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How It Works
You must be a CLEP member in good standing to apply for a certification.
Register for DAU Courses
See Certification Requirements at bottom of this page.
Complete the Courses
Submit Your Application
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Certification Requirements
These tables list certification requirements for each of CLEP’s Three Certification Levels.
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Level I – Apprentice
Requirements | Course Description | Link to DAU iCatalog |
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Acquisition Courses | ||
ACQ 1010 | Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management | |
ENG 101 | Fundamentals of Systems Engineering | |
Functional Courses | ||
LOG 1000 | Life Cycle Logistics Fundamentals | |
LOG 104 | Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) | |
LOG 105 | Fundamentals of System Sustainment Management | |
LOG 0080 | Designing for Supportability in DoD Systems | |
LOG 0110 | Introduction to Performance Based Logistics (PBL) | |
Work Experience | ||
1 year of life cycle logistics experience in an acquisition and/or sustainment organization | ||
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Level II – Journeyman
An “(R)” following a course title indicates the course is delivered as resident-based instruction.
Requirements | Course Description | Link to DAU iCatalog |
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Acquisition Training | ||
ACQ 202 | Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Part A | |
ACQ 203 | Intermediate Systems Acquisition, Part B (R) | |
CLE 068 | Intellectual Property and Data Rights | |
Functional Training | ||
LOG 200 | Product Support Strategy Development, Part A | |
LOG 201 | Product Support Strategy Development, Part B (R) | |
LOG 2060 | Intermediate Systems Sustainment Management | |
LOG 2350 | Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) | |
CLC 011 | Contracting for the Rest of Us | |
LOG 0010 | Life Cycle Product Support Management | |
LOG 0120 | Supportability Analysis | |
Choose One of the Following Five (5) Course Options | ||
EVM 101 | Fundamentals of Earned Value Management | |
RQM 110 | Core Concepts for Requirements Management | |
LOG 204 | Configuration Management | |
LOG 2150 | Technical Data Management | |
CON 121 | Contract Planning | |
CON 124 | Contract Execution | |
CON 127 | Contract Management | |
Work Experience | ||
2 years of life cycle logistics experience in an acquisition and/or sustainment organization | ||
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level III – Master
An “(R)” following a course title indicates the course is delivered as resident-based instruction.
Requirements | Course Description | Link to DAU iCatalog |
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Acquisition Training | ||
Functional Training | ||
LOG 340 | Life Cycle Product Support (R) | |
LOG 3500 | Enterprise Life Cycle Logistics Management (R) | |
CLL 005 | Developing a Life Cycle Sustainment Plan (LCSP) | |
CLL 015 | Product Support Business Case Analysis (BCA) | |
CLL 020 | Independent Logistics Assessments | |
ACQ 265 | Mission-Focused Services Acquisition (R) | |
ACQ 315 | Understanding Industry (R) | |
BCF 216 | Applied Operating and Support Cost Analysis (R) | |
LOG 211 | Supportability Analysis (R) | |
Work Experience | ||
4 years of life cycle logistics experience in an acquisition and/or sustainment organization | ||

Working With DAU
You will need to create an account with the DAU in order to take courses. There is no fee for DAU courses, but there are DoD security requirements.

Obtaining A DAU Account
Obtaining a DAU account differs between active duty, Government Civilian, and Government Contractors.

DAU Class Registration
How to register for a class once you’ve created your DAU account.
Work Experience
CLEP’s three certification levels include requirements for work experience in addition to completing the required courses. Work experience must be validated through a letter of endorsement from the applicant’s employer.
Sample Endorsement Letters
Download a sample Letter of Endorsement – Commercial
Download a sample Letter of Endorsement – Military
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Completed All Requirements?
Once all your coursework is completed, and you have you work experience documentation, submit your package through our online form.
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Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ)
If you have questions, please see our Training FAQ page. You may gain the answer you need faster than by contacting a CLEP representative.