Introduction to AS9120B
The aerospace quality management standard for distributors, explained for people who work in distribution
- Duration
- 4 hours
- Modules
- 5
- Final exam
- 70% to pass
- Certificate
- No expiry
- Lifetime access to the course and your certificate
- Verifiable Certificate of Completion. Certificate does not expire.
- 3 exam attempts
- Progress saved to your account on every slide
About this course
AS9120B is the quality management standard for organizations that buy aviation, space and defense parts and resell them: stockists, pass-through distributors, brokers and kitting houses. It takes the familiar ISO 9001:2015 framework and adds the controls that matter when you do not make the product but are responsible for where it came from and what paperwork travels with it.
This course explains those additions in plain language. You will learn why traceability through split lots, control of approved sources, counterfeit part prevention and the distributor certificate of conformity are the heart of the standard, and what a distributor may and may not do to product in its care.
You will also see how the standard fits into the wider aerospace system: the IAQG, the OASIS database, the 9101 audit method, the relationship to AS9100D, AS6081 and AS5553, and the regulators' concern with suspected unapproved parts. The outlook to IA9120 is covered so you know what is coming without confusing it with current requirements.
The course is built from five modules with short quizzes and ends with a final examination. Passing earns a PlanetISO Certificate of Completion.
What you will be able to do
- Explain who AS9120B applies to and which activities fall outside its scope
- Describe how AS9120B relates to ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D and the coming IA9120
- Identify the distribution additions in clauses 4 to 7, including documented information, measuring resources, product safety awareness and ethical behaviour
- Explain the clause 8 controls on counterfeit prevention, requirements review, approved sources, traceability through splits, release and nonconforming product
- Describe what a distributor certificate of conformity must and must not do
- Recognize the role of OASIS, the 9101 audit method and the certification cycle
- Explain how on-time delivery, product conformity and human factors shape performance evaluation and corrective action
Course outline
- 1
Management system foundations
What a quality management system is, how AS9120B is organised, and what certification does and does not mean.
About 40 minutes, then a module quiz
- 2
AS9120B and the aerospace distribution landscape
Who AS9120B is written for, how it relates to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D, the role of the IAQG and OASIS, and what the outlook to IA9120 means for you.
About 35 minutes, then a module quiz
- 3
Clauses 4 to 7 with distribution additions
Context, leadership, planning and support as they apply to a distributor, including the aerospace additions on documented information, measuring resources, awareness and ethical behaviour.
About 35 minutes, then a module quiz
- 4
Operation: clause 8 for distributors
The heart of AS9120B: planning for product safety and counterfeit prevention, reviewing requirements, controlling sources, preserving traceability through splits, releasing product with evidence and handling nonconforming and suspect parts.
About 50 minutes, then a module quiz
- 5
Performance evaluation, improvement and certification
How a distributor measures itself, audits itself and improves, and what happens on the road to an AS9120B certificate.
About 30 minutes, then a module quiz
Final examination and certificate
20 questions drawn from the course bank. Score 70% or higher to receive your Certificate of Completion.
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- Level
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