The best way is to prevent the soldering iron tip from oxidizing! This means that after every soldering operation you clean your soldering tip (dry / wet) and then tin it before you put the soldering iron back in the [...]
IPC advises in the IPC-7711/7721 that especially in lead-free soldering it is better to clean the soldering tip with brass wool / brush (dry cleaning) because this will prevent a temperature shock on your soldering iron tip. However, you can [...]
Yes, that's possible. The IPC-7711/7721 lists 4 different types of printed circuit board materials: rigid (type R), flexible (type F), ceramic (type C) and loose wiring / wire wrap printed circuit boards (type W).
In the J-STD-001 training a lot of theoretical background is discussed about the production process and also practical hand soldering is a part of the training program (but only soldering!). In the IPC-7711/7721 training, more attention is paid to practice [...]
PIEK has made some instruction video’s on Youtube which explains everything in detail. Please watch Part 1 - 6: https://www.youtube.com/
IPC secures all information, also the answer-keys are secured. Since the possibility of online-testing it is not possible to check your answers anymore.
If you can’t change the name in your profile, you can sent a help desk ticket to IPC. Choose “Certification Help Desk”, log in with your Login credentials, and choose “Profile Update/Company Update”. IPC will change your company name.
No, the CIS student doesn’t have to do the Essentials Program. It is not mandatory but he can do it if he would like to do it. It is normal that the Portal states that the Module is incomplete until [...]
No you don't have to do that if the student didn't do any workmanship in the training, so you only have to grade their workmanship when they actually did practice workmanship during the IPC-WHMA-A-620 CIS-training.
Did the student update his profile? If the student didn't update his/hers profile then he will not get his/hers certificate. (students have to update their profile in the IPC Certification Portal).
