CERTIFICATION STANDARDS & CORE PLUS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
PRODUCTION, QUALITY AND MANUFACTURING LEVEL I

Type of Assignment	Representative Activities
Engineer	Establishes production planning and control process and measures the overall effectiveness of the organization, methods, systems, and procedures. Builds producibility into designs (tooling, facilities and products). Builds quality characteristics into the designs of products and services.
Industrial Specialist	Develops and carries out plans for the expansion, conversion, integration or utilization of industrial production facilities and conducts surveys of industrial plants to determine capacity and potential for production of specific commodities. Performs production surveillance/oversight of Defense contractors providing services or supplies (to include Contractor proposal reviews) based on mission and function of each agency and local organization. Performs Industrial Base studies for capability and capacity. Participates in Pre and Post award conferences as subject matter experts.
Quality Assurance Specialist	Ensures the proper quality characteristics have been integrated into the products and validates/verifies adherence to specified requirements through test and measurement. Performs quality assurance surveillance/oversight of Defense contractors providing services or supplies (to include Contractor proposal reviews) based on mission and function of each agency and local organization. Performs Industrial Base studies for quality management. Participates in Pre and Post award conferences as subject matter experts.
Business/Industrial Specialist	Performs planning, estimating, scheduling, or expediting the use of labor, machines, and materials in manufacturing operations producing equipment, systems, facilities, supplies, or maintenance.

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 CLE 003 Technical Reviews 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	Eng	Ind Spc	QA Spc	Bus & Ind Spc
BCF 106 Fundamentals of Cost Analysis
CLB 007 Cost Analysis
CLC 001 Defense Subcontract Management
CLC 006 Contract Terminations
CLC 007 Contract Source Selection
CLC 011 Contracting for the Rest of Us
CLE 001 Value Engineering
CLE 004 Introduction to Lean Enterprise Concepts
CLE 201 ISO 9000
CLL 032 Preventing Counterfeit Electronic Parts from Entering the DoD Supply System
CLL 062 Counterfeit Prevention Awareness
CLM 014 IPT Management and Leadership
CLM 024 Contracting Overview
CLM 032 Evolutionary Acquisition
ENG 101 Fundamentals of Systems Engineering
EVM 101 Fundamentals of Earned Value Management
LOG 101 Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals
LOG 102 Fundamentals of System Sustainment Management
TST 102 Fundamentals of Test and Evaluation

Education

Baccalaureate degree (desired) 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 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.
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.