Please Remember: This program is a bridging course for advanced standing diploma candidates at at least a three-year level with two years suitable experience or two years and at least five years suitable experience in the field of quality assurance. It is intended for those seeking to upgrade their present level of quality assurance knowledge to degree level.

Bridging Courses from 2 year to 3 year level:

TUCQ01 - Reliability and Quality Engineering

The what and how we want it
Defining reliability
Computing reliability parameters
Reliability predictions
Evaluating data for failure rate estimation
Graphical evaluation for reliability prediction
Restorability
Reliability modeling for systems predictions
Reliability modeling of complex systems
System availability and dependability
Reliability and restorability demonstration testing
Reliability growth testing
Risk assessment
References

TUCQ02 - Quality Organizational Practice

Foundations of quality management
Deming's theory of management
Fundamentals of statistical studies
Defining and documenting a process
Basic probability and statistics
Stabilizing and improving and process with charts
Attribute control charts
Variables control charts
Out-of-control charts
Diagnosing a process
Process capability and improvement studies
Design of experiments
Inspection policy
The Fork model for quality management
- transportation, neck-management, daily-management, cross functional management and policy management

Recourse requirements
References

TUCQ03 - Human Factors in Safety Technology

Safety and health movement
Accidents and their effects
Theories of accident causation
The occupational safety and health acts, standards and liability
Worker's compensation
Stress and safety
Mechanical hazards and machine safeguarding
Falling, impact, acceleration, lifting and vision hazards
Hazards of temperature extremes
Pressure hazards
Electrical hazards
Fire hazards and life safety
Industrial hygiene - toxic substances and confined spaces
Radiation hazards
Noise and vibration hazards
Preparing for automation and robots
Ethics and safety
Bloodborne pathogens in the workplace
Safety analysis, prevention and management
Accident investigation and reporting
Promoting safety
Environmental safety
Product safety and liability
Roles and professional certifications for safety setting
safety, health and competition in the global marketplace
Violence in the workplace
References

Bridging Courses from 3 year diploma standard to Bachelor's degree level:

TUCQ04 - Safety, Health and Environmental Protection

Environmental protection agency
Occupational safety and health administration
Air pollution engineering
Waste treatment and disposal technologies
Wastewater and water quality
Statistical applications
Safety management
Fire and life management
Construction safety
Chemical hazard assessment and communication
Industrial ventilation
Noise and hearing conservation
References

TUCQ05 - Total Quality Management

Introduction
Leadership
Customer satisfaction
Employee involvement
Continuous process improvement
Performance measures
Benchmarking
Information technology
Quality management systems
Environmental management systems
Quality function development
Quality by design
Failure mode and effect analysis
Products liability
Total productivity maintenance
Management tools
Statistical process control
Experimental design
Taguchi's quality engineering
References

Electives: select one from -


TUCQ06 - Water Supply and Quality Treatment

Introduction
Water resources development
Water use
Wastewater generation
Conveying and distributing water
Wastewater and stormwater systems
Water quality
Systems for treating wastewater and water
Physical treatment processes
Chemical treatment processes
Biological treatment processes
Processing of sludge's
References

TUCQ07 - Quality Improvement Techniques in Construction

Improvement of quality
Testing a change
Principles for design and analysis of planned experiments
Experiments with one factor
Experiments with more than one-factor
Reducing the size of experiments
Evaluating sources of variation
Calculation of variance components
Experiments for special components
New product design
Case studies
Evaluating measurement systems
References

TUCQ08 - Quality and ISO-Standards

Background of ISO 9000:2000
The service sector and ISO 9000
Decoding ISO 9000:2000
Requirements of ISO 9000
Total quality management system
QMS documentation
Registration and audit process
Continual improvement
Implementing ISO 9000 - the steps to register
ISO 9000 as a stepping stone to total quality management - the relationship
Other ISO standards, issues and development
References
 
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