As recertification and examination chairman, I want to give you some information regarding important aspect of the two processes that will likely affect you.

Rich Ostrin

Recertification:

After you receive initial professional certification such as CQE, CQA, CRE, CQM, or CSQE with related variations, you start on a triennial (every 3 years) recertification cycle which requires you to:

Maintain a journal (available on the ASQ website) of recertification units,
Complete a recertification application
Pay the required fee of $30 for a single and $50 for 2 or more recertification's at one time (a process called synchronization).
Send me the check (check made payable to ASQ or charge card info), the application, and your journal to my home address as outlined below. My goal is to turn your recert applications in 2 days and be responsive to your calls and e-mails.

Rick Ostrin - Recertification Chair

7384 Seafarer Pl, Carlsbad, CA 92011

or via email to rostrin@adelphia.net

Call me with questions at (858) 726-1420 or at work at (858) 457-8715

While maintaining your journal you need only document 18 RUs but may claim more. On the synchronization process, you may pull forward your other recertification's to match your currently due recertification without having to make up for RUs that you are lacking due to not having 3 years worth of employment RUs. This makes synchronization a much easier process to qualify for and saves you time and money and is a good thing to do. I see a lot more of them now.

For CMI and CQT, there is no recertification required. Remember to sign your application, enclose payment (check made payable to ASQ or charge card info) and mail it to me. I then review, approve, and send the recertification application only with payment to Milwaukee where they process your application and print your new certificate.

There is a 6 month grace period past your expiration date to submit your application. If you have any questions about recertification, please ask; I'm always happy to answer them in a timely manner.

Earning Re-certification Credits (RU's):

There are several ways to earn re-certification credits as follows:

Attend meetings = 0.3 RUs for every meeting attended. This is often considered the easiest way to acquire RUs. Meeting credit can be for any professional society meeting.
Attend a class = 0.1 RUs for every hour of class attended. See our education page for more information regarding classes taught by our section.
Serve on the board = 1.5 RUs / year for committees. Contact our chair for more information regarding which committees are available to serve on.
Teach or lecture for the section = 0.15 RUs per hour taught. This includes all types of teaching including lectures during monthly membership meetings. Teaching credit is also available for courses taught in your company, at a university or college, etc.
- Contact our arrangements chair for more information regarding lecturing for monthly meetings.
- Contact our education chair for more information regarding teaching for our education programs.
Write an article = 1.0 RU for article published. See our author guidelines page.
Write a book = 3.0 RUs for each book published. See our author guidelines page.

Combining re-certification units for multiple certifications .... more here soon.

Also see our certification information page.

Senior & Fellow Memberships:

For those members who wish to upgrade to Senior Membership and have been ASQ
members for at least 1 year and have 10 years of work experience (2 of which
are in Quality Assurance), you may upgrade to senior membership by
completing a senior membership application with experience and references
and mailing it to my home at the address above.

Fellow membership requirements are much more difficult and need to be submitted by someone other than yourself. See more information on the form itself.

Application forms are available from the ASQ website or from National @ 800-248-1946. Links to these application forms are also available near the top of our membership page. The process is fairly straight forward and easy to do. Contact me if you have any questions. See my contact information above.