Friday, July 16, 2021

Quality management at NAIT

Nov. 5, 2019 Quality management at NAIT: Today I found this article in the sponsored content in the Star Metro.  The article was good, but I can't find the article.  I found this on NAIT's website:


"Refreshed quality management certificate comes as employers look to raise the bar":


Quality management is a vital part of operations in many business sectors, industrial operations and government. Given the nature of today’s global economy and international competition product and service quality is critical to the success of any business or organization.

This program is designed for people who currently working or wish to work team a quality assurance (QA) / quality control (QC) / quality management department. You are introduced to the essential elements of quality management systems including steps in creating a quality policy and developing related objectives and procedures. You will get a practical overview of the general principles that create a framework for a quality management system.

QMGC101 - Introduction to Quality Management

Course Overview

Quality management is a vital part of operations in all kinds of business sectors, industrial operations, and government. Upon completion of this course you will be able to describe quality concepts, quality planning, quality assurance, quality control, and continuous improvement.

Given the nature of today's global economy and international competition, product and service quality is critical to the success of any business or organization. This course will provide you an in-depth look at the many critical processes needed to ensure that organizational quality requirements. In addition to quality concepts, tools and techniques, the ISO 9001 International Quality Standard will be explored, including the Quality Management Principles and the registration process for achieving internationally recognized certification.

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to describe essential mechanisms of quality management systems, including steps in creating a quality policy and developing related objectives and procedures. The course will provide content and activities that will help you gain practical knowledge of the general principles and frameworks of a quality management system.

This course is designed for people with quality control or quality management duties in their work or who want to learn more about project management.
QMGC102 - Quality System Documentation

Course Overview

Learn how to write a quality manual and supporting documentation. In order to effectively implement a Quality Management System (QMS), your organization needs a well-written quality manual. Students will learn the vital role played by quality practitioners in guiding the organization towards creating and using a well-documented Quality Management System.

Students will also discover how important it is for quality practitioners to fully understand the organization's quality policies, its quality management structure, and all the processes that affect product and service quality. With these understandings, the quality manual can be written to effectively meet the needs of the organization and the relevant quality standards.

Prerequisite: QMGC 101
QMGC103 - Quality Auditing

Course Overview

Are you and your company ready for a quality audit? Do you know what it will involve? In many cases, an organization will create an internal auditing system to measure its own performance, within the scope of an overall Quality Management System (QMS). In other cases, the quality audit may be part of customer contract requirements or government regulations.

Students will learn how audits are planned and used to appraise a company’s organization, quality policies, records and activities to determine whether a company is meeting a required quality standard. The benefits of auditing and various types of audits are also discussed.

Prerequisite: Must have completed QMGC101 to enroll in this course.
QMGC104 - Product Sampling

Course Overview

Quality practitioners need to understand the principles of product sampling. In most production or process environments, companies rely on product sampling as a means to measure and ensure product quality. Students will learn how to obtain meaningful samples and thus be able to make decisions on the quality of the products represented by the samples. 
The emphasis is on various statistical methods that can be used to draw inferences about the population from which samples are drawn.

Different types of sampling plans are described and critical factors in selecting a sampling plan are highlighted.

Prerequisite: Must have completed QMGC101 to enroll in this course.
QMGC105 - Statistical Process Control

Course Overview

Statistics are at the heart of quality control. Statistical principles are central to production processes. Students will be introduced to basic statistics and their application to quality assurance and control. Emphasis is placed on statistical processes and methods, including quality control charts and their practical interpretation.

Students will learn to apply the problem-solving tools by working through case studies that deal with real-life part production problems and quality improvement situations.

Prerequisite: Must have completed QMGC101 and QMGC104 to enroll in this course.
QMGC106 - Product and Service Quality

Course Overview

Learn to measure and compute product reliability. Reliability refers to the ability of a product to perform as expected over time. High reliability is crucial for safety in many products, and provides a competitive advantage for most consumer goods and technical parts. Students will learn various techniques for measuring and computing reliability. Emphasis is placed on reliability prediction, redundancy (providing back-up components) and failure mode and effects
analysis (FMEA).

Preventative and corrective maintenance schemes are also examined, along with the concept of availability.

Prerequisites: Must have completed QMGC101 and QMGC104 to enroll in this course.

My opinion: After I read this, I don't find quality management that interesting.

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