Title: Course Goals & Objectives
Course: Open PRO230 Quality in Process Technology > Section: Relevant Course Information

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides an introduction to the field of quality with the Process industry by introducing many process industry-related quality concepts including operating consistency, continuous improvement, plant economics, team skills, and statistical process control (SPC).

Student Learning Outcomes, Competencies, and Skills

1. Discuss the history of the quality movement in the United States and the state of the movement in the process industry today.
2. Describe the impact of quality on the organization`s economic performance. III.
3. Describe what is meant by “Meet or exceed customer expectations”
4. Employ personal effectiveness techniques.
5. Understand and use effective system communication techniques to ensure operating consistency and reduce variability in the process.
6. Function as an effective team member.
7. Discuss the principles associated with process orientation and system thinking and theory.
8. Contribute to the establishment and success of a learning organization.
9. Demonstrate how to follow procedures and policies in order to ensure operating consistency, reduce variability in the process, reduce waste, and prevent safety incidents.
10. Use continuous improvement methodology to optimize processes.
11. Take preventive or corrective action to ensure operating consistency, reduce variability in the process, reduce waste, and prevent process safety incidents.
12. Use problem solving and decision making techniques to identify areas for improvement
13. Use Quality Tools and team problem solving to resolve a real-world, process industry dilemma.
14. Use basic statistics in one`s work, as necessary.
15. Collect valid and reliable data to use in the analysis of process problems or to plan for process improvement.
16. Represent, analyze, and interpret process data using various types of control charts.
17. Represent, analyze, and interpret process data using a variety of Quality Tools.
18. Use process capability data in one`s work as necessary.
19. Apply data collection, representation, analysis, and interpretation skills in a real -world, process industry scenario.

IDEA OBJECTIVES

Colorado Mountain College evaluates classes based upon Individual Development and Educational Assessment (IDEA) objectives.  Below are the IDEA objectives that I have chosen for this class:

1. Gaining factual knowledge (terminology, classifications, methods, trends).
2. Learning fundamental principles, generalizations, or theories.
3. Learning to apply course material (to improve thinking, problem solving, and decisions).
4. Acquiring skills in working with others as a member of a team.
5. Learning how to find and use resources for answering questions or solving problems