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by Fred Schenkelberg 5 Comments

Prep, relax, exam

Best Wishes for all those taking the CRE Exam Oct 4th.

Filed Under: Articles, CRE Prep, CRE Preparation Notes

About Fred Schenkelberg

I am the reliability expert at FMS Reliability, a reliability engineering and management consulting firm I founded in 2004. I left Hewlett Packard (HP)’s Reliability Team, where I helped create a culture of reliability across the corporation, to assist other organizations.

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Comments

  1. Vasanth says

    November 18, 2013 at 1:05 PM

    Hi Fred,

    I have a Masters Degree in Aeronautics with Majors in RAMS, is CRE right for me, if so, how would it help me in my professional goals. I graduated in 2011 and have professional experience of 2 years, is this enough to apply for the CRE if at all?

    Thanks
    Vasanth

    Reply
    • Fred Schenkelberg says

      November 18, 2013 at 2:30 PM

      Hi Vasanth,

      Only you can tell is the certification is right for you. Employers care more about what you actually do and accomplish and not your certifications. You most likely will not received any work related benefit upon receiving the CRE certification.

      Having a CRE does indicate you understand a broad range of tools and concepts associated with reliability engineering. For some employers or companies having a CRE on your resume helps them to understand you are series about reliability engineering. Other, either do not know what a CRE is or do not really care one way or the other.

      The benefit to you is from your participation in the professional community, continuing to learn and master reliability engineering skills.

      The requirements for the application are at

      http://cert.asq.org/certification/control/reliability-engineer/right-for-you

      and include master’s degree plus three years of work related to reliability in some way. It seems you have about a year before qualifing to sit for the exam. Which is good as you have time to prepare for the exam. You will find many resources on the CREprep site that may be helpful.

      hope that helps,

      cheers,

      Fred

      Reply
      • Vasanth says

        November 19, 2013 at 9:36 AM

        This puts a much cleared picture, thanks Fred, appreciate the help (for the CREprep site as well)

        Reply
  2. Tammy Karibo says

    December 11, 2013 at 8:49 AM

    Hello Fred,
    I think ASQ should also create a way in which test takers can take this exam online. I have missed taking this exam twice since 2012 just because of my work rotation schedule. I am a vibrations analyst and I have studied hard for the exam and ready for it, but the exam period are always not in my favour.
    Do you think this is possible?

    Reply
    • Fred Schenkelberg says

      December 11, 2013 at 8:52 AM

      Hi Tammy,

      I think it is an excellent suggestion and one that is way past due for implementation. I think it would increase the reach of the exams worldwide.

      Cheers,

      Fred

      Reply

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