IPC/WHMA-A-620D Specialist

• IPC Help for Instructors and Users
• Certification Extensions
• Program Benefits
• Program Details
• Training Course Topics
• Support for Training A-620 Instructors
• Support for Training A-620 Application Specialists
• Updates to Training Materials for Amendments
• Authorized Training Centers

IPC/WHMA-A-620D was developed by IPC and the Wire Harness Manufacturers Association (WHMA).

The A-620 Technical Training Committee has approved release of IPC/WHMA-A-620D training programs. Certification is not revision specific. Currently certified IPC/WHMA-A-620 CITs may purchase the Revision C course materials from IPC or from your preferred A-620 IPC Authorized Training Center.

Practical Training is included in the 620D course. For More info Contact IPC India.

The A-620 Technical Training Committee has developed this optional hands-on training as a suggested method to help users become familiar with the basics of cable and wire harness fabrication. This course is suitable for both CIT and CIS training.

Translated Training Materials

Translated training materials for this program are available. Additional languages are continuously being added.

Targeting Excellence in Cable and Wire Harness Manufacturing

Provides Support for Lead Free, Testing and Modular Training at the Application Level!

IPC/WHMA-A-620, Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies, now at Revision C published on January 2017, is the first industry consensus standard for cable and wire harness fabrication and installation. Classes of products are defined and include criteria for Target, Acceptable, Process Indicator and Defect conditions to support the collection of visual quality acceptability requirements for each class. These criteria are supported by 682 full-color illustrations.

Revision C represents a consensus among industry leaders. The IPC Wire Harness Acceptability Task Group of the Product Assurance Committee and the Wire Harness Manufacturers’ Association Industry Technical Guidelines Committee prepared this standard.

IPC/WHMA-A-620 describes acceptability criteria for crimped, mechanically secured and soldered interconnection and the corresponding lacing/restraining criteria associated with cable and harness assemblies.

An industry developed and approved program that includes training, certification and instructional materials based on the IPC/WHMA-A-620D is available to your company. Thousands of individuals have been trained to be IPC/WHMA-A-620 Certified IPC Trainers (CIT). A comprehensive and technically accurate program, IPC/WHMA-A-620 Training and Certification provides Certified IPC Trainers with high quality materials and detailed instructional plans that have been used for training Certified IPC Application Specialists (CIS) at all levels, including buyers, sales teams and management. More than 20,000 A-620 Application Specialists have been trained.

Program Benefits

Certification demonstrates commitment to customer requirements and greatly facilitates certification to ISO Certification or other quality assurance initiatives. By having earned this portable credential, you’ll receive immediate recognition, legitimacy and value throughout the electronics industry.

How the IPC/WHMA-A-620 Certification Program Works

The IPC/WHMA-A-620 training and certification program has two tiers of instruction. Certified IPC Trainer candidates are sent by their parent companies to receive intensive training and are then certified to provide Application Specialist training.

• Certified IPC Trainers will participate in a week-long program that has 29 instructional hours. An optional eight-hour hands-on course is available.
• Application Specialist training is modular and training/certification can be limited to the topics specific to an individual’s work requirements.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                IPC/WHMA-A-620D CIS Certification/Recertification Course Schedule