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Core Certification Standards highlighted in DAU 2008 Catalog.


The under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is the title of a high-level civilian official in the United States Department of Defense. The Undersecretary of Defense for Policy is the principal staff assistant and advisor to both the Secretary of Defense  has approved the Core Certification Standards contained in an appendix to the Defense Acquisition University 2008 Catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  <http://www.dau.mil/catalog/default.aspx>. The standards were published under the authority of DoD Directive 5000.52, "Defense Acquisition Education, Training, and Career Development Program." DoD components are responsible for ensuring that workforce personnel are trained and qualified for their current assignment, prepared for more responsible jobs, and cross-trained for assignments in other acquisition career fields. The authorized au·thor·ize  
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 acquisition career fields/paths are:

* Auditing

* Business, Cost Estimating, and Financial Management

* Contracting

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* Industrial/Contract Property Management

* Information Technology

* Life Cycle Logistics

* Production, Quality, and Manufacturing

* Program Management

* Purchasing

* Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering -- Program Systems Engineer

* Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering -- Science and Technology Manager

* Systems Planning, Research, Development, and Engineering -- Systems Engineering

* Test & Evaluation.

Core Plus

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" for the development of acquisition workforce members beyond the minimum certification standards required for their position. Accordingly, the Core Certification Standards and Core Plus Development Guide provided in the 2008 catalog provide acquisition workforce members a listing of:

* Core Certification standards by acquisition career field and level

* Core Plus knowledge and skills that are delivered through coursework coursework
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work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course

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 that targets functions or tasks directly related to specific types of job assignments.

Core Plus Attributes

Core Plus helps identify the right learning for the right people at the right time during their professional development. It does this by connecting workforce members not only to their career field and level but also to their particular job assignment needs. Core Plus also identifies targeted training that relates to specific tasks in a given assignment type. As Core Plus matures, learners can expect:

* "Scrap learning," i.e., wasted or irrelevant Unrelated or inapplicable to the matter in issue.

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 course content, to be minimized

* Repetitive course content to be minimized

* development of more well-rounded acquisition core coursework

* Shorter functional courses required for certification

* An increase in modular course content

* An increase in courses targeted to workforce job assignments

* More flexibility, focus, and guidance in the construction of Individual Development Plans (IDPs).

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 the Guides

Similar to the former career field certification standards, there is a Core Certification and Core Plus Development Guide for each career field at each level--Level I (Entry), Level II (Intermediate), and Level III (Advanced). Each guide, as displayed in the sample on page 97 of the DAU 2008 Catalog, is also broken down into four or five major sections:

* Types of Assignments

* Core Certification Standards

* Unique Position Training Standards (if applicable)

* Core Plus Development Guide

* Footnotes.

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_CorePlus.asp?eventid=1583> or view the Core Plus Q & A video at <http://view.dau.mil/dauvideo/view/eventListing.jhtml?eventid=1583>.
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Title Annotation:Spotlight on DAU Learning Resources
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Date:Mar 1, 2008
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