WHO SHOULD CERTIFY?

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, familiarity 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.

ACCREDITED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

This certification program is accredited by ANSI under the ISO 17024 standard, demonstrating impartial, third-party validation that the certification program has met recognized national and international credentialing industry standards for a program’s development, implementation, and maintenance.

REQUIREMENTS

8 Years of on-the-job experience in one or more of the areas of the Certified Quality Engineer Body of Knowledge.

3 *Years of on-the-job experience must be in a "Decision-making" position.

Candidates must have worked in a full-time, paid role.

*A "Decision-making" position is defined as the authority to define, execute, or control projects/processes and to be responsible for the outcome. This may or may not include management or supervisory positions.

For candidates who were certified by ASQ as a quality auditor, reliability engineer, supplier quality professional, software quality engineer or quality manager, the experience used to qualify for certification in these fields applies to certification as a quality engineer.

EDUCATION

Candidates who have completed a degree from a college, university or technical school will have part of the eight-year experience requirement waived, as follows (only one of these waivers may be claimed):

• Diploma from a technical or trade school — one year waived

• Associate degree — two year waived

• Bachelor's degree — four years waived

• Master's or doctorate — five years waived