Quality Engineer Skills Competencies 1671770511

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The document outlines the various skills and competencies required of a quality engineer, including quality philosophies, quality system elements, product and process design, control and improvement techniques.

The quality management system encompasses strategic planning, deployment techniques like benchmarking and project management, and a quality information system.

Quality control tools like control charts, cause-and-effect diagrams and histograms are used to analyze processes. Additional tools include PDCA, Six Sigma, Lean and Theory of Constraints for continuous improvement.

7 Quality Engineer Skills

& Competencies

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1.Management And Leadership

1.Quality Philosophies and Foundations


➢ Continuous improvement tools,
➢ Lean, Six Sigma, theory of constraints
➢ Statistical process control (SPC)
➢ Total Quality management
➢ Leadership principles (including Deming’s 14 points)

2.The Quality Management System (QMS)


➢ Strategic planning
➢ Deployment techniques (Benchmarking,Stakeholder,Performance & Project
management)
➢ Quality information system (QIS)
3.ASQ Code of Ethics for Professional Conduct
4.Leadership Principles and Techniques
5.Facilitation Principles and Techniques
➢ Roles and responsibilities
➢ Facilitation tools

6.Communication Skills
7.Customer Relations
8.Supplier Management (Techniques, Improvement & Risk)
9.Barriers to Quality Improvement

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2.The Quality System
1.Elements of the Quality System

➢ Basic elements

➢ Design

2.Documentation of the Quality System

➢ Document components

➢ Document control

3.Quality Standards and Other Guidelines

4.Quality Audits

➢ Types of audits

➢ Roles and responsibilities in audits

➢ Audit planning and implementation

➢ Audit reporting and follow-up

5.Cost of Quality (COQ)

6.Quality Training

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3. Product, Process and Service Design

1.Classification of Quality Characteristics

2.Design Inputs and Review

➢ Inputs

➢ Review

3.Technical Drawings and Specifications

4.Verification and Validation

5.Reliability and Maintainability

➢ Predictive and preventive maintenance tools

➢ Reliability and maintainability indices

➢ Reliability models

➢ Reliability/Safety/Hazard Assessment Tools

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4. Product and Process Control

1.Methods

2.Material Control

➢ Material identification, status, and traceability

➢ Segregation of Material

➢ Material classification

➢ Material review board

3.Acceptance Sampling

➢ Sampling concepts

➢ Sampling standards and plans

➢ Sample integrity

4.Measurement and Test

➢ Measurement tools

➢ Destructive and nondestructive tests

5.Metrology

6.Measurement System Analysis (MSA)

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5. Continuous Improvement

1.Quality Control Tools

Pareto charts, Cause and effect diagrams, Control charts, Check sheets, Scatter diagrams,

Stratification & Histograms (Analyze)

2.Quality Management and Planning Tools

Affinity diagrams and force field analysis, Tree diagrams, Process decision program charts

(PDPC),Matrix diagrams, Interrelationship diagrams, Prioritization matrices, Activity

network diagrams (Analyze)

3.Continuous Improvement Methodologies

Total Quality Management (TQM),Kaizen, Plan-do-check-act (PDCA),Six Sigma, Theory of

constraints (ToC) (Evaluate)

4.Lean tools

5S,Value stream mapping,Kanban,Visual control, Waste (Muda),Standardized work, Takt

time, Single-minute exchange of die (SMED) (Evaluate)

6.Corrective Action

7.Preventive Action

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6. Quantitative Methods and Tools
1.Collecting and Summarizing Data
Types of data, Measurement scales, Data collection methods, Data accuracy and integrity, Descriptive
statistics, Graphical methods for depicting relationships & Graphical methods for depicting distributions

2.Quantitative Concepts
Terminology, Drawing statistical conclusions & Probability terms and concepts

3.Probability Distributions
Continuous distributions & Discrete distributions

4.Statistical Decision Making


Point estimates and confidence intervals, Hypothesis testing, Paired-comparison tests, Goodness-of-fit
tests, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) & Contingency tables

5.Relationships Between Variables


Linear regression, Simple linear correlation, Time-series analysis

6.Statistical Process Control (SPC)


Objectives and benefits, Common and special causes, Selection of variable, Rational subgrouping, Control
charts, Control chart analysis-control charts, Short-run SPC

7.Process and Performance Capability


Process capability studies, The Process performance vs. specifications, Process capability indices, Process
performance indices

8.Design and Analysis of Experiments


Terminology, Planning and organizing experiments, Design principles, One-factor experiments, Full-factorial
experiments, Two-level fractional factorial experiments

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7. Risk Management

1.Risk Oversight

➢ Planning and oversight

➢ Metrics

➢ Mitigation planning

2.Risk Assessment

3.Risk Control

➢ Identification and documentation

➢ Auditing and testing

4.Failure and Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA)

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