CERTIFICATION STANDARDS & CORE PLUS DEVELOPMENT GUIDE
LIFE CYCLE LOGISTICS LEVEL III

Type of Assignment	Representative Activities
L1 Product Support Management	Lead and oversee cost and performance across the product support value chain, from design through disposal.
L2 Supply Support	Oversee the identification of, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management actions to acquire repair parts, spares, and all classes of supply to ensure the best equipment/capability is available to support the Warfighter or maintainer when it is needed at the lowest possible.
L3 Packaging, Handling, Storage & Transportation (PHS&T)	Oversee the identification of, planning for, resourcing and acquisition of packaging/preservation, handling, storage and transportation (PHS&T) requirements to maximize availability and usability of the materiel to include support items whenever they are needed for training or mission.
L4 Maintenance Planning & Management	Oversee the identification of, planning for, resourcing of and implementation of maintenance concepts and requirements to ensure the best possible equipment/capability is available when the Warfighter needs it at the lowest possible Total Ownership Cost (TOC).
L5 Design Interface	Collaboratively engage in and leverage the systems engineering process to impact the design from its inception throughout the life cycle, facilitating supportability to maximize the availability, effectiveness and capability of the system at the lowest Total Ownership Cost (TOC).
L6 Sustaining Engineering	Oversee, lead, or influence the design, implementation and execution of support for in-service systems in their operational environments.
L7 Technical Data	Oversee the identification of, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management actions to develop and acquire information to operate, install, maintain, and train on the equipment to maximize its effectiveness and availability; effectively catalog and acquire spare/repair parts, support equipment, and all classes of supply; define the configuration baseline of the system (hardware and software) to effectively support the Warfighter with the best capability at the time it is needed.
L8 Computer Resources	Oversee the identification of, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management actions to acquire and maintain facilities, hardware, software, documentation, manpower and personnel necessary for planning and management of mission critical computer hardware and software systems. Coordinate and implement agreements necessary to manage technical interfaces, and to manage work performed by maintenance activities. Establish and update plans for periodic test and certification activities required throughout the life cycle.
L9 Facilities & Infrastructure	Oversee the identification of, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management of facilities to enable training, maintenance and storage to maximize effectiveness of system operation and the logistics support system at the lowest TOC. Identify and prepare plans for the acquisition of facilities to enable responsive support for the Warfighter.
L10 Manpower & Personnel	Oversee the identification of requirements for, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management of personnel, civilian and military, with the grades and skills required to operate equipment, to complete the missions, to effectively fight or support the fight, to win our nation’s wars; and to effectively support the Warfighter, and to ensure the best capability is available for the Warfighter when needed.
L11 Support Equipment	Oversee the identification of requirements for, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management actions to acquire and maintain support equipment (mobile or fixed) required to sustain the operation and maintenance of the system to ensure that the system is available to the Warfighter when it is needed at the lowest Total Ownership Cost (TOC).
L12 Training & Training Support	Oversee the identification of requirements for, planning for, resourcing, and implementation of management actions to acquire and support a cohesive integrated strategy early in the development process to train military and civilian personnel to maximize the effectiveness of the doctrine, manpower and personnel, to fight, operate, and maintain the equipment throughout the life cycle. As part of the strategy, plan, resource, and implement management actions to identify, develop, and acquire Training Aids Devices Simulators and Simulations (TADSS) to maximize the effectiveness of the manpower and personnel to fight, operate, and sustain equipment at the lowest Total Ownership Cost (TOC).

Core Certification Standards (required for DAWIA certification)
Acquisition Training	No additional requirements
Functional Training	LOG 340 Life Cycle Product Support (R) LOG 350 Enterprise Life Cycle Logistics Management (R) CLL 005 Developing a Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) CLL 015 Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA) CLL 020 Independent Logistics Assessments And one of the following options: ACQ 265 Mission-Focused Services Acquisition (R) ACQ 315 Understanding Industry (Business Acumen) (R) BCF 215 Operating and Support Cost Analysis (R) LOG 211 Supportability Analysis (R)
Education	Formal education not required for certification.
Experience	4 years of life cycle logistics experience in an acquisition and/or sustainment organization

Unique Position Training Standards

PSMs for ACAT I/II and former ACAT I/II programs that are post-IOC or no longer have a PM reporting to a CAE (see Note 11 below)

LOG 465 Executive Product Support Manager’s Course (R)

Core Plus Development Guide (desired training, education, and experience)

Type of Assignment

Training

L10

L11

L12

ACQ 230 International Acquisition Integration (R)

ACQ 315 Understanding Industry (Business Acumen) (R)

ACQ 405 Executive Refresher Course (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)

CLB 011 Budget Policy

CLC 026 Performance-Based Payments Overview

CLC 051 Managing Government Property in the Possession of Contractors

CLC 055 Competition Requirements

CLE 008 Six Sigma: Concepts and Processes

CLE 011 Modeling and Simulation for Systems Engineering

CLE 023 Modeling and Simulation in Test and Evaluation

CLE 039 Environmental Issues in Testing and Evaluation

CLE 065 Standardization Documents

CLE 070 Corrosion and Polymeric Coatings

CLE 201 ISO 9000

CLL 007 Lead Free Electronics Impact on DoD Programs

CLL 016 Joint Logistics

CLL 018 Joint Deployment Distribution Operations Center (JDDOC)

CLL 026 Depot Maintenance Capacity Measurement

CLL 035 Operating and Support Cost Estimating for the Product Support Manager

CLL 041 Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis Tools

CLL 056 Sustainment of Software Intensive Systems

CLL 120 The DoD Shelf-Life Program

CLL 201 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Fundamentals

CLL 203 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) Essentials

CLL 205 Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS) for Technical Professionals

CLM 014 IPT Management and Leadership

CLM 016 Cost Estimating

CLM 017 Risk Management

CLM 035 Environmental Safety and Occupational Health—Lesson from PMT 352A

CLM 038 Corrosion Prevention and Control Overview

CLM 044 Radio Frequency Identification

CLM 047 Fiscal and Physical Accountability and Management of DoD Equipment

CLM 073 Data Management Planning System

CLM 074 Technical Data and Computer Software Rights

CLM 077 Data Management Protection and Storage

CLM 200 Item-Unique Identification

CLM 201 Serialized Item Management (SIM)

CLR 250 Capabilities-Based Assessment

CLR 252 Developing Performance Attributes

CLX 160 Introduction to Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA)

CON 237 Simplified Acquisition Procedures

CON 280 Source Selection and Administration of Service Contracts (R)

ENG 202 Applied Systems Engineering in Defense Acquisition, Part II (R)

FE 302 Advanced Facilities Engineering (R)

ISA 301 Advanced Enterprise Information Systems Acquisition (R)

ISA 320 Advanced Program Information Systems Acquisition (R)

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)

PQM 301 Advanced Production, Quality, and Manufacturing (R)

TST 303 Advanced Test and Evaluation (R)

Education

Master’s degree in a logistics, business, management, or technical field, such as systems design and operational effectiveness, or similar systems engineering/ technical education, business administration, and/or supply chain management

Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) such as the Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy

Leadership and management courses such as Harvard Business School (HBS) training modules on the Continuous Learning page of the iCatalog.

Experience

8 years of life cycle logistics experience in support of acquisition or sustainment of DoD weapons/ materiel systems

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.
11 Workforce members assigned to the position(s) listed in the Unique Position Training Standards section MUST meet these training standard(s) within 24 months of assignment.