API Spec Q1
10th Edition Transition
API Spec Q1, Quality Management System Requirements for Organizations Providing Products for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry
The revision of the American Petroleum Institute Spec Q1 to the 10th Edition has created some unique challenges for the industry. Join us to navigate the changes, avoid potential risks, and understand how to convert the new “product”-focused requirements into your quality management system.
Course Syllabus
Explore How These Changes May Impact Your Organization
To address potential risks that have been introduced, we’ll cover:
- How changes were meant to incorporate ISO 9001:2015 into Spec Q1, but some key concepts are missing.
- The broader scope that now applies to other business types such as: Engineering/design, physical product realization activity providers (e.g., welding, heat treating, coating/plating, machining, inspection, testing, servicing), physical product-related activity providers (e.g., distribution, logistics, software development).
- The complexity of changes: Wording changed from “manufacturing”-focused specification to “product”-focused specification resonate throughout the specification.
- How prolific the changes are: Some are editorial, some provide clarity, and others are significant and may require an organization to make structural changes to its quality management system.
Learn & Understand
- Why dropping your quality manual may not be a good idea.
- What the term “identified risk” means and the impact it will have upon your supply chain evaluations.
- The new uses of the word “criticality” (i.e., other than shown in Section 5.5 Purchasing).
- What Q1, 9th Edition criteria weren’t included in the 10th
- The significant changes that have occurred in multiple sections.
- How to integrate key concepts of the applicable information into your quality management system.
Prepare for the Course
We recommend the following for the course:
- An electronic copy of API Spec Q1, 10th Edition, Quality Management System Requirements for Organizations Providing Products for the Petroleum and Natural Gas Industry
- API Spec Q1, Errata 1
- Your laptop or similar electronic device so you can review course materials and take notes.
The course will be held in an open discussion format. Course participation is an important element of this training; you will not be graded on class participation, but doing so helps in you and other attendees get the most out of the course (where you may have insight, others may not, and vice versa). This training course is designed to be interactive and includes class exercises, case studies, and discussions. Some of the teaching methods may require you to work in groups, allowing you to analyze the topic at hand from different perspectives.
Integrity & Notice of Rights
The course will be held in an open discussion format. Course participation is an important element of this training; you will not be graded on class participation, but doing so helps in you and other attendees get the most out of the course (where you may have insight, others may not, and vice versa). This training course is designed to be interactive and includes class exercises, case studies, and discussions. Some of the teaching methods may require you to work in groups, allowing you to analyze the topic at hand from different perspectives.
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