THE (ASQ) CERTIFIED SUPPLIER QUALITY PROFESSIONAL (CSQP)
Certification from ASQ is considered a mark of quality excellence in many industries. It helps you advance your career, and boosts your organization’s bottom line through your mastery of quality skills. Becoming certified as a Quality Technician confirms your commitment to quality and the positive impact it will have on your organization.
The Certified Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP) understands the principles of product and service quality evaluation and control. This body of knowledge and applied technologies include, but are not limited to, development and operation of quality control systems, application and analysis of testing and inspection procedures, the ability to use metrology and statistical methods to diagnose and correct improper quality control practices, an understanding of human factors and motivation, familiarity with quality cost concepts and techniques, and the knowledge and ability to develop and administer management information systems and to audit quality systems for deficiency identification and correction.
Examination
Each certification candidate is required to pass a written
examination that consists of multiple-choice questions that measure comprehension of the body of knowledge.
Computer Delivered – the CSQP examination is a one-part,165-question, four-and-a-half-hour exam and is offered in English only
Education and/or Experience
You must have eight years of on-the-job experience in one or more of the areas of the Certified Supplier Quality Professional Body of Knowledge. A minimum of three years of this experience must be in a decision-making position. “Decision-making” is defined as the authority to define, execute, or control projects/processes and to be responsible for the outcome. This may or may not include management or supervisory positions.
Work experience must be in a full-time, paid role. Paid intern, co-op, or any other course work cannot be applied toward the work experience requirement
Experience used to qualify for certification in these fields applies to certification as a Supplier Quality Professional (CSQP). If you have completed a degree* from a college, university, or technical school with accreditation accepted by ASQ, part of the eight-year experience requirement will be waived as follows (only one of these waivers may be claimed):
•Diploma from a technical or trade school—one year waived
Associate’s degree— two years waived
•Bachelor’s degree— four years waived
•Master’s or doctorate—five years waived
*Degrees or diplomas from educational institutions outside
the United States must be equivalent to degrees from U.S. educational institutions.
