Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Certificate in Quality Assurance | |||
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Qualification Type | Certificate | |||
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Level | 5 | |||
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Credits | 90 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
Graduates of this programme will be able to: Explain how modern quality management concepts can add value to an organisation. Assist their organisation in realising the advantages of good customer and supplier relationships. Explain the importance of team work and staff training in establishing a quality improvement cycle. Select and use a range of quality tools to create quality improvements and enhance performance. Explain how the use of appropriate statistical information and the Six Sigma approach can enhance quality of products and/or services by reducing variation. Implement or assist in the introduction or enhancement of an appropriate quality system. Apply appropriate tools to measure and enhance the quality of design. Integrate environmental management and occupational health and safety into quality systems to create a total quality management approach. Establish and participate in monitoring, quality audit and evaluation processes. Use effective measurement and calibration techniques. Develop effective ways of obtaining good stakeholder feedback that can be used to improve a product or service.
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Graduate profile |
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Entry Requirements |
To be admitted to the Certificate in Quality Assurance programme applicants must have: A minimum of 14 credits NCEA Level 1 or higher in mathematics, or equivalent qualification; and a minimum of 8 credits at level 2 or higher in English or equivalent qualification. Applicants 20 years of age or over who have not achieved these academic requirements or their equivalent may be admitted if they are able to demonstrate that they have a reasonable likelihood of success. This may mean that the applicant will have to successfully complete another qualification or course before they can be admitted to study this qualification.
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 1729 | |||
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Status | Discontinued | |||
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Created | 2011-10-12 14:46:23.0 | |||
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Last Date For Entry | 2017-12-31 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Discontinued | 2019-12-31 00:00:00.0 | |||
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