API Spec. Q2 Practitioner Training

Overview

API Spec. Q2 was developed to address quality management systems for the service supply organizations for the upstream petroleum and natural gas industries. The API Spec. Q2 Practitioner Course is a  4-day course that takes a comprehensive look into Q2’s requirements and interpretations. This course is an extension of the 2.5-day Q2 Fundamentals course and is intended for those who want a more detailed coverage of the requirements in Q2.

This course is ideal for those seeking Q2 certification and includes interactive workshops, group exercises, real-world experience, and case studies to provide you with the basics for implementing a Q2 compliant management system.

For a basic overview of Q2, register for the 2.5-day API Spec. Q2 Fundamentals course.

Overview

API Spec. Q2 was developed to address quality management systems for the service supply organizations for the upstream petroleum and natural gas industries. The API Spec. Q2 Practitioner Course is a  4-day course that takes a comprehensive look into Q2’s requirements and interpretations. This course is an extension of the 2.5-day Q2 Fundamentals course and is intended for those who want a more detailed coverage of the requirements in Q2.

This course is ideal for those seeking Q2 certification and includes interactive workshops, group exercises, real-world experience, and case studies to provide you with the basics for implementing a Q2 compliant management system.

For a basic overview of Q2, register for the 2.5-day API Spec. Q2 Fundamentals course.

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Who Should Attend?

This course is ideal for both newcomers and those already familiar with working under API Spec. Q2 requirements.

• Applicants for APIQR Q2 registration
• Well-site service providers and/or operators
• Quality assurance personnel and management representatives
• Personnel involved in supplier evaluation activities
• Oil company personnel involved with specifying equipment requirements

Course Material

• Training participant workbook
• Practical exercises
• Case studies
• Copy of API Spec. Q2
• Sample service quality plans

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, you will gain an understanding of:

• Q2’s layout and terminology / definitions / abbreviations, as well as their application
• Normative references
• The “process approach” to quality management
• Quality objectives
• Management responsibility
• Competency requirements
• Control of documents
• Risk assessment and management
• Service design
• Contingency planning
• Calibration, accuracy vs. minimum test pressures
• Management of change (MOC)
• Customer satisfaction process
• Internal audits
• Corrective action and root cause analysis
• Measurement, analysis, and improvement

Course Agenda

Basics – Fundamentals Session (2.5 days)

• Importance of API Spec. Q2 to the Industry
  • Describe Q2’s history and the drivers behind its development
  • Discuss Q2’s relation to Q1
• Overview and Exclusions
  • Clarify allowable exclusions
  • Discuss new terminology used in Q2
• Quality Management System Requirements
  • Give overview and discuss importance of each QMS requirement identified in Q2
• Realization of Service and Service-Related Product
  • Explain contract review requirements
  • Explain requirements for service-related product realization
  • Discuss design and development process for services
• QMS Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement
  • Discuss documented procedures and customer satisfaction
  • Explain requirements for planning and conducting internal audits

Extended Study – Practitioner Session (an additional 1.5 days, 4 days total)

• Execution of Service – Service Quality Plan
  • Discuss service quality plans and approval requirements
  • Develop and review service quality plans
  • Discuss relationship with customer notification
• Risk Assessment & Management
  • Describe the risk assessment and risk management process
  • Demonstrate risk evaluation tools and techniques
• Contingency Planning
  • Describe contingency planning for services
  • Discuss elements of a contingency plan
  • Discuss documentation, training, and communication requirements / when customer notified is required
• Management of Change
  • Describe elements of an MOC and when they are required
  • Discuss and create various MOCs
  • Determine notification requirements of MOCs