WKO 142: MSSC Quality Practices and Measurement Course

This course is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills related to quality practices and measurement in a manufacturing environment. Topics covered include participating in periodic internal quality audits, checking the calibration of gauges and other data collection equipment, suggesting continuous improvements, and inspecting materials and products/processes at all stages to ensure they meet specifications. Additionally, it includes documenting quality problems, communicating these issues, taking corrective actions to restore or maintain quality, recording process outcomes and trends, identifying the fundamentals of blueprint reading, and using standard measurement systems and precision measurement tools. Students who complete this course will receive an MSSC certificate in quality practices and measurement. Those completing courses WKO 141, 142, 143, and 144 will receive the Certified Production Technician credential.