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Navy Supply Reserve Acquisition Community

Acquisition Career DAWIA Certification Opportu
nities
MIDWEST SUPPLY CORPS RTS CDR Debbie Haven,
SC, USN
July 22, 2006
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Why Contracting?

• Rewarding Career Direct Warfighter Support
• Exhibits direct engagement in one of the Supply
  Corps prime career paths/swim lanes
  
• Approximately 105 acquisition officer billets
  exist in the Navy Supply Corps Reserve
  
• DAWIA - Certification recognized by civilian
  career
  
• Reserve and civilian opportunities

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Billet Swim Lanes
Billets by rank 06-6 0520 04-47 03-27
Plus...contracting billets in each of the above
listed swim lanes (and not enough people to fi
ll them)
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Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
(DAWIA)
November 1990 Congress enacts the Defense
Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA,
Title 10,USC, Chapter 87) Purpose to enhance the
professional knowledge and capabilities of DoD
personnel involved in the development,
acquisition, and sustainment of warfighting
capabilities, systems, and services.
Established formal 3 Level DAWIA certification
process Applicable to both civilian and military

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DAWIA CERTIFICATION

• Three parts of the certification process
• Education Bachelor Degree
• Experience Number of yrs spent in acquisition
  (civilian experience can be substituted
  
• Training Acquisition courses are required for
  each certification level
  
• Combination of online and classroom environments
• Certification requirements can be found on DAU
  website
  
• https//www.atrrs.army.mil/channels/registernow/rn
  switch.asp

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DAWIA Contracting Certification Requirements
FY07 Level II CON214 CON215
CON216 CON217
CON218
Plus 2 Electives
Online
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Get Acquainted with these Procedures
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Supply Reserve Contracting Community Opportunitie
s
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Supply Reserve Contracting Community Opportunitie
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Get Acquainted with the Procedures
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
? www.arnet.gov/far
DoN Acquisition Home Page
? www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/dfars/index.htm
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
(DFARS)
? www.acquisition.navy.mil
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Traditional Navy Contracting Opportunities
Naval Regional Contracting Center (NRCD) (27)
Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) (19)
Supply Support Battalion (SSB) (22)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acq)
(9) Navy Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) (4)
Military Sealift Command (MSC) (4)
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) (3)
80 of billets
Where do you want to go?
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Acquisition Unit Commanding Officers
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Supply Reserve Contracting Opportunities

Afghanistan
Iraq
Reconstruction, Winning the Peace
Horn of Africa
Pacific/Med Theater
Fleet/COCOM, Support
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Supply Reserve Acquisition Community
DAWIA Contracting Certification is challenging t
o obtain Process is established for the Reserve
component Rewards can be substantial for both
civilian military careers
Are you Ready to Join This Professional
Community?
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Supply Reserve Acquisition Community
Add Contracting to your Navy Parachute