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SAN
DIEGO ASQ SECT. 703 EDUCATION MAILING
The
Second of two monthly mailings from our section
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American
Society for Quality
October 21, 2005
Vol. 4, # 4
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Educational
Updates & Articles
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THIS ISSUE
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MESSAGE
FROM THE EDUCATION CHAIR
"Last Minute Advise"
Section Members & Honored Eavesdroppers, |
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Last Minute Test Advise
This coming Saturday is a
special day for all of you preparing to take either the CQT,
CRE, CMI, CQM, CSSBB, CHA-HACCP, or the CBA certification exam.
Good luck and remember to remove the colored pages from your primers.
Other advise comes from one of our members Patricia La Londe who with
John Moran wrote an article published in Quality Progress magazine
(April 2000) that gives test taking advice as follows:
Test takers are also advised to keep in mind these general
pointers about standardized exams:
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Read all of the questions on the first page of the test so you realize
that you do know the material. In other words, relax.
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Read each question thoroughly. Don’t assume you know what’s being
asked.
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Eliminate implausible answers and move quickly past the obviously
wrong choices.
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Keep in mind that an answer may be a correct statement in itself but
may not answer the question. Two answers may say exactly the opposite
or be very similar. Read them again to decide what makes one
correct and the other wrong.
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Answer every question. There is no penalty for guessing, and you have
a 25% chance of getting it right.
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Go through and answer the questions you know. Then go through and read
the ones you’re unsure of. Mark those you are still not uncomfortable
with. You will narrow the field down to just a few questions you will
need to spend more time on. These are the questions you might want to
use your reference books for.
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Be aware of the time available for the exam and the remaining time as
you work through the exam.
Educational Celebration (Pizza Party)
Earlier this month many of you helped celebrate new certified members.
It's hard to see from this photo collage but there were 53 of us
chowing down on Fillipi's famous pizza in Kearny Mesa.
More information is posted at
http://www.asqsandiego.org/news/oct05mtgmail.htm#tmm
Current Educational Status
The CQT, and the CSQE refresher courses are well underway with
lots of students ... but there's always room for more. Contact
me if you are interested in crashing a course mid-way through or if
you want to express an educational need.
Quality Oriented Salaries
I've had a few people ask me lately how much having ASQ certifications
can help with their personal salary. ASQ posts yearly salary
surveys at http://www.asq.org/pub/qualityprogress/salary_survey/index.html
but you need to be a member to review them.
One can see that there is a big advantage to becoming certified!!
Key Announcements
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Sponsor: USD.
Learn how to implement Lean and Six-Sigma in your Company. Space is
limited - reserve yours today. Call (619) 260-4894 or email
6sigma@sandiego.edu
or see their ASQ webpage at
http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_usd.htm
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Sponsor:
UCSD Extension has a
completely new Lean Six Sigma course starting IN TWO WEEKS
... in addition to their many other programs such as Supply Chain
Management. See links and a calendar
at
http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsorucsde3.htm
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Sponsor: QPRS
who has a new Lean SSBB course starting soon that is meant to
prepare ASQ members to pass the ASQ SSBB certificate. Other Lean and
Kaizen courses are also available. See more information and a
brochure at
http://www.asqsandiego.org/sponsor_qpr.htm
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Sponsor: Grant
Rothbard, Inc. provides integrated compliance and improvement
solutions that address multiple compliance objectives including
Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9000, BS 7799 (ISO 17799), HIPAA and numerous
other business standards and regulations. Additionally Grant
Rothbard provides proprietary software solutions, quality skills
training and lean quality improvement programs. Extensive
international experience with staff fluency in Spanish and other
languages. See more at
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Sponsor: GMP
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I look forward
to hearing from you and or seeing you soon,
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Sincerely,
Keith Boyle
Education Committee Chair
ASQ
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FEATURED
ARTICLE LINKS
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Share your experiences, term papers, or Quality oriented commentaries with us. Authors needed see author guidelines.
This month
we are highlighting:
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The Quality Technology
Corner
Variation Types
by John J. Flaig, Ph.D.
There seems to be some confusion with regard to the classification of the
causes of variation. For example, some people believe that points outside
the control limits of an SPC chart are the always the result of special
causes and those inside are the result of common causes. Others
believe that control limits should always be set at three standard
deviations. Both beliefs are incorrect.
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Make
sure you visit our virtual Library, open 24
Hrs/day, 7days a week, and please bounce back your favorite Quality
related library thoughts and submissions (i.e. comments, e-book links, old
term papers, article links, articles you've written, etc.).
EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS UPDATES
Our
section proudly sponsors a variety of educational and professional
training
opportunities.
See our main education page and
our current refresher course training schedule.
Current
Exam Dates Schedule
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Certification Types and Links to "Body of
Knowledge", & Additional Information |
Application Deadline
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Exam Dates
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CQT -
Quality Technician
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CRE -
Reliability Engineer
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CMI -
Mechanical Inspector
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CQM -
Quality Manager
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CSSBB -
Six Sigma Black Belt
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CHA -
HACCP Auditor
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CBA - Biomedical Auditor
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Jan. 13, 2006 |
Oct. 22, 2005
next test but it's too late to apply.
The January application date is for the Mar. 4, 2006
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CQE - Quality Engineer
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CQA
- Quality Auditor
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CSQE
- Software Quality Eng.
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CQIA
- Q Improvement Associate
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CCT
- Calibration Technician
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Oct. 7, 2005 |
June 4, 2005.
Again on Dec. 3, 2005 |
Upcoming Workshops and
Modular Courses
See more information on our 3-hour workshops
page.
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Date |
Cost |
Contact |
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None pending but interest is building |
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Newsletter
Sponsors
Our newsletter sponsors this month
are:
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Six Sigma Leadership - Act Now!
University of California, San Diego Extension
Six-Sigma
Black-Belt
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A Black-Belt Professional Certificate Program
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Free information sessions about these exciting value added programs are being
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Sarbanes Oxley
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ISO 9000
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BS 7799 (ISO 17799)
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HIPAA, etc.
or see
http://grantrothbard.com/
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