EDUCATION
Course Descriptions
CMI - Certified Mechanical Inspector
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The Certified Mechanical Inspector is an inspector who, in support of and under the direction of quality engineers, supervisors, or technicians, can use the proven techniques included in the body of knowledge. Under professional direction, the mechanical inspector evaluates hardware documentation, performs laboratory procedures, inspects products, measures process performance, records data and prepares formal reports.
Instructors for 2006:
Steve Leggett
steve.leggett@gm.com
(248) 528-4599
Arland Eilert, CQE
arlandace@aol.com
(586) 716-1515
CQA - Certified Quality Auditor
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of Knowledge | Exam Dates
The Certified Quality Auditor is a professional who understands the standards and principles of auditing and the auditing techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating and reporting to determine a quality system’s adequacy and deficiencies. The Certified Quality Auditor analyzes all elements of a quality system and judges its degree of adherence to the criteria of industrial management and quality evaluation and control systems.
Instructor for 2006:
George Mouradian, CQE, CRE, CQA
(248) 684-5651
CQE - Certified Quality Engineer
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The Certified Quality Engineer is a professional who understands the principles of product and service quality evaluation and control. This body of knowledge and applied technologies include, but are not limited to, development and operation of quality control systems, application and analysis of testing and inspection procedures, the ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices, an understanding of human factors and motivation, facility with quality cost concepts and techniques, and the knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
Instructor for 2006:
Janet MacDonald, CQE, CQIA, CQA, CQM
janraemac@yahoo.com
(248) 354-3710
CQIA - Certified Quality Improvement Associate
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The Certified Quality Improvement Associate has a basic knowledge of quality tools and their uses and is involved in quality improvement projects, but doesn't necessarily come from a traditional quality area.
Instructor for 2006:
Syed Asadullah, CQE, CQA, CRE, CQMgr
(248) 442-3913
CMQ/OE - Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational
Excellence
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The Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence is a professional who leads and champions process-improvement initiatives—everywhere from small businesses to multinational corporations—that can have regional or global focus in a variety of service and industrial settings.
A Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence facilitates and leads team efforts to establish and monitor customer/supplier relations, supports strategic planning and deployment initiatives, and helps develop measurement systems to determine organizational improvement.
The Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence should be able to motivate and evaluate staff, manage projects and human resources, analyze financial situations, determine and evaluate risk and employ knowledge management tools and techniques in resolving organizational challenges.
Instructor for 2006:
Kush Shah, CQE, CQMgr, CSSBB, Certified Red-X Master
shah.kush@gmail.com
(248) 857-6418
CSQE - Certified Software Quality Engineer
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The Certified Software Quality Engineer understands software quality development and implementation, software inspection, testing, verification and validation; and implements software development and maintenance processes and methods.
Instructor for 2006:
Jatinder Kapur, CQSE, CSSBB
(313) 225-7232
CQT - Certified Quality Technician
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The Certified Quality Technician is a paraprofessional who, in support of and under the direction of quality engineers or supervisors, analyzes and solves quality problems, prepares inspection plans and instructions, selects sampling plan applications, prepares procedures, trains inspectors, performs audits, analyzes quality costs and other quality data, and applies fundamental statistical methods for process control..
Instructor for 2006:
Glinda Mantyk, CQE, CQT, CQA, CRE
glinda.mantyk@gm.com
(810) 335-2193
CRE - Certified Reliability Engineer
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The Certified Reliability Engineer is a professional who understands the principles of performance evaluation and prediction to improve product/systems safety, reliability and maintainability. This body of knowledge (BOK) and applied technologies include, but are not limited to, design review and control; prediction, estimation, and apportionment methodology; failure mode effects and analysis; the planning, operation and analysis of reliability testing and field failures, including mathematical modeling; understanding human factors in reliability; and the ability to develop and administer reliability information systems for failure analysis, design and performance improvement and reliability program management over the entire product life cycle.
Instructor for 2006:
Abhijit Sengupta, CQE, CRE, CQA, CSSBB
senguptaa@hotmail.com
(313) 595-5310
CSSGB - Certified Six Sigma Green Belt
NEW!
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of Knowledge | Exam
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The Six Sigma Green Belt operates in support of or under the supervision of a Six Sigma Black Belt, analyzes and solves quality problems and is involved in quality improvement projects. A Green Belt is someone with at least three years of work experience who wants to demonstrate his or her knowledge of Six Sigma tools and processes..
Instructor for 2006:
Rajinder Kapur, PhD, ASQ Fellow, CQE, CRE, CQA
rajinderkapur@yahoo.com
(248) 703-7148
CSSBB - Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
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The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt is a professional who can explain Six Sigma philosophies and principles, including supporting systems and tools. A Black Belt should demonstrate team leadership, understand team dynamics and assign team member roles and responsibilities. Black Belts have a thorough understanding of all aspects of the DMAIC model in accordance with Six Sigma principles. They have basic knowledge of Lean enterprise concepts, are able to identify non-value-added elements and activities and are able to use specific tools.
Instructor for 2006:
Rajinder Kapur, PhD, ASQ Fellow, CQE, CRE, CQA
rajinderkapur@yahoo.com
(248) 703-7148