Course Description: In November 1999, the ASQ Board of Directors and the ASQ Certification Board, with sponsorship of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Division, approved the first “Add-On Certification” to the Certified Quality Auditor exam. A detailed listing of the certification requirements are contained in the body of knowledge.

Price: $495.00

Course Prerequisites: You must be an ASQ Certified Quality Auditor and have two years of experience working with the HACCP Standards. This two-year requirement can be part of the eight-year requirement used for the CQA exam. There are some special education requirements that can waive some experience requirements. Please consult the details on the national website or call 800-248-1946.  This course is designed to suppliment the knowledge of the individual having meet the requirements for certification and is not designed to teach the entire body of knowledge. 

Supporting Courses

• Certified Quality Auditor
• Basic Probability
• Inferential Statistics
• Quality Tools
• Quality Approaches

Certification Exam Schedule: The exam is given twice per year, once in March and again in October. There is a deadline for registering for the exam.

Required Course Materials:

• The Quality Auditor's HACCP Handbook is available from the Quality Press

Supplementary Course Materials:

• Solution Texts are available from the Quality Council of Indiana

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