Sep 11, 2003
NORTHBROOK, Ill., September 5, 2003--The IPC Designers Council announces that it has now granted more than 2,000 printed circuit board (PCB) designers Certified Interconnect Designer (CID) designation through its PCB Designer Certification Program.
�Considering the program�s humble beginnings, it�s such a great accomplishment for IPC and the industry to have reached this mark of 2,000 certified PCB designers,� said Dieter Bergman, IPC director of technology transfer and an instrumental figure in the formation of the IPC Designers Council. �By successfully passing the certification program�s highly challenging examination, each one of these designers has gained a greater competitive advantage as they now stand more qualified, more knowledgeable and more skilled. Certainly, the global printed circuit board industry only stands to benefit from their achievements, since designers from all over the world are participating in the program.�
Founded in 1995 and launched the subsequent year, the CID certification program assesses a designer�s knowledge of how to transform a schematic into a reliable rigid
PCB design that can be easily manufactured, assembled and tested. The certification tests are based on several critical IPC documents that link design principles to the end product use of the printed wiring assembly.
In 1998, the program saw dramatic gains in participation after the IPC Designers Council incorporated two-day Designer Certification Preparation workshops into the certification program to provide in-depth educational preparation of the principles contained in the examination. Training centers now exist in the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands.
The IPC Designers Council has also developed an Advanced PCB Designer Preparation Workshop and Examination Program to continually educate CID designers on the industry�s ever-evolving technologies. Participants who successfully complete the advanced module, which covers 40 key objectives beyond the CID program, are awarded the CID+ designation. To date, 154 designers have gained CID+ accreditation.
IPC will host Designer Certification programs October 6-8 at the Holiday Inn Montreal Aeroport in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and November 9-11 at the Marriott at Research Triangle Park in Raleigh, N.C., in conjunction with its two Designers Learning Symposiums.
For more information about the IPC Designers Council, visit http://dc.ipc.org or contact IPC Designers Council Program Manager Stephannie Caliendo at Calist@ipc.org or 847-790-5302.
About the IPC Designers Council
The IPC Designers Council is a professional society of designers forming an international network. Its mission is to promote printed board and printed board assembly design as a profession and to encourage, facilitate and promote the exchange of information and integration of new design concepts through communications, seminars, workshops and professional certification through a network of local chapters. Founded in 1992, the Designers Council now serves more than 1,100 members and has certified over 2,000 designers. For more information, visit http://dc.ipc.org.
About IPC
IPC is a Northbrook, Ill.-based trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its more than 2,200 member companies, which represent all facets of the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed circuit board manufacturing and electronics assembly. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of a $40 billion U.S. industry employing more than 350,000 people. IPC maintains offices in Taos, N.M.; Washington, D.C.; Garden Grove, Calif.; and Shanghai, China. For more information, visit http://www.ipc.org.
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