Name: Deborah
Title: Internal Quality Auditor
Company: Small AS9100 company (320 employees; been a company for 9years)
Years in QA: 8

I enjoy reading the posts and have made a few myself. I enjoy being an auditor and I will take my ASQ CQA in June. I am a little (very) nervous because I am not an engineer just someone who was bitten by the Quality bug several years ago when I worked for a major defense contractor. My company hired me as an inspector 41/2 years ago and I had been to a lead auditor training at a local university so I was asked to audit also. To make a long story short, management changes and employee turnovers..... I was the only one left that was willing to take the lead on the "Internal Audit Process". SO with alot of reading, asking questions and "winging" it sometimes I developed our Internal Audit Process. It's not the most perfect, but it is to the point and complies with the AS requirements. I believe in using a common sense approach and keeping things simple. :)

Good luck with the CQA exam, as I recall there is not much in the way of engineering type questions on the exam.

I agree with Doug. I do not think you should lose sleep over this test. I will say, however that I have heard ASQ added scenario-based essay questions.

Have you got a book yet? I am using The ASQ Auditing Handbook, 3rd Edition. I will also likely take Pyzdek's The Complete Guide to the CQA when I take my exam next month.

Nice to meet you! :bigwave:

I am thinking you might want to say hello in a thread made just for this: it's a kind of guest book.
New Folks - Please Take a Minute and Introduce Yourself / Say Hello! (http://elsmar.com/Forums/showthread.php?t=1477&page=310)

I agree with Doug. I do not think you should lose sleep over this test. I will say, however that I have heard ASQ added scenario-based essay questions.

Jennifer

There were several scenario-based questions on the CQA exam I took last fall.

thanks for the advice, I have heard that there are essay scenerios but extra time has been added. I have the Quality Council of Indiana primer set (books and CD) and the ASQ auditing handbook. BTW, I thought I was "introducing myself" in the thread you linked, I guess I should have replied in it instead of starting a new one :o

I WISH YOU GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR FUTURE AUDIT AND NO DOUBT YOU WILL PERFORM WELL BASIS YOUR WORKINGEXPERIENCE OF SAME COMPANY.

Name: Deborah
Title: Internal Quality Auditor
Company: Small AS9100 company (320 employees; been a company for 9years)
Years in QA: 8

I enjoy reading the posts and have made a few myself. I enjoy being an auditor and I will take my ASQ CQA in June. I am a little (very) nervous because I am not an engineer just someone who was bitten by the Quality bug several years ago when I worked for a major defense contractor. My company hired me as an inspector 41/2 years ago and I had been to a lead auditor training at a local university so I was asked to audit also. To make a long story short, management changes and employee turnovers..... I was the only one left that was willing to take the lead on the "Internal Audit Process". SO with alot of reading, asking questions and "winging" it sometimes I developed our Internal Audit Process. It's not the most perfect, but it is to the point and complies with the AS requirements. I believe in using a common sense approach and keeping things simple. :)

Good luck on your test. Remember to think like a beginner. I believe the more experience it becomes more difficult. Sort of like the lead auditor exam.

Hi Deborah,
Keeping it simple is the best approach :) but it's hard work. It's too easy to make things complicated, so maybe that's why so many do so.
Gordon.

i introduce myself as a trainer and consultant in Quality and HR areas. i am happy to join this forum of discussions. i believe life is full of learning with quality. i did my Masters in management and philosophy.
bhogadis

Name: Deborah
Title: Internal Quality Auditor
Company: Small AS9100 company (320 employees; been a company for 9years)
Years in QA: 8

I enjoy reading the posts and have made a few myself. I enjoy being an auditor and I will take my ASQ CQA in June. I am a little (very) nervous because I am not an engineer just someone who was bitten by the Quality bug several years ago when I worked for a major defense contractor. My company hired me as an inspector 41/2 years ago and I had been to a lead auditor training at a local university so I was asked to audit also. To make a long story short, management changes and employee turnovers..... I was the only one left that was willing to take the lead on the "Internal Audit Process". SO with alot of reading, asking questions and "winging" it sometimes I developed our Internal Audit Process. It's not the most perfect, but it is to the point and complies with the AS requirements. I believe in using a common sense approach and keeping things simple. :)So - have you told us in some other thread? Did you pass? We CARE about ALL our Cove members!

i introduce myself as a trainer and consultant in Quality and HR areas. i am happy to join this forum of discussions. i believe life is full of learning with quality. i did my Masters in management and philosophy.
bhogadis

I looked twice when I saw both Quality and HR together. A few seconds later I thought "those two things actually fit together" :)

People make mistakes, machines make deviations. The fewer mistakes people make, the fewer deviations a machine will make. As several people have already written, "It's all a learning process".

Btw, I firmly believe an old dog can learn new tricks - there's hope for me yet :)

Hello, I am new to the forum and need some advice on the various certifications offered. I am planning on taking either the quality auditor or biomedical auditor exam. First of all I am not sure what the difference is between and two with respect to career relevance. I am a scientist working in quality control so I think both sound beneficial but what really is the difference between the two. I work in a molecular biotechnology company.
Secondly, there are so many references listed to help prepare for the exams. Can anyone offer some advice of which ones will benefit me the most. Thanks so much.