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Certified Quality Technician

Professional certification for quality technicians supporting quality assurance and control through inspections, data collection and analysis.

Licensing authority: ASQExcellence

Initial by examination
Certified Quality Technician
Education Waivers
Only one education waiver: Quality Technology program certification from a community college or vocational school, one year; associate degree, two years; bachelor's, master's or doctorate, three years. The handbook specifies ASQ-accepted accreditation and foreign-degree equivalence.
Eligibility
Four years of qualifying education and/or on-the-job experience in one or more CQT BoK areas; work must be in a full-time paid role. Experience used for prior ASQ quality engineer, quality auditor, reliability engineer, software quality engineer or quality manager certification may count; these are not prerequisite examinations. Candidates must additionally provide proof of professionalism, as explicitly required in the handbook overview.
Selected Window
Computer-based testing January 1–31, 2027; application deadline December 7, 2026; the requested-date overlap is January 1–24, 2027. Application approval precedes Prometric scheduling. This window does not define the BoK's effective period.

Certified Quality Technician

Provider
ASQExcellence certification examination delivered by Prometric
Format
One-part English multiple-choice examination; open book. Selected January window uses computer-based delivery.
Exam questions
Total questions: 110; Scored questions: 100; Unscored questions: 10; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
CBT exam time: 4 hours 18 minutes; appointment time: 4 hours 30 minutes.
Examination outline
  • Quality Concepts and Tools (19%)
    • Quality Concepts
    • Quality Tools
    • ASQ Code of Ethics for Professional Conduct
  • Statistical Techniques (17%)
    • General Concepts
    • Calculations
    • Control Charts
  • Metrology and Calibration (16%)
    • Types of Measurement and Test Equipment (M&TE)
    • Control and Maintenance of M&TE
    • Calibration of M&TE
  • Inspection and Test (21%)
    • Reading and Interpreting Drawings
    • Inspection Concepts
    • Sampling
    • Nonconforming Material
  • Quality Audits (13%)
    • Audit Types and Terminology
    • Audit Components
    • Audit Tools and Techniques
  • Risk Management (14%)
    • Risk Assessment and Mitigation
    • Corrective Action
    • Preventive Action
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