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placing quality at the heart ofevery organisation

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The quality way Quality professionals are trained and competent to apply

an extensive range of concepts, principles, tools and techniques. These

allow organisations to manage their processes effectively and enable

them to achieve their goals by producing products and services that meetcustomer expectations in a way that satises all stakeholders. Ensuring that

your organisation has professional competence in these quality approaches

is the foundation to their successful application.

through innovation and care we create quality

Why quality? The term quality is everywhere, in all aspects o lie. For

organisations, deploying quality approaches is a prerequisite or sustainable

business where survival requires innovation in product and service,

combined with reduction in cost and a socially responsible approach. This is

why quality is important:

Quality approaches improve customer satisfaction Quality approaches reduce costs and improve protability Quality approaches support improvement and innovation Quality approaches help to identify and manage risk

Quality approaches ensure corporate care and responsibility

The CQIs motto is plan, measure and control, which we apply from the boardroom to the workplace by doing the right things right

the rst time and bettering performance through incremental improvement and breakthrough change. In other words, innovation and

care in all we do.

improved protability, market leadership

in product in management and processes

improved market share

reduced waste and variation

innovation

effective management of risk

society customers, partners and people

environment health, safety and security

sustainability business continuity

care

stakeholder satisfaction

improved leadership, vision

in service

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CQI membership is a fantastic pathway for the

development of people in my organisation; from

those who need the basic tools in addition to their

main discipline, to those leading improvement

and assurance full time

Quality is everyones business. Butit cant be left to just anyone. The

skills of a competent professional are

a prerequisite if organisations are to

implement the principles and tools of

quality effectively.

Organisations choose CQI Chartered

Quality Professionals because they have

the ability to deploy the quality concepts

and tools to improve business and

identify and manage risk.

Did you know more than 10,000 quality

proessionals in more than 20 countries

have their proessional competencerecognised through CQI membership?

The pathway to professional competenceThe CQI provides a clear pathway to take you from your rst experience of

implementing quality tools and techniques, to becoming a Chartered Quality

Professional able to provide strategic quality leadership at board level.

Which membership categorysupports your current role?Student

This membership level is for students in full- or part-time education studying for the

CQI Diploma or Certicate in Quality, or another quality or business improvement

related qualication.

Associate (ACQI)

This is for those who are employed and have a responsibility for quality as part of their

job role. It is the ideal place to start on your journey to becoming a fully competent

quality professional with a view to upgrading to Member or Fellow as you progress.

Member, Chartered Quality Professional (MCQI CQP)

This level is for those who are actively engaged in quality and business improvement

in their job role and can demonstrate competence against the CQIs Body of Quality

Knowledge. You can demonstrate your competence through the relevant qualications

or through appropriate experience and training.

Fellow, Chartered Quality Professional (FCQI CQP)

This is the highest grade of CQI membership. It requires extensive knowledge andexperience of quality but also evidence of quality leadership through personal

contribution to furthering the profession.

the Chartered Quality Proessional - making business better

Recognition as a Chartered Quality Professional

puts me on the same level as other chartered

professionals, increasing my status and the

standing of quality within my organisation

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Quality professionals are not borncompetent they have to learn. Quality

is not a vague philosophy, it is a dened

set of concepts, principles and tools:

some hard tools, such as system design

and data analysis, and some soft tools,

such as facilitation and leadership.

Some quality professionals gain these

competences through experience,

training and mentoring, and for others the

CQI provides a clear pathway to learning

via the knowledge and skills dened in

the Body of Quality Knowledge.

CQI TrainingEffective training changes our thinking

and behaviour and provides us with the

tools to create an environment where

innovation and care can ourish. CQI

Training offers a range of short training

courses where you learn by doing.

Our aim is to make learning a more

effective and enjoyable process so further

increasing the transfer of knowledge

and skills from the training course to the

workplace to achieve results.

We provide public and in-housetraining in the UK and globally and

our clients range in both sector, from

EDF Energy to the United Nations,

and geography, from Swansea Institute

of Higher Education to the Botswana

Bureau of Standards. Our in-house

training service gives you the opportunity

to create bespoke courses for your

organisation and if you need help

identifying your quality training needs,

we can assess your requirements in

relation to your business goals.

