Professional Certification for Procurement Assistance Professionals

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Professional Certification for Procurement
Assistance Professionals
Association of

• Zack Osborne, Chair, PRB
• Revised 11-03-2008, Judy Robbins

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Overview

• Finding Certification Information
• General Certification Requirements
• Formal Education Certification Path
• Non-Formal Education Certification Path
• Cover Letter, Forms, Instructions
• Level 3 written exam- sample
• Re-Certification
• Required Copies and Mailing Instructions
• 2008 PRB Members
• Questions?

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Where to Find Certification Information

• www.aptac-us.org
• Click on ATPAC Members
• (along the top)

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Where to Find Certification Information (cont.)

• Click on Education/Certification
• (on the pull down list)

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General Certification Rules

• Must be a APTAC member in good standing
• PRB reserves right to require an exam
• PRB reserves right to waive requirements
• Candidate may appeal decisions first to PRB
• Within 30 days of notice of decision
• May then appeal to full Board of Directors in
  writing at the next board meeting

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Certification Requirements

• Degreed Requirements
• Non-degreed Requirements
• Same ElementsDifferent Points
• Written Exam for Level 3

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Documentation With Degree

• Formal Education copy of transcript
• Procurement Education and training
• APTAC COR Sheetsoriginals
• Online ATCs copy of notice
• Other Documentationcopies showing
  attendance/hours/content
• Experience
• Letter from employer-preferred
• Resume

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Documentation Degreecontd

• Optional Points
• Membership validated by APTAC
• Professional pubscopy of article or table of
  contents (professional journals only)
• Proof you were trainer at APTAC or Government
  event
• Does NOT include training you do locally as your
  regular duties

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Formal Ed Skill Sets

• Formal Education---level 1
• 2 year degree 2 points
• Bachelors degree 4 points
• Masters degree 6 points
• Procurement Education/Training
• APTAC 1 pt/ 8 ATCs/CORs
• NCMA 1 pt/ 8 hrs
• Fed and other Prof 1 pt/ 12 hrs
• Other Related 1 pt/24 hrs (relevant)

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Examples of Relevant Training

• Contract Negotiation Workshop
• ISO 9000 Executive Overview
• DoD IUID Conference
• DoD RFID Summit
• State Government Purchasing Courses
• Proposal Writing Workshop
• Cost-Based Pricing Workshop

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Non-Qualifying Training

• Not DIRECTLY related to government contracting
• Examples
• Quick Books
• SBA Loan Processing Procedures
• Website Development

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Formal Ed Skill Sets (cont)

• Experience
• Contracting 1 pt /1 year
• PTA Center 1 pt /1 year
• Econ Dev. 1 pt /1 year
• Other Relevant Bus ¼ pt / year
• Optional Points
• APTAC Member 1 pt / 1 year
• Serve as Board Member
• or Committee Chair 1 pt / 1 year
• Prof Pubs 1 pt each published
• Presenter at Government
• or APTAC events 2 pts/8hrs

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Formal Ed Skill Sets (cont)

• Level 2---sames as level 1
• Formal Education-
• Procurement Education/Training
• Experience
• Optional Points
• Level 3---same as level 1
• Formal Education-
• Procurement Education/Training
• Experience
• Optional Points

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Formal Ed Skill Set- Required Points

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Documentation Without Degree

• Non-Formal Education copy of transcript
• Procurement Education and training
• APTAC COR Sheetsoriginals
• Other Documentationcopies showing
  attendance/hours/content
• Experience
• Letter from employer-preferred
• Resume
• Optional Points
• Membership validated by APTAC
• Professional pubscopy or table of contents
• Proof you were trainer at APTAC
• or Government event

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Non-Formal Ed Skill Sets

• Non-Formal--- level 1
• 30-59 Semester hrs 1 points
• 60-89 Semester hrs 2 points
• 90-119 Semester hrs 3 points
• 120 Semester hrs 4 points
• Procurement Education/Training
• APTAC 1 pt/ 8 ATCs/CORs
• NCMA 1 pt/ 8 hrs
• Fed and other Prof 1 pt/ 12 hrs
• Other Related 1 pt/24 hrs (relevant)

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Non-Formal ED Skill Sets (cont)

• Experience
• Contracting 1 pt /1 year
• PTA Center 1 pt /1 year
• Econ Dev. 1 pt /1 year
• Other Relevant Bus ¼ pt / year
• Optional Points
• APTAC Member 1 pt / 1 year
• Board Member
• or Committee Chair 1 pt / 1 year
• Prof Pubs 1 pt each published
• Conduct TR at Government
• or APTAC events 2 pts/8hrs

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Non-Formal ED Skill Sets (cont)

• Level 2---same as level 1
• Formal Education-
• Procurement Education/Training
• Experience
• Optional Points
• Level 3---same as level 1
• Formal Education-
• Procurement Education/Training
• Experience
• Optional Points

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Non-Formal Ed Skill Set- Required Points
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• Certification Sample Cover Letter
• Dear PRB Committee,
• Please consider my application for Certification
  at Level 2.
• As proof for each section of the application,
• I have included the following
• EVALUATION AREA DOCUMENT POINTS
• 1. Education Copy Diploma BA 4
• 2. Procurement Ed. APTAC COR sheets
  24 hours /8 3.0
• Training GSA Seminar 4/12/98
  7 hours /12 .6
• Contracting Basics (GWU) 28 hours /24
  1.2
• 3. Experience Letters from employers
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• 4 years at PTA center
• 2 years in Economic Dev
• 4. Optional Points APTAC Member - 4 years
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  Training at 2004 APTAC
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  meeting - 4 hours 1
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  (agenda attached)

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Forms

• Formal Education
• http//www.aptac-us.org/new/forms/aptac_members_F
  ormalApp.pdf
• Mins and Maxs
• ATC/COR points the same..
• Apply for Only the Highest Level Desired

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Forms

• Non-Formal Education
• http//www.aptac-us.org/new/forms/aptac_members_i
  nformapp.pdf
• Mins and Maxs
• COR points the same..
• Apply for Only the Highest Level Desired

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Instructions for forms

• On Back of Form
• Same on both forms

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Applying For Certification

• Mail to APTAC anytime (verify current mailing
  address)
• THE Original plus 7 copies
• Certificates presented at National Conferences
• Applications not received at least 45 days before
  the conference may not be processed in time for
  presentation at that conference

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• Level 3 written exam Sample questions
• Q. The vehicle used to implement various
• small business preference programs is
• (a) Federal Register (b) Contract
• (c) FAR (d) OFPP
• Q. The government may terminate contracts for
• (a) Convenience (b) Default
• (c) Cause (d) All the above
• Q. Simplified acquisitions include
• (a) All purchases under 100,000
• (b) Purchases 2500 and up
• (c) Any purchase using simplified
  procedures
• (d) All the above

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Annual Re-Certification Required

• 10 APTAC Training Credits (ATCs)
• APTAC National Conference Training
• I Hour 1 COR 1 ATC
• Other APTAC Approved Training
• 1 Hour ½ ATC
• Send Application NLT January 31
• ONE COPY ONLY
• Cover Letter Documentation Included
• Certificates in Conference Packets

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• Re-certification Sample Cover Letter

Date Dear APTAC I am requesting
Re-Certification at Level 3---CCAS for the year
______. Enclosed is documentation supporting my
request. Sincerely Name Enclosures
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2008 PRB MEMBERS

• Judy Robbins, Chair
• Donna Leonard, Vice Chair
• Bill Berge
• Richard Fyke
• Sherri Komrosky

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• QUESTIONS???