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Online: Web Site Offers 'Quality' Services
The American Society for Quality (ASQ), www.asq.org, headquartered in Milwaukee, was formed Feb. 16, 1946. The purpose of the 104,000-member professional association is to create better workplaces and communities worldwide by advancing learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results. ASQ makes its officers and member experts available to inform and advise Congress, government agencies, state legislatures, and other groups and individuals on quality-related topics. ASQ representatives have provided testimony on issues such as training, health care quality, education, transportation safety, quality management in the federal government, licensing for quality professionals, and more.
The Web site has links to a description of ASQ's history, as well as a timeline of related historical events (such as the dates of conferences involving technical topics, ethics and quality control) and lists of founding members and past presidents. The University of Illinois maintains the archives.
ASQ has a certification program. Certification is formal recognition by ASQ that an individual has demonstrated proficiency within and a comprehension of a specified body of knowledge at a point in time. It is peer recognition and not registration or licensure. Since 1968, when the first ASQ certification exam was given, more than 85,000 individuals have become certified through ASQ, including many who have attained more than one designation. Although ASQ membership is not a prerequisite for certification, most of the people who hold one of these designations do belong to the Society.
ASQ offers the following Certifications: Calibration Technician (CCT), HACCP Auditor (CHA), Mechanical Inspector (CMI), Quality Auditor (CQA), Quality Auditor-Biomedical (CQA-Biomedical), Quality Engineer (CQE), Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA), Quality Manager, Quality Technician (CQT), Reliability Engineer (CRE), Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB), Software Quality Engineer (CSQE). Each Certification has a link to a site explaining the requirements. For example, a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) is described as a professional who has comprehensive understanding of software quality development and implementation, a thorough understanding of software inspection, testing, verification, and validation, and who can implement software development and maintenance processes and methods. Information about the minimum expectations, examinations and fees is provided.
There is information about training programs, which include conferences, courses, the ASQ e-Learning Center, Foundations in Quality Learning Series, In-House Training, Six Sigma Training and Webinars. The ASQ e-Learning Center offers Web-based courses on a variety of topics, including auditing, basics of quality, business and manufacturing excellence, engineering/statistics, measurement quality, project management and standards.
Courses are available via the Internet. ASQ also offers magazines and journals.
The American Society for Quality (ASQ), www.asq.org, headquartered in Milwaukee, was formed Feb. 16, 1946. The purpose of the 104,000-member professional association is to create better workplaces and communities worldwide by advancing learning, quality improvement, and knowledge exchange to improve business results. ASQ makes its officers and member experts available to inform and advise Congress, government agencies, state legislatures, and other groups and individuals on quality-related topics. ASQ representatives have provided testimony on issues such as training, health care quality, education, transportation safety, quality management in the federal government, licensing for quality professionals, and more.
The Web site has links to a description of ASQ's history, as well as a timeline of related historical events (such as the dates of conferences involving technical topics, ethics and quality control) and lists of founding members and past presidents. The University of Illinois maintains the archives.
ASQ has a certification program. Certification is formal recognition by ASQ that an individual has demonstrated proficiency within and a comprehension of a specified body of knowledge at a point in time. It is peer recognition and not registration or licensure. Since 1968, when the first ASQ certification exam was given, more than 85,000 individuals have become certified through ASQ, including many who have attained more than one designation. Although ASQ membership is not a prerequisite for certification, most of the people who hold one of these designations do belong to the Society.
ASQ offers the following Certifications: Calibration Technician (CCT), HACCP Auditor (CHA), Mechanical Inspector (CMI), Quality Auditor (CQA), Quality Auditor-Biomedical (CQA-Biomedical), Quality Engineer (CQE), Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA), Quality Manager, Quality Technician (CQT), Reliability Engineer (CRE), Six Sigma Black Belt (SSBB), Software Quality Engineer (CSQE). Each Certification has a link to a site explaining the requirements. For example, a Certified Software Quality Engineer (CSQE) is described as a professional who has comprehensive understanding of software quality development and implementation, a thorough understanding of software inspection, testing, verification, and validation, and who can implement software development and maintenance processes and methods. Information about the minimum expectations, examinations and fees is provided.
There is information about training programs, which include conferences, courses, the ASQ e-Learning Center, Foundations in Quality Learning Series, In-House Training, Six Sigma Training and Webinars. The ASQ e-Learning Center offers Web-based courses on a variety of topics, including auditing, basics of quality, business and manufacturing excellence, engineering/statistics, measurement quality, project management and standards.
Courses are available via the Internet. ASQ also offers magazines and journals.
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