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by Fred Schenkelberg 6 Comments

CRE Preparation Live Course

CRE Preparation Live Course

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The course is now open for enrollment.
 The course will run as scheduled if we have at least 10 students enrolled. I’ll provide full refunds in case we do not enroll at least 10 students.
The max class size is 20 students. Once the 20th student enrolls we’ll begin a waitlist and with enough interest arrange another session of the course.

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to join the course starting January 14th.

An exclusive offering of the ASQ CRE Exam Preparation course by Fred Schenkelberg. A 32 hour, live online course with lectures, Q&A, homework, and more.


$950.00


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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 current ASQ CRE Body of Knowledge.

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

The live sessions start on January 14th, 2020 at 3pm US Pacific time. The sessions occur Tuesdays and Thursdays at the same time. Each of the 16 sessions are two hours. We are using Adobe Connect (like Webex or GotoWebinar) for the live sessions and once enrolled you will receive information on setup and login details.

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 Online Live Course with Instructor Support

32 hours of lecture/discussion over 8 weeks on Tuesday and Thursdays from 3 – 5 pm US Pacific time. (subject to change with the consensus of students to different dates/times.) We will also schedule makeup sessions in case of technical difficulty conducting the live online sessions.

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

Plus each session will include the ability to download the slides, view the video recording, or download the audio for review offline.

The homework will be assigned from the CRE Primer and additional handouts or sample exams and discussed at the start of each session.

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. These will be available in the downloads section.


How Much Time Will the Course Take?

This will depend on how much you already know and/or desire to study. The lectures are 16 two-hour sessions for 32 hours, plus the expectation for working through the homework and studying/reading your reference material.

A general guideline as you prepare for the ASQ CRE exam is to spend at least 100 hours preparing. This will improve your working knowledge of the BoK topics which may be handy at work.


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


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. QCI also maintains an errata for the various editions.

I highly encourage you to get a copy, read, study, markup, and get to know this reference. It is essentially the best and goto reference during the exam, and as a goto reference going forward.

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*

*Accendo Reliability participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. This affiliate advertising program provides a way for sites to earn a commission on links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. In short, this means when you buy something on Amazon after following a link from this site, we get a small percentage of its price. This helps support Accendo Reliability by offsetting a portion of the cost to maintain the site. And, your support is much appreciated.

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 course, send me an email within 30 days after the course start date for a full refund.


The course is now open for enrollment.
 The course will run as scheduled if we have at least 10 students enrolled. I’ll provide full refunds in case we do not enroll at least 10 students.
The max class size is 20 students. Once the 20th student enrolls we’ll begin a waitlist and with enough interest arrange another session of the course.

Click the Enroll Now button to join
the course starting January 14th.

An exclusive offering of the ASQ CRE Exam Preparation course by Fred Schenkelberg. A 32 hour, live online course with lectures, Q&A, homework, and more.


$950.00


Enroll Now


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

About Fred Schenkelberg

I am the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm I founded in 2004. I left Hewlett Packard (HP)’s Reliability Team, where I helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation, to assist other organizations.

Comments

  1. David Bunting says

    December 19, 2019 at 3:01 PM

    For the CRE Preparation Live Course, is a subscribed Adobe Connect account required?
    Is there a way to connect without an account?

    Thanks,
    David

    Reply
    • Fred Schenkelberg says

      December 19, 2019 at 3:04 PM

      Hi David,

      The login with Adobe provides an easier way to login for repeated sessions. If you join the meeting as a guest, it will require me to notice and accept you into the classroom as a guest. It’s possible and we give it a dry run to make sure if you’d like.

      Cheers,

      Fred

      Reply
  2. Johan Eppinga says

    January 14, 2020 at 5:58 AM

    Hi Fred,

    Need your opinion (or another classmate, perhaps), on something…

    The link to the Statistics book is the 6th Edition, which according to the Amazon page is not the most recent version. I like the newness of most-recent-editions, but find I like the cost of less-recent-versions even better. The only way I wouldn’t purchase a slightly-older textbook is if it is obsolete. Thoughts?

    Looking forward to this class.

    – Jay

    Reply
    • Fred Schenkelberg says

      January 14, 2020 at 7:33 AM

      Hi Jay,

      I have and regularly use the 4th edition of Ott’s book. Statistics, especially the basic concepts and formulas that we need on a regular basis, likey hypothesis tests, haven’t changed.

      the key with any of the references for the CRE exam is to be very familiar with them and that they contain what you need. Using an older version of a stat book is fine – using a newer one is fine as well, as long as you get to know the book very well.

      Cheers,

      Fred

      Reply
  3. Jesus Ortiz says

    January 17, 2020 at 9:48 AM

    Hello Fred

    When is scheduled the next CRE preparation? I just know about this live course.

    Thanks
    Jesus Ortiz

    Reply
    • Fred Schenkelberg says

      January 17, 2020 at 11:42 AM

      Hi Jesus,

      thanks for asking and if you’d like to join the current course, that is still possible – we did record the first two sessions, you you could still catch up.

      The next run of the course is tentatively planned to start in early June 2020. I’m also thinking about offering the CQE prep course as well, and not sure of when that may be ready.

      Cheers,

      Fred

      Reply

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