Aerospace Standards Newsletter - August 2014 - 4

record atteNdaNce at 2014 aeroSPace coMMittee leaderShiP worKShoP iN
warreNdale

Sixty-two aerospace committee leaders attended the 4th SAE
International Aerospace Standards Committee Leadership
Workshop, held on June 17-18, 2014 at the SAE World
Headquarters in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
This was the largest number of participants in the history of the
workshop, which brings together individual technical committee
leaders in order to increase cross-committee communication,
gain feedback from committee leadership, provide guidance and
training, improve SAE committee leadership relationships, and
share best practices.
This year's workshop featured presentations on the editing and
formatting of SAE standards, the roles and responsibilities of
Systems Group Chairs, FAA and SAE International activities,

SAE's acquisitions of TechAmerica and ARINC, and PRI activities
related to the aerospace industry.
There was also an interactive discussion on best practices, in
which attendees were asked to share their best practices and
elaborate on how and why they developed a procedure or
activity. The workshop included a process improvement exercise,
and a review of the Quad Charts that are used to assess the work
of the technical committees.
Attendees also enjoyed a social event featuring dinner and
riverboat sightseeing cruise on the Gateway Clipper.
The next Committee Leadership Workshop will be held in 2016.

New auditor autheNticatioN aNd traiNiNg PrograM aNNouNced
In July, SAE International's Industries Technologies
Consortium (ITC) announced the launch of Probitas
Authentication, an Americas Aerospace Quality Group
(AAQG) recognized program that will serve the aerospace
quality industry by providing auditor authentication and
training provider approval services.
Probitas Authentication was created in response to a need
expressed among a segment of the aerospace quality
auditor population who were looking for options among
organizations that could provide auditor authentication
services in an efficient, responsive, and automated fashion.
To that end, an entirely new online platform was developed
including a website and application interface that is intuitive
and provides automated feedback on auditor application
status.
"What we heard from many existing aerospace quality
auditors is a desire for an organization that would reliably
alert them far in advance of their recertification date, then

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provide a user-friendly online system that would keep them
informed of their status throughout the process," said Kevin
Perry, acting director of Probitas authentication.
The same functionality was considered to be equally
important for new aerospace auditor applicants and training
providers seeking approval to offer training to aerospace
auditors.
Probitas Authentication is an extension of SAE International's
established reputation in the aerospace standards area with
its AS9100 family of standards. Operating independent
of SAE International, Probitas Authentication focuses
primarily on new aerospace auditors seeking their initial
authentication, along with the recertification process for
existing auditors. Training provider and individual training
course approval services are also offered.
For more information or to initiate an application, visit
www.sae-itc.org/probitas or call +1-724-772-7545.

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