Ever-increasing demands for complexity and performance on electronic products increase requirements correspondingly when specifying materials and during design. Furthermore, the interaction between design, purchasing and production departments is extremely important to achieve reliable products, with as few and as efficient NPI production runs as possible, enabling low production costs.

IPC's Designer Certification program consists of a 2-day workshop and 1-day certification.

The workshop is based on various IPC standards, including the IPC-2220 Series, IPC-7351, IPC-2615, IPC-A-610, IPC J-STD-001, IPC-6012, IPC-2581, IPC-4101 and IPC-A-600.

The workshop covers:

• Layout
• Electrical considerations
• Materials in general
• Requirements for components
• Requirements for printed circuit boards (PCBs)
• Requirements for assembly
• Physical characteristics of printed circuit boards
• Tolerance
• Documentation
• Inspection and testing
• Reliability

The certification is aimed at employees in design, engineering and production departments.

The following materials are used in the certification: IPC-2221, IPC-2222, IPC-DRM-18 and study guide in hard copy.