Quality Management (QMS) for Airlines

4-day (12 hours) LIVE virtual classroom course

Quality Management Systems lay the framework for consistent performance throughout an airline’s activities. This course is focused on QMS components and objectives that you can establish within your operations. Learn the key regulatory and operational requirements for designing and controlling an efficient QMS, then practice your skills in process mapping, procedure writing and audit finding review during a series of practical exercises.

Course code: SAC012VCEN01

Course format

• The live sessions of this virtual classroom course are delivered by an official IATA Instructor.


• The course will take you approximately 12 hours to complete and be held over 4 consecutive days.


• There will be 1 live interactive virtual classroom session per day, each session will be 180 minutes.


• The live sessions will require your participation, with multiple Q&A sessions and additional time spent on self-study material including projects, research, additional reading and videos.


• Student performance will be based on an assessment.

Technical requirements

Please verify your hardware, software and network to support your upcoming course with IATA Training.

Prerequisites

• Participants should have prior knowledge of basic quality concepts.


• Recommended level is Entry-level and Intermediate.


• The recommended level of language proficiency is ICAO Operational Level 4 for courses in English or the equivalent level for other languages.

How to register

• When you click the Register button, you will be directed to log in to your Training Account. Please have your login details ready.


• Register early and save up to 25% at our Training Centers! Please read the Terms and Conditions for the early bird discount. The discount will be calculated at the time of payment.

To arrange in-house training for your company: Complete the in-house training request form or contact the B2B Training Specialist in your region.

Virtual venues

We schedule our virtual classroom courses through one of 3 virtual venues, each in a different time zone for your convenience. For more information, please visit our page on virtual classroom timing or contact our Customer Portal.

Please check the exact schedule of each class below (View more details) and click ‘Register’.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Outline the key practices required to maintain a QMS: the quality policy, procedures, audit, and reports


• Develop your process mapping and procedure writing skills


• Integrate Safety Management System (SMS) and Quality Management System (QMS)


• Identify the documentation control as an essential preventive measure ensuring that only approved, current documentation is used throughout the organization


• Manage audit nonconformities

The key topics that are covered during this course include:

• Quality Culture and how it affects your organization


• Process management
  
  • Establishing processes
  • Planning and writing procedures
• Document control
  
  • Which elements to control and how
  • Planning a document infrastructure
• Audit management
  
  • Measuring compliance
  • Root cause analysis
  • Developing and initiating a corrective action plan
  • Levels of non-conformity
  
  
• QMS and Safety Management System (SMS) parallels

This course is designed for airline staff, including:

• Management new to the field of quality


• Quality internal auditors


• Operations managers

An IATA Certificate of Completion is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 70% or higher on all exercises and exams. A special distinction is awarded to participants obtaining a grade of 90% or higher.