Quality Assurance and Management

SHERIDAN CERTIFICATE

Quality Assurance is a growing profession, with opportunities for promotion and high earnings.

Sheridan, in cooperation with the Toronto section of the American Society of Quality (ASQ) presents the Quality Assurance and Management Certificate to provide graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary to participate in that growing market. The program offers a wide range of courses in quality subjects such as fundamental quality concepts, ISO9000, auditing, metrology, reliability, SPC, SQC, DOE and quality management.

The quality practitioner has the option to become ASQ certified in a number of different areas, such as quality auditing, engineering, management, reliability and software, respectively. The designations are as follows - Certified Quality Auditor (CQA), Certified Quality Engineer (CQE), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), Certified Quality Technician (CQT), and Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE). These designations are given by the ASQ and are recognized world wide. Sheridan graduates have achieved a distinctly high success rate in obtaining their designations. In the quality field, they carry distinction and value as acknowledgement that the quality practitioner has achieved a level of knowledge and professionalism related to that designation and to the quality field in general.

Curriculum

You must successfully complete eight courses. Prerequisites must be met

Compulsory courses (5)

QUAL79001	Quality Concepts *
QUAL79002	Basic Statistics and SPC
QUAL79003	Quality Auditing 1
QUAL79004	Essentials of Quality Management
QUAL79005	Advanced Statistical Methods
*Quality Concepts must be completed first.

Elective courses (3) - Select three of:

QUAL79006	Design of Experiments
QUAL79007	Inspections, Test, Metrology and Print Reading
QUAL79008	ISO9000 Implementation and Documentation
QUAL79010	Quality Management 3
QUAL79011	Quality Strategy and Leadership
QUAL79012	Reliability

Admission Requirements

Grade 12 Math or MATH17688 Mathematics 1

For more information on accredited designation, go the ASQ website at http://www.asq.org/ and for information regarding membership and ASQ certification, please visit the Toronto Chapter website at http://www.asqtoronto.com/committees/certific.htm.

For course and program guidance, please contact Program Coordinator Dr. Mozammel Khan at 905-459-7533, ext. 5174 (Peel) or 905-845-9430, ext. 5174 (Halton); email: mozammel.khan@sheridaninstitute.ca (email preferred).