A Certified Quality Auditor (CQA) is a

professional A professional is a member of a profession or any person who work (human activity), works in a specified professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the profession with the partic ...

that knows and employs the standards and principles associated with

audit An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon." Auditing al ...

ing. A CQA is capable of using various evaluation techniques to identify a

production system Production system may refer to: * Computer Animation Production System (CAPS), developed by the Walt Disney Company and Pixar in the 1980s * Production system (computer science), a program used to provide some form of artificial intelligence * Pro ...

's strengths and weaknesses in

quality control Quality control (QC) is a process by which entities review the quality of all factors involved in production. ISO 9000 defines quality control as "a part of quality management focused on fulfilling quality requirements". This approach plac ...

. A

quality audit Quality audit is the process of systematic examination of a quality system carried out by an internal or external quality auditor or an audit team. It is an important part of an organization's quality management system and is a key element in the ...

is a process that involves the systematic identification and examination of a production quality system. A Certified Quality Auditor must analyze all elements of a quality system and assess its degree of adherence to the applicable industry criteria. This is described in detail in Russell. Formal CQA certification is given by the

American Society for Quality The American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly the American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), is a society of quality professionals, with more than 30,000 members, in more than 140 countries. History ASQC was established on 16 February ...

(ASQ). Each CQA certification candidate needs to pass a

multiple choice Multiple choice (MC), objective response or MCQ (for multiple choice question) is a form of an objective assessment in which respondents are asked to select only the correct answer from the choices offered as a list. The multiple choice format i ...

examination that focuses mostly on auditing practices, and measures comprehension of the ASQ Body of Knowledge (BOK), covering: * Auditing Basics * Process of auditing *

Auditor An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting an ...

competencies * Audit program and

business application Business software (or a business application) is any software or set of computer programs used by business users to perform various business functions. These business applications are used to increase productivity, measure productivity, and per ...

s * Quality tools and techniques

References

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ASQ Quality Auditor Certification
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