Fellow Techies: - Our company (Electronics Training Advantage, providers of IPC Certification and customized assembly training) recently won the contract to develop the program materials for the forthcoming IPC Rework & Repair Instructor and Operator Training and Certification Program. - Seeing Ed's request for info on BGA's triggered this message for your input. - The question is: Should removal and replacement of a BGA from a Workmanship Skills Demonstration printed wiring assembly be Required for a person who is being trained as an Instructor in the black art of pwa rework and repair. - To avoid cluttering the TechNet, please send your reply (a Yes or No will be sufficient unless you care to elaborate on reasons for your answer) directly to <[log in to unmask]>. Thanks in advance for your assistance in resolving this issue. James H. Moffitt, Electronics Training Advantage, 6825 Madison Ave., Southport, IN 46227, 1-800-382-6525 ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################