Experience is obviously much easier to count if you are in that particular career field or functional area; however, one can get credit for experience in another career field/functional area…
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Yes! Experience prior to Feb. 1, 2022 counts.
Continue courses that will be required for certification. For those courses that are not going to be required, it may be part of a future credential, beyond the core certification…
There’s a waiting period before the exam can be taken again. Additional details will be forthcoming from the PM FIT.
For the Army, you have to have total time. Your primary and secondary certificates will transition, as long as you meet the experience requirement.
Yes. Achievement of the Contracting Professional Certification is a Condition of Employment for Contracting coded Acquisition Workforce positions. Individuals unable to meet their Conditions of Employment may be subject to…
For individuals who do not pass the exam, Agencies will determine any required remedial actions to include retaking training, mandatory time between subsequent attempts, and Agency “counseling,” etc.. After the…
DoD allows for the exam to be taken no more than three times in a 12 month period, with a minimum of 30 days between attempts. Agencies may set local…
Individuals must obtain a score of 70% or higher to pass the Contracting Certification Exam, CON 3990V.
No, you do not have to be certified in contracting to be credentialed. Credentials may be taken independent of certification so long as you meet any necessary class pre-requisites for…
The contracting community wants to ensure the structure is streamlined to focus on the base knowledge every person entering contracting would need to know. This will be supplemented with various…
New courses will be offered on or around Feb. 1. There will be a soft launch of some of the new CON classes prior to that, targeting new Contracting employees.
Credentials are separate. Workforce members can continue to take credentials outside of your functional area or without being certified. First focus should be on certification requirements. Credentials are important for…
The current grace period for certification is within 24 months of assignment to the position. The draft DoDI 5000.66, which is being processed as a substantive change with a target…
Commands and organizations that have Army Acquisition-coded workforce members have been tasked with reviewing all positions for Army acquisition. Results are being sent to the Army DACM Office. Results will…
The DACM Office recently published an extension waiver to extend the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) certification grace period an additional 12 months, retroactive to 01 April 2021. That…
The FY22 Course and Workshop Schedule is now available and registration is open in the Army Internet Training Application System (AITAS). Please note that the release of certain courses will…
Army acquisition workforce personnel, including new hires, are required to follow existing DAWIA statutory certification guidelines for their current acquisition-coded position until the new framework is implemented. As BtB evolves,…
DAWIA certification achievements will remain in individual’s records beyond the transition to the Back-to-Basics (BtB) framework for DAWIA certification. Determinations on position coding are handled on a case-by-case basis at…
Yes. All of the functional areas will have a reduction in the amount of training required for certification once BtB is implemented. Additionally, DAU is moving towards more online and…
No. The Continuous Learning requirement for 80 hours every two years with 40 hours every year recommended is still required.
Transitioning of certifications for those already certified is described in each respective OSD Functional Area Leader memorandum.
Current certification levels are still in place until the new framework is implemented during FY22.