Certifying your staff can be cumbersome and time consuming. We streamline the process, handle small to large groups and help ensure that critical certifications never lapse. All on your timeline at your facility.
Thanks, we have your details. We’ll reach out within three business days with a few times for a short discovery call.
Who runs your training
Orlando started out building boards in production for the oil exploration industry, then moved on to medical devices, defense electronics and space. Seeing the same errors come back again and again pushed him into QA inspection, then quality engineering, and then training. Good operators were getting handed a 500+ page binder and a bench and left to work it out on their own. Twenty-five years in manufacturing later, he has run more than 500 trainings across San Diego County in the last four years alone.
He holds Certified IPC Trainer credentials across eight IPC standards, including every one we teach. That means IPC has qualified him to train and certify operators to those standards. Very few people in the county hold it across this many standards and experience.
He teaches the way the work actually happens. What the standard says, why it says it, and what an inspector is going to reject on Monday morning. If there's someone you want to learn from, it's him.
One new hire or a full shift, certified in days. One trip, one invoice and one set of records.
A customer contract or audit needs certified staff by a set date. We get them there in time.
Certifications expire every two years. We track the dates and come back before anyone lapses.
Your trainer can’t get to everyone? We take the overflow, so nobody waits on a certification.
Books, workmanship kits and tools can get expensive. We tell you which certifications, equipment, exams and books your shop needs, and which it doesn't. Every shop is different, so we guide you based on your unique situation.
Most shops go from the first phone call to a trainer on site in under two weeks.
Which standard, how many people, and roughly when. A ten minute call is usually enough to scope it.
Simple & transparent contracting with one fixed price per student. The IPC exam credit is included, so nothing is billed on top for the exam.
Dates locked and exam credits purchased against your roster. Books come in several formats, so we help you pick the right one for your team, plus the right workmanship kits, and point you to trusted suppliers.
Streamlined bookwork and open book exams, module by module. J-STD-001 adds hands-on soldering at the bench. IPC-A-610 has no hands-on portion. If someone fails, we retest and retrain so every member of your staff is up to the required standards.
Every student is registered by name and the certification is traceable through IPC, now the Global Electronics Association. You get the full roster for your records.
Same IPC certification you’d get at a training center, without the flights, hotels or a week without your staff. We also track your roster’s expiration dates so nobody lapses.
Build your own estimate
Inspectors, design engineers and manufacturing engineers usually need IPC-A-610. Operators and technicians who solder boards usually need J-STD-001, plus the Space addendum for Space hardware. Cable and harness builders need IPC/WHMA-A-620. Plenty of shops certify to more than one. We can help you put together the right set of certifications and trainings based on your needs.
A Certified IPC Trainer at your facility, the course, the certification exams and the IPC exam credit. One price per student to make it simple. Exam credits are non-refundable once purchased, so we confirm your roster before we buy them. You buy books and any workmanship kits directly, and we point you to certified, trusted suppliers.
A conference room for the bookwork, a computer for each student, and a workbench if your class includes hands-on work. You also buy the book for your standard and, for hands-on classes, the workmanship kits. Each organization has different needs and as such we help you decide which book formats, tools or workmanship kits are actually needed. Then we point you to trusted suppliers to purchase.
You buy both directly, and you don't have to hunt for them. We point you to certified, trusted suppliers for the right book and, where the standard calls for hands-on work, the right workmanship kits. Books come as a hard copy, a digital copy that installs on one machine, or a document subscription. We tell you which fits your team and the tradeoffs of each version.
One to five days, depending on the standard and how many modules your people need. IPC-A-610 runs two days of bookwork and exams. J-STD-001 runs one to three days and adds hands-on soldering. IPC/WHMA-A-620 runs about five days.
One to ten students per class, and seven is the sweet spot. Larger groups get split across consecutive days so nobody is standing around waiting for bench time.
Yes. Every student is registered by name and the certification is issued through IPC, now the Global Electronics Association. It is an IPC certification, the same one you would get from other certified training centers.
Yes. IPC now operates as the Global Electronics Association. The standards, the certifications and the exam credits are the same, and most shops and customers still call them IPC certifications.
Yes, for every standard we teach. Send us your roster and expiration dates and we will schedule around them.
Yes, with the same simple process as a first certification. Email or call us when you know you are hiring, or once they have started, and we will schedule training and certification for the new people on your team.
Roughly a week from a signed quote. The limiting factor is usually getting books and workmanship kits in the door, not our calendar, so we send you the supplier contacts the day you sign.
We invoice on contract execution and a portion is due upfront to cover the IPC exam credits. Books and workmanship kits you buy directly from the suppliers we point you to.
Send over the standard, the headcount, and a rough timeframe. We’ll reach out shortly to set up a quick discovery call.
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