Requirements and Eligibility:

• 8 years of on-the-job experience At least 3 of those 8 years must be in a “decision-making” role
• Your education can reduce the 8-year requirement (only ONE waiver applies):

• Technical/Trade Diploma Experience Waived 1 year
• Associate degree Experience Waived 2 years
• Bachelor’s Degree Experience Waived 4 years
• Master’s / Doctorate Experience Waived 5 years

• Experience must be in areas covered by the CRE Body of Knowledge (reliability, quality, maintenance, engineering, etc.)
• Candidates must have worked in a full-time, paid role.

Exam mode:

Multiple-choice questions that measure comprehension of the Body of Knowledge.

• Computer Delivered - The CRE examination is a one-part, 165-question exam, and is offered in English only. 150 questions were scored and 15 were unscored. Total appointment time is four-and-a-half-hours, exam time is 4 hours and 18 minutes.
• Paper and Pencil - The CRE examination is a one-part, 150-question, four-hour exam and is offered in English, Korean, and Mandarin in certain locations. View available translated exams, dates and locations here.

Application Process

1. Create ASQ Account

• Go to the ASQ certification portal
• Create or log into your account

2. Fill Out Application Form:

• Personal information: Name, contact details, etc.
• Work experience details: Job titles, Responsibilities, Dates of employment, Industry (reliability, maintenance, etc.)
• Decision-making role proof: at least 3 years and Show authority in projects/processes.
• Education details: Degree or diploma information and Upload supporting documents if required

3. Provide Supporting Information
4. Pay Application & Exam Fee
5. Application Review by ASQ: This step may take a few days to a few weeks
6. Receive Authorization to Test (ATT): If approved
7. Schedule Exam: ASQ certification tests are delivered by ASQ's examination partner, Prometric
8. Sit for the Exam: 165 multiple-choice questions - 4 hours duration - Open book allowed

This workshop is designed based on body of knowledge published by ASQ. The course kit includes a copy of Certified Reliability Engineer Handbook published by ASQ, additional training material from Institute of Quality and Reliability and a CD with some useful templates and fully functional trial versions of software. Classroom training is supported with hands on exercises and tutorials. Participants are expected to bring scientific calculators and laptop computers for effective learning. Some of the exercises are designed using reliability analysis software and templates.

The course is most appropriate for engineers and managers involved in

• Design and/or Development of New Products
• Reliability Testing of Products
• Quality Assurance and improvement of current and new products
• Warranty Data Analysis
• Problem Solving and Quality/Reliability Improvement
• Maintenance Engineers
• Considering the course contents, it is expected that participants should understand business processes, should be able to use scientific calculators and computers, and should have knowledge of basic mathematics and science.

Day 1:

• Introduction to Reliability: Definitions: Failure, Reliability, MTTF, MTBF, Failure Rate, Maintainability, Availability etc.
• Product Life Cycle: Bathtub curve, Decreasing Failure Rate (Infant Mortality or Burn-in period), Constant Failure Rate (Useful life), Increasing Failure Rate (Wear-out period)
• Basic Probability and Probability Distributions in Reliability Engineering: Exponential, Weibull, Normal, Lognormal, Examples and illustrations
• Data Collection and Use: Types of data, collection methods, data management and use, Corrective and Preventive Action using failure analysis to find root cause(s)
• Life Data Analysis of Non-repairable Systems: Complete and Censored Data, Identifying distribution, Probability Plotting, Estimating Parameters of the distribution, predicting reliability, Exercises

Day 2:

• Reliability Modeling and Prediction: Reliability Block Diagrams: Series and parallel systems, combined reliability, redundancy: complete and partial, Physics of failure mode, failure mechanisms, S-N Curve, Stress Strength Analysis using distributions, Monte Carlo Simulation, Markov Models
• Reliability in Design: S-N Curve, Stress Strength Analysis using distributions , Tolerance Analysis: Worst Case Analysis, RMS, Use of Monte Carlo Simulation, Redundancy, Design for X, Derating
• FMEA and FMECA: FMEA Basics, Guidelines for Severity, Occurrence and Detection Ranking, RPN and prioritization for corrective action, revised rating, FMEA team dynamics, Developing DVP&R, Small Group Exercise.
• Human Factors and considerations: Relationship between reliability and human factors, consideration of these factors in designs.
• Reliability Testing: Reliability Test strategies and planning, Environmental considerations, Sampling Plans, Success Run Theorem, Probability Ratio Sequential Testing (PRST), Determination of sample size for testing, Degradation Testing, Software Testing, Stress Screening

Day 3:

• Reliability Growth and FRACAS: Duane Model, AMSAA model for reliability growth, Exercise(s), Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
• Accelerated Life Tests (ALT): Introduction to ALT, Modeling considerations, Arrhenius and other Models, Step Stress Testing, Illustrations and Exercise(s)
• Availability and Maintainability: Definitions, Maintenance Strategies, Preventive and Corrective Maintenance, Nondestructive evaluation, (Predictive Maintenance), Maintenance Time Distributions, Spare Parts Strategy, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).

Day 4:

• Inferential Statistics: Basic concepts: Null & Alternate Hypotheses, Producer's and consumer's risks, confidence level, point and interval estimates Z, t, F, Chi-square etc.
• Design of Experiments: Plan and conduct Full Factorial Experiments, Fractional Factorials, Taguchi Designs with noise factors (robust design)

Day 5:

• Warranty Data Analysis: Warranty terms and conditions, uses and limitations of warranty
• Test of comprehension
• Closing Remarks and Wrap up

• CDGAattendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.
• ASQ certification for participants may be applied for upon successfully passing the exam and fulfilling the eligibility requirements (optional, subject to an additional fee).