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Quality Engineer

NIMS

Certificate

Become a contributor for free to openly demonstrate student outcomes, industry alignment & eligibility criteria.

Measures part features and analyzes results to determine if part dimensions meet specifications; performs planning and analysis to ensure measurement accuracy.

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Hybrid

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

  • Control configuration of coordinate measuring machines
  • Perform interim testing on coordinate measuring machines
  • Maintain coordinate measuring machines for dimensional measurements
  • Adjust programs on coordinate measuring machines
  • Perform setup and operations of coordinate measuring machines
  • Design custom gauges for dimensional measurements
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers51-9061.00
  • Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians17-3026.00
  • Industrial Engineers17-2112.00
  • Machinists51-4041.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certificate)

  • Precision measuring instruments including micrometers and digital calipers — select and use with reduced oversight to verify dimensional conformance of machined or assembled components.
  • Out-of-specification products — evaluate and reject or quarantine independently based on established acceptance criteria in a production or warehouse environment.
  • Inspection and test reports — write clearly using standard templates to describe results, observations, and recommended repairs for finished goods.
  • Multiple quality characteristics across a product batch — monitor simultaneously to detect emerging trends or defect patterns on the production line.
  • Corrective action recommendations — formulate and communicate to team leads based on recurring nonconformances identified during routine inspections.
  • Industrial control software and analytical tools — operate to retrieve process data and compare readings against tolerance specifications.
  • Production personnel — inform verbally and in writing of defect types and frequencies found during quality checks to support timely corrective responses.
  • Database management and query software — use to log inspection results, retrieve historical quality data, and track part disposition records.
  • Time management strategies — apply to prioritize inspection tasks across multiple product lines and meet production schedule requirements.
  • Reading comprehension skills — employ to interpret engineering drawings, material specifications, and customer quality requirements during product evaluation.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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