CERTIFICATION
Defense Acquisition University implements new standards by Robert E. Coultas
On Oct. 1, 2011, the Defense Acquisi- tion University (DAU) implemented new certification standards for FY12 that affect Army acquisition civilian and military professionals at all three certifica- tion levels. While most of the changes are in the contracting career field, there are also changes in four other fields: logistics; test and evaluation; business, cost esti- mating, and financial management; and systems planning, research, development, and engineering. The standards bring major training changes to many Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act acquisition career field certifications.
In response to the new DAU training standards, Craig A. Spisak, Deputy Direc- tor, Acquisition Career Management, has directed changes to Army training to prevent issues that Army acquisition pro- fessionals might have in achieving the new certification requirements:
Those who met their FY11 certifica- tion level requirements, except for the online training requirements, before Oct. 1, 2011, must complete the online training and request certification under the FY11 standards through the Certi- fication Management System by Jan. 31, 2012. After that date, individuals will be required to meet the new FY12 certifica- tion requirements.
Current Level I-certified contracting professionals are eligible to waive CON 170, a prerequisite for CON 270 and
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Contracting – Level I Additions: CON 115, CON 170, CLC 033, and CLC 058
Eliminations: CON 110, CON 111, CON 112, and CON 120 (replaced with CON 115)
Contracting – Level II Additions: CON 200, 270, 280, and 290; CLCs 051, 056, and 057; and HBS 428
Eliminations: CON 214, 215, 217, and 218
Contracting – Level III Additions: CON 360 and 1 of 7 elective courses
Elimination: CON 353
Life Cycle Logistics – Level I Addition: SYS 101
Life Cycle Logistics – Level II Elimination: LOG 236
Life Cycle Logistics – Level III Addition: LOG 340
Select one of four courses:
ACQ 265 Mission-Focused Services Acquisition
BCF 215 Operating and Support Cost Analysis
RQM 110 Core Concepts for Requirements Management
LOG 204 Configuration Management
Program Management – Level III Additions (all online courses) BCF 102 – Earned Value Manage- ment Fundamentals
BCF 103 – Business Financial Management Fundamentals
LOG 103 – Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability
Science & Technology Manager – Level I Addition: CLE 068
CHANGING
New DAU Certification Changes Effective in FY12
CON 200 under the FY12 contract- ing certification standards. Eligibility for this waiver requires completing the online continuous learning modules CLC 056 and CLC 024. This waiver is only for classes starting between Oct. 1, 2011, and Sept. 30, 2012, inclusive.
Those who assumed their contracting positions on or before Sept. 30, 2011, who have not met current certification standards have 40 months, instead of 24 months, from their initial start date to achieve their certification level in accor- dance with the FY12 standards.
A list of Frequently Asked Questions regarding Spisak’s Oct. 5, 2011 memo on the Army’s plan to implement the new
DAU certification standards is online at
http://asc.army.mil/docs/programs/ dau/FAQ_FY12_Cert_Implementa- tion_memo.pdf. For more information on the FY12 certification training require- ments, contact your acquisition career manager; contact information is at
http://live.usaasc.info/contact/poc.
ROBERT E. COULTAS is the Army AL&T Magazine Departments Editor and an Access AL&T Online News Service Editor. He is a retired Army broadcaster with nearly 40 years of combined experience in public affairs, journalism, broadcasting, and advertising. Coultas has won numerous Army Keith L. Ware Public Affairs Awards and is a DoD Thomas Jefferson Award recipient.
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