Product Safety Officer

Goal of the training:

Participants will learn about the VW Group's requirements for a product safety representative, the product safety representative's tasks, responsibilities, decision-making powers and role in the organisation. The participants will understand the quality management and risk management skills required of a VW Product Safety Representative, his/her responsibilities for new product launches, complaints, running series and communication with customers. It will become clear what the VW Group expects from its suppliers as an organisation in terms of product safety - the course will also provide an overview of the relevant requirements of Formel Q-Konkret and Formel Q-Fähigkeit. In addition, participants will learn about the legal background of product liability and product safety, so that they are prepared to work on the identification and mitigation of the associated risks.

Recommended for: 

Technical managers, quality managers, process managers, production managers, foremen, process engineers

 

In case of larger numbers of participants, the training can be arranged on-site, please contact us for a tailor-made offer at kepzes@kvalikon.hu.

Legal basis

  • Market Surveillance (Product Safety) Act
  • Product Liability Law (PTK)

Standard requirements

IATF 16949 and VDA product safety requirements

Requirements of the Volkswagen Group

  • The relevant requirements of the Formula Q Konkret
  • Requirements for Formel Q capability (D/TLD)

Tasks of the Product Safety Representative

  • Responsibilities
  • Areas of responsibility
  • Knowledge

Organisational changes

  • Job description of the Product Safety Officer
  • Position of the Product Safety Officer in the organisation chart
  • Implementation of requirements

Risk management methods

  • FMEA - FTA analysis
  • Turtle diagram

Teamwork - product safety complaint handling

  • 8D - root cause analysis, action, prevention, lessons learned
  • FMEA update
  • Control Plan update
Information and application

Please call for Quotation!kepzes@kvalikon.hu

Downloadable program