We also offer the CQI Certicate

of Training in Quality Management

Practices: a way to get formal recognition

for the knowledge and skills acquired

by attending several courses in a related

eld. The certicate meets part of the

requirements to apply for the CQI

chartered membership grade MCQI CQP.

CQI EducationThousands of quality professionals have

achieved the CQIs qualications.

The CQI Diploma in Quality shows

that you can professionally apply the

full range of quality assurance and

management skills. It shows you have a

critical understanding of the key concepts,

principles and practices and know how

to apply them. And it shows you are

able to offer creative solutions to quality

challenges. The CQI Diploma meets the

qualication requirements for charteredmembership grade, MCQI CQP.

The CQI Certicate in Quality gives

you a solid start in appreciating and

applying quality approaches. It will

provide you with the language, statistical

methodology and analytical skills used

in quality and will help you understand

your role in developing quality systems

in your organisation. The CQI Certicate

meets the qualication requirements for

associate member, ACQI.

The CQI is a nationally recognised

awarding body accredited by Ofqual

to provide modular qualications,

equivalent to NVQs, through CQI

approved providers. Our qualications

support you on your path to competence,

whatever your level of entry and

are available by both distance and

classroom-based learning.

We provide public and in-house training in the

UK and globally and our clients range in both

sector and geography

your routes to competence as a quality proessional

CQI Training has provided my management

team with the tools required to plan, measure

and review our processes to ensure we take a

structured approach to business improvement

and innovation

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Your organisationand your sectorThe CQI can help your organisation

improve by providing trained and

competent quality practitioners and

professionals at every level, whether you

require staff to understand the basics of

process design and improvement or to

provide strategic quality leadership.

CQI company members recognise the

value in getting the right people to the

right level of competence in quality andour company membership provides a

framework for you to do that.

Did you know more than 60,000 people take

IRCA certifed auditor training courses each year?

An unparalleled source of industryknowledge through the online CQI

Body of Quality Knowledge

Qualityworld, the industry

magazine, with the latest quality

news, views and jobs

A network of special CQI interest

groups, your local branch and online

forums

Access to events and courses

provided by the CQIs partner

organisationsThe ability to gain or update skills on

discounted CQI training courses

A framework for your continuing

professional development

Being a member of the CQI means I have access

to the quality related resources I need and a

community of professionals to benchmark myself

against in a whole range of industry sectors

the value o CQI recognition

CQI membership provides you with the

status o a recognised quality proessional

to enhance your career. But it also provides

you with a ramework and resources or

ongoing development and support

IRCASet up by the UK government in 1983,the CQIs International Register of

Certicated Auditors (IRCA) is the

worlds original and largest international

certication body for auditors of

management systems. IRCA certies

more than 15,000 auditors in more than

150 countries and provides businesses

and industry with two key services:

Certication of auditors of

management systems

Certication of auditor training

courses

IRCA auditor certication and training

products range from quality to food

safety, and from health and safety to

corporate sustainability.

For more information visit www.irca.org

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Join the CQI have your professional competence recognised bybecoming a Chartered Quality Professional

Get yourself and your staff competent contact us to nd out how

to access the training and education you need to develop your

knowledge and skills to become a Chartered Quality Professional

Find out about quality visit our website and discover how quality

can help your organisation in the CQIs Body of Quality Knowledge

Stay in the loop subscribe to Qualityworld, the industrys leading

magazine for quality professionals and keep up to date with the

latest news, views and innovations

Join a special interest group we operate SIGs that cover many

interests, from integrated management to the nuclear sector. Visit

our website to join

Find a job have a look at our online job pages at www.thecqi.org

and see what you could be doing

Find a consultant getting the right consultant to advise you on

quality can be a challenge: the CQI provides a publicly available,

online register of competent consultants (the Management

Consultants Register) to make this easier

Find an auditor need an internal or external auditor? You can chose

from more than 15,000 auditors in 150 countries with competences

in quality, environment, health, aerospace, maritime, food safety,

information security, business continuity and CSR www.irca.org

Visit us now at www.thecqi.org

Or contact us directly at: 12 Grosvenor Crescent, London, SW1X 7EE.

T: +44 (0)20 7245 6722, F: +44 (0)20 7245 6788, E: info@thecqi.org

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