What Is API Q1 and Q2 consultancy and training and what benefits does it offer?

The API Q1 and Q2 certifications are rapidly becoming the industry quality standard in the oil and gas sector. Acquisition of the API QI and Q2 certification is a significant step in your path toward certifying your products and services. By assisting you in managing and improving, the certification helps you to achieve your objectives and improve your business.

The certifications can be obtained as a stand-alone credential or as part of the API Monogram Program, which concerns product and technical specification compliance.

What are API Q1 and API Q2 Fundamentals Practitioner Training Certifications?

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has developed and maintains ‘Quality Management Standards’ (Q1 and Q2), which are applicable specifically to the oil and gas industry. Quality improvement in the oil and gas industry is nothing new, but this standard is quickly becoming the go-to for its simplicity. There have been several different initiatives over the last 100 years, but unfortunately, they have usually been plagued by issues like:

• Internally motivated by a set of key people with restricted access to best practices.
• Hardly any reliable, documented methods that cover all the activities related to customer service existed.
• Customer satisfaction was de-emphasised, with an increased focus on operational enhancements.
• Unlike internal assessments, there was an absence of external evaluation to provide a reality check and incentive for continuing and enhancing performance.

Each of the aforementioned difficulties is addressed by ISO 9001. Since 1994, ISO 9001 has been revised to become more pertinent for service organizations, which make up over 85 per cent of businesses in developed economies across the world. The manufacturing controls have been reduced as a result of this. The API Q1 and its related API Monogram Program, which are linked to the API Product Specifications, have been designed to correct this issue. API Q2 was designed for services and product service providers in the oil and gas industry.

To obtain API Q1 and API Monogram or API Q2 accreditation, businesses must be committed to a targeted and methodical approach. The elements they should be able to demonstrate both internally and to the external assessor include:

• A strong dedication to customer satisfaction, with the willingness to fully understand customer requirements
• A passion to maintain quality
• On-site inspections with an independent API-accredited assessor and continuing surveillance visits
• The involvement of skilled, qualified and experienced employees.
• Effectiveness of all working systems and processes approaches
• Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
• Provision of all required facilities and resources
• Mutually advantageous relationships with suppliers
• Identification, investigation and correction of all problems

Why should businesses acquire API Q1 and Q2 training and consultancy?

There are various reasons why your business should consider API Q1 and Q2 consultancy and training:

1. It will help you to understand how to establish, operate and improve an effective quality management system.
2. You will learn how to ensure compliance with all legal requirements.
3. The standard is based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle, which is a proven method for continual improvement.
4. It can be used as a framework to assess your company’s strengths and weaknesses.
5. It will help you to develop systems and processes that are more efficient and effective.
6. It can be used to benchmark your company’s performance against other businesses in the industry.
7. If you are on the lookout for trusted API Q2 and API Q1 consultancy services, feel free to get in touch with the experts at AVN Quality Group. Apart from consultancy, we also provide API training.