Certified Quality Engineer for Aerospace (CQEA)

– a collaboration to nurture aerospace quality professionals

Date(s):
To be advised

Duration:
167 hours (3 to 5 months)		 Register:
Send your queries to training@aais.org.sg
Time:
Tuesday & Thursday (7pm to 10pm), and Saturdays (9am to 4pm)		 Closing Date:
To be advised
Venue:
690 West Camp Road
#08-13 JTC Aviation Two
Seletar Aerospace Park
Singapore 797523		 Fees:
AAIS Member: S$5,271.24/pax w/GST
Non-Member: S$6,170.49/pax w/GST
(Included registration fee of S$17.44 and Exam & Certification fee of S$218)
Fees reflected are inclusive of 9% GST (in 2024).

Objectives:
This course aims to equip participants with a complete set of tools and techniques for control and improvement of product quality, reliability and safety for application within the aerospace industry.

It covers aspects pertaining to the implementation of an effective quality control system as well as experimental design for investigation and quality improvement. This course will also cover management planning, inspection and testing to achieve reliable, maintainable and safe products to customer specifications and requirements.

Who Should Attend?
Engineers or Managers and those participants who intend to acquire knowledge in quality assurance and statistical methods to improve product quality, diagnose and solve various industrial quality problems for overall improvement of the quality systems.

Entry Requirements:
– A diploma with at least 3 years of working experience in the quality field; or
– A degree with at least 1 year of working experience in the quality field

Assessment Method:
Written examination – held approximately 4 weeks from the end of course

Certification:
This is a course jointly organized by AAIS and SQI. Course Certificate will be issued to participants who have attended 75% of the course and successfully passed the assessment.

Advantage:
Participants that have obtained the CQEA certification can progress to pursue the programmes offered by SQI such as Certified Quality Manager and ASQ Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

Course Content:
  • Aerospace Quality Practices and Applications
    – Aerospace Standards (AS 9100, AS 9110, AS 9120)
    – Quality Systems
    – National Aviation Regulatory Framework, including Human Factors and SMS
    – Product, Process and Material Control
    – Quality Audit
    – Quality Improvement Tools: Cost of Quality, Continuous
    – Improvement Tools Quality Planning & Management
    – Six Sigma Approach
    – Risk Management and Communication Skills
    – Lean tools & Kaizen
    – Supplier Quality Management
  • Measurement Systems
    – Metrology
    – Repeatability & Reproducibility Studies, Destructive & Non-destructive Testing Concept
  • Statistical Principles and Applications – Six Sigma
    – Statistical Quality Control
    – Statistical Inference
    – Correlation and Regression Analysis
    – Statistical Process Control
    – Design of Experiments
  • Practical Measurement Systems
    – Basic Reliability Concepts
    – Product Design, Development and Production
    – Maintainability
    – Product Safety
Course Notes:
PDF Materials (exclude Aerospace Standards) will be provided prior to the start of every module, participants are required to bring along their laptops for every class.

Key Benefits:
Participants will have a fundamental understanding of:-
– Quality principles, quality systems, aerospace standards, organizational and team dynamics, customer expectations and satisfaction,
– Basic understanding of the audit process in the aerospace environment including types of audits, planning, preparation, execution, reporting results and follow-up supplier relations and performance,
– Leadership, training, interpersonal relationships, improvement systems and professional ethics,
– Develop and implement aerospace quality programs, including tracking, analyzing, reporting and problem solving,
– Knowledge of reliability, maintainability, and risk management, including key terms and definitions, modeling, systems design, assessment tools and reporting,
– Through understanding of problem-solving and quality improvement tools and techniques,
– Statistical principles to acquire and analyze data using appropriate standard quantitative methods across a spectrum of business environments to facilitate process analysis and improvement.
*Note: AAIS and SQI reserves the right to adjust the course pricing and to re-schedule or cancel any course due to unforeseen circumstances, course commencement is subject to minimum class size requirements.
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