USEFUL LINKS:

    Getting Back-to-Basics (BtB): Empowering the Workforce Click Here

    Back-to-Basics Resources Click Here

    Build Skills with a Defense Acquisition Credential Click Here

    Life Cycle Logsitics Credentials Click Here

    DAU Life Cycle Logistics Functional Area Gateway Click Here

What Will and Won’t be changing with BTB



Many of you have probably already visited the new “Getting Back-to-Basics (BtB): Empowering the Workforce” and “Build Skills with a Defense Acquisition Credential” websites. Information on both Back-to-Basics and Defense Acquisition Credentials is accessible directly from the DAU homepage; and while they are separate initiatives, both are inextricably linked. As the Department of Defense moves forward with perhaps the most significant transformation of defense acquisition workforce professional development in a generation, I strongly encourage you to visit and peruse these two websites. I also wanted to take a moment and offer a few personal thoughts in terms of changes already underway or are on the horizon -- and what that means for us as defense acquisition and sustainment professionals:

• More lifelong learning
• More streamlined functional areas
• More streamlined certification requirements
• More workforce choice in selecting job-relevant training opportunities
• More Interdisciplinary integration
• More just-in-time training opportunities
• More virtual instructor-led and live online learning opportunities
• More chunked, more interactive, more targeted learning opportunities
• More innovative, more interesting, more engaging learning assets

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Defense Acquisition Credential Program

The Defense Acquisition Credential Program provides a responsive and timely learning experience that allows you to tailor your acquisition-related skills by offering job-centric credentials. We have fifteen integrated product support element-aligned life-cycle logistics credentials currently available or in development.

Defense Acquisition Credentials provide the knowledge and associated skills to perform job-centric, niche, and/or emerging functions in the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition environment. They are intended to enhance specific skills and improve performance in your workplace. Whether you manage capability requirements, acquire services/systems, or sustain capabilities, earning credentials can build your competence, confidence, and value to your organization and the DoD.

Whether you choose to earn a Maintenance Planning & Management Credential, a Supply Chain Integration Credential, a Product Support Affordability & Cost Credential, or any of the other available life cycle logistics credentials, we are confident there is a credential available to enhance your skills and improve your performance. For acquisition-coded workforce members, defense acquisition credentials are also a great way to meet your 80-hour Continuous Learning Points requirement!

Visit the Defense Acquisition Credential Program website or a recent DAU LOG Blog Credential Update for additional information