CQO
Certified Chief Quality Officer (CQO)
Certified Global Quality Manager (GQM)
At The Global Quality Council we understand the ‘one size fits all’ approach to certification doesn’t work. We more than anyone understand the Quality journey, and accordingly we recognize 2 levels of certification, to award the most appropriate certification designation to reflect your career circumstances.
WHO SHOULD CERTIFY?
The Certified Chief Quality Officer (CQO) / Certified Global Quality Manager (GQM) is a professional who leads and champions process-improvement initiatives – everywhere from small businesses to multinational corporations – that can have regional or global focus in a variety of service and industrial settings.
A Certified Chief Quality Officer (CQO) / Certified Global Quality Manager (GQM) facilitates and leads team efforts to establish and monitor customer/supplier relations, supports strategic planning and deployment initiatives, and helps develop measurement systems to determine organizational improvement.
The Certified Chief Quality Officer (CQO)/ Certified Global Quality Manager (GQM) should be able to motivate and evaluate staff, manage projects and human resources, analyze financial situations, determine and evaluate risk, and employ knowledge management tools and techniques in resolving organizational challenges.
DESIGNATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
Candidates must have worked in a full-time, paid role. Paid intern, co-op or any other course work cannot be applied toward the work experience requirement.
- Certified Chief Quality Officer (CQO) for Senior Executives with 8+ years’ senior management experience in the quality management with 10 Years of on-the-job experience must be in a “Decision-making” position*. Professional Certification comes with the right to be called a Certified GQM and use the post nominal GQM.
- Certified Global Quality Manager (GQM) for 10 Years of on-the-job experience in one or more of the areas of the quality management with 5 Years of on-the-job experience must be in a “Decision-making” position*. Professional Certification comes with the right to be called a Certified GQM and use the post nominal GQM.
*A “Decision-making” position is defined as the authority to define, execute, or control projects/processes and to be responsible for the outcome. This may or may not include management or supervisory positions.
BODY OF KNOWLEDGE
The topics in this new BOK include descriptive details (subtext) that will be used by the Exam Development Committee as guidelines for writing test questions. This subtext is also designed to help candidates prepare for the exam by identifying specific content within each topic that may be tested.
The subtext is not intended to limit the subject matter or be all-inclusive of what might be covered in an exam but is intended to clarify how the topics relate to a manager’s role. The descriptor in parentheses at the end of each entry refers to the maximum cognitive level at which the topic will be tested. A complete description of cognitive levels is provided at the end of the document.
EXAMINATION
Each certification candidate is required to pass an examination that consists of multiple-choice questions that measure comprehension of the Body of Knowledge.
Computer Delivered – The CMQ/OE examination is a one-part, 180- multiple choice question exam, and is offered in English only. 165 questions are scored and 15 are unscored. Total appointment time is four-and-a-half-hours, exam time is 4 hours and 18 minutes.
Paper and Pencil – The CMQ/OE examination is a one-part, 165- multiple choice question, four-hour exam and is offered in English.
All examinations are open book. Each participant must bring his or her own reference materials.
CREER & SALARY OUTLOOK
Chief quality officers are executives with years of experience. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), job growth of 8% is predicted from 2020 to 2030 for top executives. PayScale.com reported in 2021 that Chief Quality Officers earned a median annual income of $120,000.
AWARD OF CERTIFICATION
Upon successful completion of the certification requirements, the participants will be conferred the Certified Chief Quality Officer (CQO)/ Certified Global Quality Manager (GQM®) by GQCO®
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