Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) Preparation Course (Virtual)

Start Date: Monday, November 18, 2024

5:30 PM – 7:00 PM EST

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: Tony DeMarinis

Deadline to register: 11/08/24

Cost: $600. Payment must be made online by CC.

Register: https://app.memberplanet.com/#/event/asqrhodeislandsection/certifiedqualityauditorcqapreparationcoursevirtual

Classes will be held on Monday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30pm to 7:00pm beginning on 11/18/24 and ending on 12/18/24 (10 classes).

Meeting links will be sent by email prior to the start of class

Attendees will need to obtain the course primer from Quality Council of Indiana

(https://www.qualitycouncil.com/cqa/)

Note: if less than 5 students register by deadline, course may be postponed or refunded

Root Cause Analysis Workshop (Virtual)

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 & November 6, 2024

12:30 PM – 4:30 PM EST

This seminar uses thoughtful exercises and humorous analogies to provide practical advice on how to identify real obstacles to organizational improvement.   Discussions will focus on the concept of root cause as well as the analytical methods to objectively identify it.  We will also discuss how to document a failure investigation and develop appropriate corrective actions to prevent recurrence.  This seminar will provide individuals with the necessary skills and tools to reach and maintain excellence through continual improvement and should be of interest to analysts, engineers, managers, supervisors and other individuals responsible for resolving problems in any organization. 

Seminar topics include:

  • Reactive Environment & Downstream symptoms
  • Investigating Sentinel Events & the Scientific Method
  • Failure Investigation Process Steps & Quality Tools
  • Common Causes for Out of Spec Results
  • Data Integrity and Sources of Variation
  • Root Cause Analysis Methods & Practical Applications
  • Proactive Environment & Root Cause Identification
  • Corrective Actions

This workshop will be conducted virtually on Wednesday afternoons from 12:30pm to 4:30pm on 10/30/24 and 11/06/24 for a total of 8 hours.

Instructor: Tony DeMarinis

Cost: $350 (payment must be made online by CC)

Register: https://app.memberplanet.com/#/event/asqrhodeislandsection/rootcauseanalysisworkshop

Meeting links will be sent by email prior to the start of the workshop