*ASQ Certified Quality Technician (CQT) Body of Knowledge Map 2018 – 2024, effective November 1, 2024
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I. Certification Overview
- Certified Quality Technician Exam
- CQT Body of Knowledge
- Comparison: CQT BOK & Primer
II. Quality Concepts
- Quality Overview
- Customers & Suppliers
- Quality Principles
- Quality Standards
- Cost of Quality
III. Quality Tools
- Problem Solving Steps
- Cause and Effect Diagrams
- Flow Charts
- Data Types
- Checksheets
- Pareto Diagrams
- Scatter Diagrams
- Control/Run Charts
- Histograms
- Six Sigma
- Lean Concepts
- Continuous Improvement
- ASQ Code of Ethics
IV. Basic Statistics
- General Concepts
- Terminology
- Frequency Distributions
- Calculations
- Central Tendency
- Measures of Dispersion
- Confidence Levels
- Confidence Limits
- Probability
V. Control Charts
- Introduction
- Control Limits vs Specification Limits
- Variables Charts
- Attribute Charts
- Common & Special Cause Variation
- Process Capability
- Data Plotting
VI. Metrology
- Hand Tools
- Gages
- Optical Tools
- Coordinate Measuring Machines
- Electronic Measuring Equipment
- Weights, Balances and Scales
- Hardness Testing Equipment
- Surface Plates
- Surface Analyzers
- Force Measurement Tools
- Angle Measurement Tools
- Color Measurement Tools
- Metrology Summary
VII. Calibration
- Introduction
- Control & Maintenance of M&TE
- Customer Supplied M&TE
- Calibration Intervals
- Calibration Error
- Hierarchy of Standards
VIII. Blueprint Reading
- Blueprint Components
- GD&T Terminology
- Blueprint & GD&T Definitions
- Defect/characteristic Classification
IX. Inspection & Sampling
- Inspection Concepts
- Inspection Introduction
- Types of Measurement
- Gage Selection
- Measurement Terms
- Rounding Rules
- Measurement Conversions
- Inspection Points
- Inspection Error
- Product Traceability
- COC and COA
- Inspection & Sampling Definitions
- Testing Techniques
- NDT Techniques
- Destructive Testing
- Other Testing Techniques
- Sampling
- Characteristics
- Sampling Types
- Use of Major Plans
- Nonconforming Material
- Identifying and Segregating
- Material Review Process
X. Quality Audits
- Introduction
- Audit Types
- Audit Components
- Auditing Tools
- Audit Communication
XI. Corrective & Preventive Action
- Risk Management
- Risk Identification
- Risk Mitigation
- Risk Management Program
- Risk Assessment
- SPC
- Process Improvement
- Root Cause Analysis
- FMEA/FMECA
- Corrective Action
- Corrective Action Procedures
- Preventive Action
- Mistake Proofing
XII. Appendix
- Tables
- Conversion Chart
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- Question Answers
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The Certified Quality Technician is a paraprofessional who, in support of and under the direction of quality engineers or supervisors, analyzes and solves quality problems, prepares inspection plans and instructions, selects sampling plan applications, prepares procedures, trains inspectors, performs audits, analyzes quality costs and other quality data, and applies fundamental statistical methods for process control.
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