DAU Courses

DAU Courses 

After reviewing all your options (Skillport, eArmyU, SOC) you have decided for the DAU courses, this is a series of easy guides to help youGetting started on DAU Courses. 

First things first, are you eligible for the DAU Courses?

As long as you have a current affiliation with the United States government, you qualify to participate in training offered by DAU. The military Services and DoD non-MILDEP agencies, through their Defense Acquisition Career Management (DACM) offices, have quotas in our classes. The DACMs establish priorities for their own military and civilian members, depending on several factors (e.g., if the student is in an acquisition-coded billet and their position requirements). The DACMs register their own members; the Federal Acquisition Institute (FAI) registers most non-DoD students.

Non-DoD federal agency and defense industry employees (contractors) may attend DAU courses at no cost on a space-available basis. There are some non-DoD and defense industry quotas in DAU courses; however, designated quotas are not in every class at every location. Non-DoD applicants should understand that DoD and MILDEP employees have precedence over all non-DoD federal agency and defense industry employees (the only exception is when there are specific quotas for these categories). This is particularly important in the case where a federal agency or defense industry employee is placed on a wait list , because all DoD and MILDEP employees are assigned a higher priority on the waitlist, even when they are added after the non-DoD and defense industry have been assigned a wait status.

As you can see basically everyone is eligible for the DAU Courses, whether you work with a DoD agency or not, but all DoD personnel have priority over non DoD personnel.

By now you must be wondering, how much does the DAU Courses will set me back?, are they expensive?

You can relax, as for now DAU does not charge tuition for its courses, except for certain foreign students. Foreign personnel, DOT-related agencies, industry, and non-DoD federal employees fund their own members’ travel and per diem costs. For military and civilian employees, your Service’s Defense Acquisition Career Management (DACM) office will determine whether they or your command will fund your travel as part of the application process.

Application Process for the DAU Courses

“Travel as part of the application process”, this generates the question: How’s the application process?, Where do i need to go to register for the DAU Courses?
First you must now that the instructions vary slightly for each branch, select the one that corresponds to your affiliation to receive further instructions on how to apply to the DAU Courses:

• Army (Military/Civilian)
• Navy/USMC (Military/Civilian)
• Air Force (Military/Civilian)
• Employee of a DoD Civilian Agency (i.e. DCMA, DISA, NSA, etc.)
• Employee of a non-DoD Federal Agency (i.e. DHS, HHS, VA, USCG etc.)
• Contractor/Industry/International Employee (Private-sector employees working on a contract with a DoD component must follow these procedures)

DAU Locations

DAU operates five regional campuses and numerous regional training centers to provide training services to the more than 151,000 members of the Defense Acquisition Workforce. DAU facilities are furnished with state-of-the-art equipment to enhance the learning experience and accommodate your learning needs.

Additionally, housing, dining facilities, libraries, fitness facilities, and medical facilities are available at each location. Upon registration, you will receive information about these and other services.

For current operational status of DAU regional campuses and training centers, please call 1-800-845-7606, Option 1.

• Capital and Northeast Region DAU courses locations

  • Ft. Belvoir, VA
  • Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

• College of Contract Management

• DSMC- Defense Systems Management College

• Mid-Atlantic Region DAU Courses locations

  • California, MD
  • Chester, VA
  • Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Norfolk, VA

• Midwest Region DAU Courses locations

  • Kettering, OH
  • Columbus, OH
  • Rock Island, IL
  • Sterling Heights, MI

• South Region DAU Courses locations

  • Huntsville, AL
  • Eglin AFB – Eglin, FL
  • Warner Robins, GA

• West Region DAU Courses locations

   
  • San Diego, CA
  • Port Hueneme, CA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Ford Island, HI

On the next Getting started on DAU Courses we’ll tackle all the courses and how to choose the right one also an easy guide for troubleshooting on the course navigation and application pages.