ECQA Certified Automotive Quality Manager (AQUA)

Description

This new job role and training program is developed in the EU Project AQUA
-Knowledge Alliance  for Training Quality and  Excellence in Automotive.

Find more info at the project web site
automotive-knowledge-alliance.eu

Find a White paper published in SPRINGER Verlag here...
In AQUA a base layer of core modules will be established which allow an
integrated and complementary view about the three approaches, including
Automotive SPICE, Functional Safety, and Lean Six Sigma. Integrated means,
the base layer modules extract and teach common paradigms and principles -
"the essence" - from the latter, and the link layer expresses the mapping
or translation to Automotive SPICE, Functional Safety, and Lean Six Sigma.
In this way, the complexity of learning and mastering all three standards
can be significantly reduced.
From the core modules AQUA also develops a linking layer which references
the parts addressed in the existing and established approaches, such as
Automotive SPICE, Functional Safety, and Lean Six Sigma.


Training plan

Summary

The training will be based on assignments, active elaborations by the
course participants, and discussions. All course participants will learn
about a core Topic (e.g. capability) and map this Approach to their own
work and organisation. Each of the below listed Units and lements forms
such a core Topic which we address from 4 views
1.        From the integrated perspective
2.        From the Automotive SPICE perspective
3.        From the Functional Safety perspective
4.        From the Six Sigma  perspective


The Automotive Quality Manager (AQUA) comprises the following elements:

For each element there are 4 learning modules:
1.        From the integrated perspective
2.        From the Automotive SPICE perspective
3.        From the Functional Safety perspective
4.        From the Six Sigma  perspective

Therefore the full program contains 44 modules.


Baukasten (Modular Basis)

In AQUA a "Baukasten" of learning elements has been built for the
Automotive industry to apply a combined method of Six Sigma (production
quality), functional safety (safety integrity level), and Automotive SPICE
(capability level). In the skill card we integrated 4 performance criteria
per element, covering an integrated view, Automotive SPICE, Functional
Safety, and Six Sigma.

Each supplier can select from the Baukasten those modules which are needed
to qualify staff for a specific project.

Exams

After the course attendees can attend the ECQA certified Automotive
Quality manager exam, to examine whether the nethods and practices taught
inm the course have been understood. The exam is managed by an ECQA online
test system. When successfully passing the test the attendees receive an
ECQA® Certified Innovation Manager-Certificate.

If a Person passes all elements the Person receives an Automotive Quality
Manager (AQUA) certificate.

Registration

You can register to access the online skills browsing, self assessment
functions here...

Partnership

Graz University of Technology, Institute for Technical Informatics,
Austria, www.iti.tugraz.at
ISCN Ltd./Ges.m.b.H, Ireland/Austria, www.iscn.com
LSSA Lean Six Sigma Academy, Netherlands, www.lssa.eu
Automotive Cluster Upper Austria, Austria, www.clusterland.at
European Manufacturing and Innovation Research Association AISBL,
Belgium/France, www.emiracle.eu

Acknowledgements

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission under agreement EAC-2012-0635. This publication/communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.