- May 29, 2013
AS9100 is a widely adopted and standardized quality management system for the aerospace industry. Being a certified AS9100 manufacturer qualifies a business to be considered an aerospace supplier. It also increases customer confidence in meeting their expectations for product safety standards.
Air Washington is offering AS9100 training free of charge to qualified organizations.
The objective of this certification training is to prepare selected companies to become certified to AS9100C using a Business Management System approach. Companies will learn how to organize and document their business/quality process using a process mapping technique that will enable them to describe their business/quality activities in a practical and understandable manner.
This training is limited to companies with 5 or more employees with a desire to grow the size of the company.
- Classes are limited to 15 participants (5 companies)
- Each company will be offered 3 training seats
- Each company must commit to completing all assignments and achieving AS9100C certification within 12 months of the start of training
- To register for the training, participants must agree to completing assignments outside the classroom
- Each participant should be willing to spend 6-8 hours per week on the project
- Instructional classes will be conducted every other week over a four month period
- Classroom time will typically be in 6-8 hour blocks, but may be adjusted based on the subject to be addressed
- Online communication and training will be used to complement the classroom training
- A project plan for achieving certification will be developed for each company
- Visits to each company will be scheduled (if practicable) to help initiate and coordinate the AS9011C QMS development
- A logistic fee of $25 per person may be charged for training sessions
Deliverables include:
- The company’s business system will be mapped with all applicable QMS related processes identified
- Participants from each company will be trained how to develop, document and implement business processes
- Selected personnel will be trained how to conduct internal audits to determine conformance to requirements
- A document requirements matrix showing where each company’s QMS documentation fulfills all requirements of the standard will be completed
- Companies will be prepared to have an AS9100C certification audit performed within 12 months of the start of training
To learn more about this training opportunity contact John Graham, jagraham@fulcrumassociates.com or (425)885-4175