in the Acquisition Environment (R)
  ACQ 451 Integrated Acquisition for Decision Makers (R)
  ACQ 452 Forging Stakeholder Relationships (R)
  ACQ 453 Leader as Coach (R)
  BCF 302 Advanced Concepts in Cost Analysis (R)
  CLC 113 Procedures, Guidance, and Information
  CLC 131 Commercial Item Pricing
  CLL 015 Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA)
  CLL 022 Title 10 Depot Maintenance Statute Overview  
  CLL 023 Title 10 U.S.C. 2464 Core Statute Implementation  
  CLL 024 Title 10 Limitations on the Performance of Depot-Level Maintenance (50/50)  
  CLL 025 Depot Maintenance Interservice Support Agreements (DMISA)  
  CLL 203 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Essentials  
  CLM 005 Industry Proposals and Communication  
  CLM 016 Cost Estimating  
  CLM 035 Environmental Safety and Occupational Health—Lesson from PMT 352A
  CLM 055 Program Leadership
  CLR 151 Analysis of Alternatives
  EVM 202 Intermediate Earned Value Management (R)
  ISA 301 Advanced Enterprise Information Systems Acquisition (R)
  ISA 320 Advanced Program Information Systems Acquisition (R)    
  LOG 206 Intermediate Systems Sustainment Management  
  LOG 350 Enterprise Life Cycle Logistics Management (R)
  PMT 257 Program Management Tools Course, Part II
  PMT 352A Program Management Office Course, Part A  
  PMT 352B Program Management Office Course, Part B (R)  
  PMT 400 Program Manager's Skills Course (R)
  PMT 401 Program Manager's Course (R)
  PQM 201B Intermediate Production, Quality, and Manufacturing, Part B (R)  
  PQM 301 Advanced Production, Quality, and Manufacturing (R)  
  STM 304 Leadership in Science and Technology Management (R)    
  TLR 350 Advanced Technical Leadership (R)
  TST 303 Advanced Test and Evaluation (R)
Education
 Graduate degree in a discipline such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, operations research, engineering management, or computer science
Experience
 Four (4) years of technical experience (in addition to core certification experience)
Notes:
1 The Core Certification Standards section lists the training and/or education and experience REQUIRED for certification at this level for this career field within 24 months of assignment.
2 “(R)” following a course title indicates the course is delivered as resident-based instruction.
5 When preparing your IDP, you and your supervisor should consider the training, education, and experience listed in the Core Plus Development Guide at this and the lower level(s) 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.
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