Course overview
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AQAP-2110:2016 and AQAP-2310:2017 contain NATO’s (and the UK MOD's) quality assurance requirements for design, development and production –
AQAP-2110:2016 includes the (applicable) requirements of ISO 9001:2015
AQAP-2310:2017 includes the (applicable) requirements of AS9100:2016
The first “IA” standard will be “IA9137 Guidance for the Application of AQAP 2110 within a 9100 Quality Management System” – jointly developed by NATO and industry representatives embodying AQAP-2110-SRD.2
Both of these AQAPs mandate that an effective and economical Quality Management System (QMS) be established, documented, applied, maintained, assessed & improved and evaluated, in accordance with all their requirements.
a downloadable (pdf) Delegate Workbook is included
AQAP-2110 and AQAP-2310 contain minimum requirements which, if applied appropriately, provide confidence in a supplier organization’s capability to deliver products that conform to MOD and/or NATO Organizations (i.e. the Acquirer) contract requirements.
This course is part of TEC’s comprehensive AQAP training program which includes twelve empowerment courses
Course details
MOD, NATO, AQAP, MOD requirements & NATO standardization
What is the UK MOD?
What is NATO?
What is NATO standardization?
What is AQAP?
What are MOD requirements?
Defence Special Interest Group
Quiz: NATO, AQAP, MoD
Introduction to Government Quality Assurance (GQA)
GQA – a functional framework for acquisition
GQA – a functional framework for acquisition
The Governance, Assurance and Improvement (GAI) Model
Understanding “Quality” and GAI
GAI model defined
Quality Management System
Government Quality Assurance framework stages
GQA 6-stage framework – MOD-only involvement
GQA 6-stage framework – MOD + your involvement
GQA 6-stage framework & GAI model
Quiz: GQA and the 6-stage framework
Personal assignment: creating a Management Orientation Session
Understanding acronyms & terms
Glossary of military, MOD and NATO terms
Quiz: military acronyms & terms
Selecting the appropriate AQAP
NATO ‘AQAP selection’ process
Summary of possible ‘appropriate AQAPs’
Personal assignment: Downloading AQAP documents
Evaluating & upgrading your existing QMS
Understanding QMS processes
Types of QMS processes
Quiz: characteristics of QMS processes
Describing QMS processes and their sequence & interaction
Test: evaluating descriptions of the sequence & interaction of processes
Upgrading your existing QMS
Chapter 1 – INTRODUCTION
1.1 General
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Applicability
Quiz: purpose and applicability
Chapter 2 – COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PUBLICATION
2.1 Compliance
2.2 Notes and Guidance
Test: compliance confirmation/deployment sequence
Chapter 3 – COMPOSITION OF REQUIREMENTS IN AQAP-2110 or AQAP-2310
3.1 Composition
3.2 References
Exercise: identifying potentially applicable AQAP documents
3.3 Definitions
Personal assignment: terminology and usage in your QMS
Understanding and addressing AQAP-2110 or AQAP-2310 requirements
Note: conformity or compliance?
Chapter 4 – GENERAL QMS REQUIREMENTS
4.1 Applicability of ISO 9001/AS9100 requirements
Personal assignment: is your current QMS effective & economical?
4.2 Quality Management System and its Processes
Quiz: identifying quality policy requirements
MOD and the QMPs
Personal assignment: critically reviewing Quality Policy
4.3 Access to Supplier and External Providers and Support for GQA Activities
Personal assignment: right-of-access
Chapter 5 NATO SPECIFIC QMS REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Leadership
Personal assignment: management representative responsibilities
5.2 Planning
Test: risk management
5.3 Support
Personal assignment: infrastructure – segregated area
5.3.2 Monitoring and measuring resources [7.1.5]
Personal assignment: Monitoring and measuring resources
5.3.3 Competence [7.2]
Personal assignment: Competence
5.3.4 Awareness [7.3]
Personal assignment: Awareness
5.3.5 Documented information [7.5]
Personal assignment: Documented information
5.4 Operation (overview)
5.4.1 Operational planning and control [8.1]
Personal assignment: Operational planning and control
5.4.1.1 Quality Plan [8.1]
Personal assignment: Quality Plan
5.4.1.2 Configuration management [(8.1.2)]
Personal assignment: Configuration management
5.4.2 Customer communications [8.2.1]
Personal assignment: Customer communications
5.4.3 Determining the requirements related to products [8.2.2]
Personal assignment: Determining critical characteristics
5.4.4 Design and development controls [8.3.4]
Personal assignment: Design and development controls
5.4.5 Dependability
Personal assignment: Dependability
5.4.6 Control of externally provided processes, products and services [8.4]
Personal assignment: General
5.4.6.2 Type and extent of control [8.4.2]
Personal assignment: Type and extent of control
5.4.6.3 Communication
Personal assignment: Communication
5.4.7 Control of Production and Service Provision [8.5.1]
_Personal assignment: Control of Production and Service Provision
5.4.8 Identification and traceability [8.5.2]
Personal assignment: Identification and traceability
5.4.9 Property belonging to customers or External Providers [8.5.3]
Personal assignment: Property belonging to customers or External Providers
5.4.10 Preservation [8.5.4]
Personal assignment: Preservation
5.4.11 Release of products [8.6]
Personal assignment: Release of products & Post-delivery quality reporting
5.4.12 Control of nonconforming products [8.7]
Personal assignment: Control of nonconforming products
5.5 Performance Evaluation (overview)
5.5.1 Customer satisfaction [9.1.2]
Personal assignment: Customer satisfaction
5.5.2 Internal audit [9.2]
Personal assignment: Internal audit
5.5.3 Management review [9.3]
Personal assignment: Management review
5.6 Improvement
Personal assignment: Improvement (Nonconformity and corrective action)
Qualifications & benefits
TEC’s e-Learning (on-line training) empowerment course is aimed at quality professionals, managers and consultants who need to –
understand the terminology
interpret the requirements
undertake audits and in-depth evaluations of existing QMS processes against the additional AQAP requirements
develop and deploy practical implementation strategies
This practical e-Learning course is highly interactive and uses Quizzes, Tests, Exercises and Personal Assignments to achieve the above objective.