IPC A 610 Certification Cost

There are numerous variables that will answer the question of how much an IPC-A-610 certification cost would be. Some of the major variables include the location of the testing, the type of certification that you are looking for and the language the certification class will be taught in. These are the major drivers in determining the IPC A-610 certification cost.

One of the major factors in determining how high the IPC A-610 certification cost is the type of certification desired. The first breakdown of the type of certification is answered by the question of: Which type of certification level is going to be required?" The IPC-A-610 certification program is broken down into a 3-tiered program. The master instructor trainer or MIT is at the highest level, working for a license holder and having a long industry track record. These MITs can train both CITs (trainers) and CIS candidates (associates). Therefore, if you desire to become a trainer, you will need to register for an IPC A-610 CIT certification class. If you will not be performing instruction in your facility or elsewhere the level of certification class that you should register for is the IPC-A-610 CIS certification level. By first determining the certification level you can get closer to answering the question: "How much does an IPC A-610 certification cost?"

For the CIS certification level greater detail is required in order to discover the IPC-A-610 certification cost. The IPC-A610 certification training program for the CIS candidates is a modularized program. There are two required modules in order to obtain certification along with (6) optional modules. These optional modules include the following:

Hardware installation

Soldering/High voltage soldering

Wires and Terminal connections

Throughhole technology

SMT technology

Component damage/printed circuit boards and

Solderless wire wrap

Each of the above modules takes time which drives the instruction time. This instruction time (along with associated certification testing) drives the IPC-A-610 certification cost. There are other methods including the use of online live instruction or instruction by use of an abridged commentary for the optional modules in order to drive the cost per student down.

The location of the IPC-A-610 certification training also has a bearing on the IPC-A-610 certification (per student) cost. In certification instruction for the IPC-A-610 there are multiple options available to the trainee candidate. One of the options is to have the instructor come on site. This makes sense in some cases where there are many students or where there are some logistical problems in having students away from the factory environment. If the class size is large, then the per-student cost is most cases minimized by having the instructor travel to the teaching location. Since no specialty equipment is required for this certification training, many times a few hotel nights stay, a plane ticket and a couple of Ueber or rental car days are the only incremental costs required. In other cases, the cost per student for IPC-A-610 is fixed. This occurs when the location of the certification training takes place at a training center or community college based on a fixed timetable. In some of these cases, the cost is fixed based on the pricing of the given training center model. In some cases, the training center or customer may rent a given training room which is not part of the building that is owned by the training center. In these cases, the IPC-A610 certification cost would be greater than that held at the center that is owned by the training center.

In addition to the location of the instruction and the type of certification, the language of instruction has a bearing on the IPC-A-610 certification cost. If there are "mixed" first languages in the class, there may be a need, depending on the grade level of understanding, in having multiple language IPC materials. In addition, there may need to be either a multilingual instructor or multiple instructors in the classroom at the same time. By using a subject matter expert along with an interpreter, the classroom time extends on thereby increasing the IPC-A610 certification cost. Not only is in the instruction time extended out, but the certification timing is also extended using multiple instructor approaches.

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I am principal of BEST Inc. I have 18+ years experience in running small businesses. I am a practicing instructor in IPC certification and have a passion for teaching in a variety of life skills as well as in soldering and PCB repair.