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CRE Preparation Course

The course is now closed to new students. The previous cadre of students (you retain lifetime course access) are working their way though the material and preparing for their exam. The new 2018 CRE Body of Knowledge goes into effect January 2018, therefore I’m working now to improve the course, adding material, references, and more sample problems.
Watch for the next opening of the course in 2018. If you would like to be among the first to hear about course enhancements, study hints, and tips, plus details about the course and when it becomes available again, then sign up for the ‘interested’ list.

Course Information

The ASQ CRE certification exam preparation course allows you to brush up or review (and for some learn for the first time) every element of the ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge.

The course provides a mix of lectures, sample problems, and reading, to guide your mastery of the content.

The course provides support and encouragement so you stay on track and have the best possible preparation for the certification exam.

The lectures also include advice on how to best use the concepts, tools, and techniques at work. The real value of the certification is found by improving the value you provide by being a better reliability engineer.

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Your On-demand Course with Instructor Support

Immediate access to all 170 lessons discussing concepts, reviewing procedures and flushing out context and applicability.

Plus, I’m here to support you upon request.

Plus each lesson has the option to download the slides, the video, or the audio for review offline.

Each module has a scored quiz.  There are 416 questions in the quizzes. Most sections have 25 questions.

Many lessons have a set of sample exam-style questions. These are Quick Quizzes and just to assist you in mastering the material, practicing parsing the questions, and learning your references.

Pilot students requested a set of glossaries one for terms and one for formulas. The terms glossaries are now available and included in the course. One is organized by topic and the other is alphabetical.

How Long Will the Course Take?

This will depend on how many video lectures you view and how many of the sample exam problems you attempt. The course contains approximately 32 hours of video lecture, plus over 500 sample exam questions.

It is recommended that beyond the lectures, you plan on another 40 to 80 hours for reading and practicing answering the questions.

What are the course perquisites?

An interest in reliability engineering.

For those specifically preparing to sit for the ASQ CRE exam, you should meet the certification eligibility requirements (a mix of education and work experience, including time in leadership positions)

Give yourself  at least 2 month before exam day for the course material, reading, and study time

To register for the course today, click the Start Today button and gain immediate access.

Course and Exam References

For this course and for use during the exam, you are highly recommended to secure a copy of the QCI CRE Primer as your primary reference.

You may want, if you do not have them already, a few other references, including:

Practical Reliability Engineering by O’Connor and Kleyner

A good statistics book you know well. I use An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis by Ott and Longnecker

ASQ Exam Registration

If you plan to take the CRE exam, sign up separately for the course directly with ASQ. Learn more about exam dates, certification requirements and more at the ASQ CRE Certification page.

What is your return policy?

If you are not satisfied with the content, send me an email within 30 days for a full refund.

To register for the course today, click the Start Today button and gain immediate access.

Thank you for the CRE course, it was really helpful to brush up my skills in ASQ CRE BOK under your guidance. — Douzi

Comments

  1. Is it a GVC preparation course or onsite learning course? I am located outside of China. It will be great i could attend, thanks!

    • Hi Qing,

      The CRE Preparation course being offered is online, on this site ( accendoreliability.com ) and at your own pace. You can access it anywhere and with most any device. The plan is to bring you the lectures, practice questions, reading material, etc. all online so you do not have to travel to a specific classroom to attend.

      I also teach a CRE preparation course online that is live (with session recorded in case you miss a session) which has the ability of students to ask questions and discuss concepts. The online on demand version may have live Q&A, if you and other student would like to have these live session. You will have access to me for questions via email of course. We may add a forum, or use the Linkedin CRE Preparation group.

      Hope to see you in the course.

      Cheers,

      Fred

    • Hi TM,

      For this first offering or pilot it is $499. This provides you immediate access to the current and all future updates and upgrades. Right now, as of today, there are about 90 video lectures, and earlier today I posted the 3rd batch of questions (first batch in stats area should go up tonight…) with much more on the way over the next week.

      My thought was to get the course out there at a very low price. Let you have time to prepare the for exam and/or learn the material. Plus, I wanted some students that are willing to help me shape the course (comments, ideas, recommendations, etc.) to make the course exactly what you want it to be.

      I about 5 or 6 months I’ll open the course again at about double the price.

      Cheers,

      Fred

  3. Hi Fred,

    I would like to make some questions about the CRE Prep course:

    1. As it is a course with no fixed schedule, how long will it be accessible since I purchase it?
    2. Can the material be download or is it always needed to access online?
    3. Can the material be accessible and download from different computers?
    4. Do you plan to give an acreditation of finalization of the course for the participants through doing some tests or so…?
    5. Would it be a special forum tool for specific topics and questions between the participants and you?

    Best,

    Ricardo

    • HI Ricardo,

      thanks for the interest and here are some answers for you…

      You have access as long as the course is available – I expect to refine and update the course and keep it available as long as I have the Accendo Reliability site up and running – which I expect to be many years. For the pilot offering you have access now and for all future updates and upgrades.

      Yes, the material is available to download – making it easier to listen to, say during a commute (as one student is doing). It is for your personal use, so please respect the copyright is all I ask.

      I haven’t thought about accreditation, like CEU’s, although it is a good idea to provide some means to verify course completion for use with recertification units for ASQ or other groups. I think there is a way to make this happen and I’ll have to check into who to make it happen.

