IPC-A-610 is the most comprehensive standard for printed circuit board assemblies, as well as the most widely used inspection standard in the electronics industry.  It has earned an international reputation as the source for end-product acceptance criteria for consumer and high reliability printed circuit assemblies, and has been embraced by original equipment manufacturers worldwide.

Topics covered in the IPC-A-610 online course include: 

• Establishing and maintaining integrity of the certification program
• Purpose and application of IPC-A-610
• Hardware installation
• Soldering criteria, including lead free connections
• Soldered requirements for connecting to terminals
• Soldered connection requirements for plated-through holes
• Surface mounting criteria for chip components, leadless and leaded chip carriers
• Swaged hardware and heatsink requirements of mechanical assemblies
• Component mounting criteria for DIPS, socket pins and card edge connectors
• Jumper wire assembly requirements
• Solder fillet dimensional criteria for all major SMT component groups
• Soldering defects, such as tombstoning, dewetting, voiding and others
• Criteria for component damage, laminate conditions, cleaning and coating
• Steps to effectively using the lesson plan and materials, tips on inspection and a review of important Certified IPC Trainer skills (if applicable)