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CONSULTANT John D.

Day Rate:
Type of service :
  • Design/Create/Install new system
  • Maintain existing system
  • Internal Audits
  • Consultancy (general improvements, strategic approaches, enhancements)
  • Risk Management (Hazards, Legislation, Compliance, Due Diligence)
ISO Standard :
  • ISO 9001 Quality
  • ISO/TS 16949 Automotive
  • AS 9100, 9110, 9120 Aviation

QUALIFICATIONS

Edinburgh Napier University

  • Master’s degree in Quality Management (with Distinction)

Birmingham City University

Chartered Quality Institute exams

  • A2 ‘Specifications, Standards and Quality Auditing’ (with Distinction)
  • A3 ‘Quality Assurance Management’ (with Distinction)
  • B2 ‘Statistical Analysis for Quality’ (with Credit)
  • B6 ‘Reliability Engineering’ (with Distinction)

Cheltenham College of Technology

  • City & Guilds 743 Final Certificate in Quality (with Distinction)
  • City & Guilds Full Technological Certificate (Mechanical Engineering)

Professional

  • Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute (FCQI)
  • CQI Chartered Quality Professional (CQP)
  • Senior Member of the American Society for Quality (MASQ)
  • ASQ Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
  • ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
  • Lean Academy Trainer Assessment (Nord Anglia), Wolverhampton

Other Training Received

Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT)

  • SMMT Auditor Course for IATF 16949
  • SMMT Core Tools Course
  • SMMT VDA 6.3 Process Audit

Minitab Statistical Software

During the past ten years, I have received more than 20 days’ of training from Minitab UK.  (Typically, I attend 1 or 2 Minitab training sessions each year.)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Acadamic lecturing:

  • 8 years’ experience as a lecturer, full-time & part-time (e.g. Birmingham City University), delivering courses in Quality Management, Statistics, and Process Improvement. I have helped more than 200 mature students from industry to achieve formal qualifications, including CQI and City & Guilds.  In 1999, in conjunction with a colleague at Birmingham City University, I designed and delivered an CQI module C6 course, ‘Quality in the Automotive Industry’ and set and marked the associated examination.
  • Co-author (with Geoff Vorley) of the reference book ‘Quality Management – Six Sigma’ (2012, ISBN 978-1-904302-72-8)


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