      The real accreditation is by passing the CRE exam …

      The forum is open to all students including me – so not just with me…Be sure to also join the LInkedin Group CRE Preparation – as there are 500 members and a great place to ask questions about the CRE or reliability engineering in general.

      Cheers,

      Fred

  4. Hi Fred,

    Many thanks for your answers. I have been surfing the web and I have found other CRE preparation courses alternatives (for example, the CRE Preparation course which is offered directly by the ASQ).

    What are the differences and why do you think your course is better?

    Best,
    Ricardo

    • HI Ricardo,

      There a quite a few alternative CRE refresher or preparation options available. For example, for the past few years I teach a online, live, (using Adobe Connect) to teach a 32 hour preparation course for the ASQ Silicon Valley section. Prior to that I have taught the CRE course live in a classroom also for my local section.

      I know that Ops A La Carte also offers an online live lecture based course, which I also taught for them a few times in the past. Plus, I am aware of courses offered by community colleges, ASQ sections and reliability consultants.

      Each of the live courses tend to be a mix of lecture, discussion and working sample exam problems. They also provide the ability to directly discuss concepts and topics with the instructor.

      The courses I’ve taught in the past and many that I’m aware of are based on reviewing the material in the QCI CRE Primer – an excellent study guide and reference. The pilot course I’m offering draws on the CRE Primer as the primary reference. Plus, I’m actively working on finishing my own CRE preparation book (in part based on the writing I have done for the past 3 years at the site http://creprep.wordpress.com – in order to make the set of online articles available in print form thus available for you to use as a reference during the exam.

      ASQ HQ offers an online self paced course – it was developed in part with my help along with volunteers that I helped coordinate. At the time I was the chair of the ASQ Reliability Division. So, I’m familiar with the course and it’s content. It provides mostly reading material in a semi interactive text with slides. Plus they have a few hundred sample questions (which I and other CREs also contributed material).

      Last I knew the plan was to have voice actors read prepared scripts by CRE volunteers. I’m not sure if that happened or they if they went another route. I’m also not sure if you have a limited time to access the course or if you are able to download the material.

      My course is prepared and delivered and actively supported by me – a practicing reliability engineer with over 20 years experience, plus a long time CRE, and CRE preparation course instructor. If you have a questions I’ll help you get an answer.

      While the course I’m offering is not fully online – it’s just me here – a one person effort – I do have all the slides/material prepared, I’ve just finished the lectures for the IV Reliability Estimates and Predictions BOK topic, and have just received back from a technical editor the last of nearly 750 sample questions (I hire him to clean up the English, make sure the formatting and language is consistent, etc.). The questions should be online for my course in the next couple of weeks, as well as all the lectures.

      Signing up for the course also provides you access to me, directly, and access to a private discussion forum just for students of the course.

      You have lifetime access to the course and all it’s future developments (interactive scenario lessons, worked out sample problems, showing the work and the rationale, more sample exam problems, sample exams, and additional reading material links and handouts (like a terms and formula glossary).

      I’m trying to create a course that is comprehensive, useful, practical, and works with your schedule. Hopefully, it will also be enjoyable and a bit of fun too (as everyone like working statistical math problems, right!)

      Anyway, good question, and while I hope you choose to join my course, I do wish you the best as your master the material in the CRE body of knowledge.

      Cheers,

      Fred

  5. Hi Fred,

    Considering online material reviews and having background knowledge, how much time it takes to complete this course?
    What are the payment methods?
    Can we receive receipt for this payment?
    Can you help to register for exam centers in Middle east or India?

    Regards
    Krishna Nangare

    • Hi Krishna,

      Thanks for the set of questions.

      The course is self paced and the time to complete the review of all the data may take 40 hours or so. Additional reading and working sample problems maybe another 40 to 80 hours. If you are familiar with some areas you can skip those sections or just quickly review. Others you may want to review more carefully.

      I’m preparing about 35 or so hours of lectures discussion the various topics. Plus there are sample exam questions, and I’m currently recommending using the CRE Primer from QCI until I get my own set of references published.

      The payment methods are credit card via Stripe or credit card or transfer via PayPal (you do not need an account to use a credit card via Paypay).

      Yes, you receive a receipt for the payment (from the site automatically and from Paypal, too, (I believe))

      I can help by putting you in touch with the folks at ASQ Headquarters that can arrange a test center or proctor for you. Or you can visit http://asq.org/cert/locations/international and make those arrangements yourself. Either way, you will need to contact ASQ to set up an exam in your location.

      Hope that helps and see you in the course.

      Cheers,

      Fred

  6. Hi sir,

    Thank you for all your valuable sharing for us openly. May i know the eligibility to attend CRE exam.

  7. Hi Fred,

    Any update on when you will start your next course and how much?

    Thanks,
    Anand

    • Hi Anand,

      Perfect timing on your question.

      I’m just updating up the registration pages and will soon be testing them as I want to open the course next week, starting Tuesday May 31st. The course is much improved from the pilot run and I still have plenty of material to add (still looking for feedback on what you’d like to see including in the course), so setting the price this round at $799. The price will be higher in the future, and signing up now you will receive/have access to all future improvements.

      Plenty of details to address to be ready to launch next week. Do let me know if you have any other questions about the course – and once in the course (or not), any questions at all concerning the topics covered, which include just about anything related to reliability engineering.

      Cheers,

      Fred