Certification & Core Plus Development Guides

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Certification & Core Plus Development Guides

DAWIA Certification & Development Guides

While changes to DAWIA certification standards are normally implemented on October 1, of any given year, other aspects of the guide, in particular the Developmental Recommendations may be modified at any time. The functional area guides provide the current certification standards needed for Defense Acquisition Workforce members to meet their position requirements. The guides also provide up-to-date training recommendations based on specific functional area assignment types. Select your guide from the menu on the left or from the table below.

To access available competencies, click each Functional Area name, e.g., Contracting, Eng. & Tech. Mgmt, LCL, Program Mgmt., Test & Evaluation. For BUS, click Cost Estimating and Financial Mgmt.

Functional Areas

Auditing Practitioner Advanced Auditing	Business Cost Estimating Practitioner Advanced Financial Mgmt Practitioner Advanced Business - Cost Estimating & Business - Financial Management		Contracting Professional Contracting
Eng. & Tech. Mgmt. Foundational Practitioner Engineering and Technical Management	LCL Foundational Advanced Life Cycle Logistics	Program Mgmt. Practitioner Advanced Program Management	Test & Evaluation Foundational Practitioner Test and Evaluation

Requirements Management Certification Training (RMCT)

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