Quality Practices & Measuremnt

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills related to quality practices and measurement in a manufacturing environment. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to participate in periodic internal quality audit activities, check calibration of gauges and other data collection equipment, suggest continuous improvements, inspect materials and products/processes at all stages to ensure they meet specifications, document the results of quality problems, communicate quality problems, take corrective action to restore or maintain common measurement systems and precision measurement tools. This course will include two hours of precision measurement and/or blueprint reading labs each week, so that students gain experience using measurement tools and reading/drafting prints. This course meets the requirements for the MSSC certificate in Quality Practices and Measurement.