{"id":18477,"date":"2017-09-14T12:36:47","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T10:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/piek.international\/?p=18477"},"modified":"2020-01-10T05:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T04:43:07","slug":"to-certify-or-not-to-certify-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/piekblog.com\/en\/to-certify-or-not-to-certify-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To certify or not to certify, that is the question."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the costs of IPC certification are rising, companies begin to wonder whether it is still\u00a0useful to certify or recertify. PIEK often gets a question about this.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is not simple. For the company, the main thing should always be the quality level\u00a0it strives for and the demands made by customers on its products.<\/p>\n<p>For companies that do not require IPC certification but do want a certain quality level, PIEK\u00a0has developed its own PIEK courses. These provide extended, follow-on training at IPC\u00a0level, ensuring that the quality within those organizations remains high.<\/p>\n<p>PIEK courses are available at various levels and for various subjects, such as the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">ESD<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">ESD Control<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Wave and reflow soldering<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Clean room<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Printed circuit recognition<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Qualified rework and repair etc., etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For a complete overview please go to <a href=\"https:\/\/piektraining.com\/en\/training-courses\/\">https:\/\/piektraining.com\/training-courses\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>PIEK courses are tailored to your requirements and are concluded with an examination, for\u00a0which your employees receive a certificate. These courses can be followed at PIEK\u2019s\u00a0Heerlen head office and PIEK can also come to you (for at least five participants).<br \/>\nIf you want to know more about PIEK courses, please contact your personal advisor, Ms\u00a0Wendy Wings, on + 31 45 570 33 33 or at <a href=\"mailto:wendy.wings@piek.email\">wendy.wings@piek.email<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that the costs of IPC certification are rising, companies  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>To certify or not to certify, that is the question - PIEK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now that the costs of IPC certification are rising, companies begin to wonder whether it is still\u00a0useful to certify or recertify. 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