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Quality Improvement Associate Certification (CQIA)

American Society for Quality (ASQ)

Certification

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The Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA) is ideal for professionals who support quality improvement projects but do not necessarily come from a traditional quality role. This certification demonstrates your foundational knowledge of quality tools, methods, and teamwork.

Cost

Exam Fee $434 Retakes $234Show moreShow less

Format

Hybrid

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Detailed information about this program

The Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA) is ideal for professionals who support quality improvement projects but do not necessarily come from a traditional quality role. This certification demonstrates your foundational knowledge of quality tools, methods, and teamwork.

Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

Internship/Fieldwork/Practicum Requirements

2 Years of work experience, or an associate degree or two years of equivalent higher education.

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Describe key events in the evolution of quality within historical and organizational development contexts
  • Identify total quality management components to understand how organizations deploy TQM across systems and processes
  • Differentiate major quality philosophies and approaches by comparing the teachings of quality experts with Six Sigma and Baldrige frameworks
  • Explain the role of process management in TQM by analyzing how processes and systems interact to support quality improvement
  • Use basic quality tools to improve processes in operational and continuous‑improvement environments
  • Define core quality concepts related to quality evolution, TQM, process management, and foundational quality tools
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Project Management Specialists13-1082.00
  • Construction Managers11-9021.00
  • Project Management Specialists13-1082.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certification)

  • A small project (6-12 weeks, single team, defined scope) — own end-to-end with senior backstop.
  • Project planning from a charter — produce a realistic plan + budget + resource model.
  • Stakeholder management on a routine project — communicate effectively at multiple levels.
  • Risk identification and mitigation planning — execute substantively across the project life.
  • Project closeout and lessons-learned — facilitate at end of engagement.
  • Cross-functional team coordination — drive accountability across disciplines.
  • Vendor and contractor management — execute on routine engagement components.
  • PM-tool administration (Jira workflows, Asana templates, MS Project files) — manage at project level.
  • Junior PMs and coordinators — guide on technique and process.
  • Status and steering-committee presentations — deliver credibly on owned projects.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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