Quality Career Membership

The quality mentor you wish you'd had.

Tell it where you want your quality career to go. Your AI mentor is there 24/7 for the hard calls, turns your goal into a plan for this week, and a five-minute Friday check-in keeps you on track.

$499 for 12 months · one payment, no auto-renewal · 3-day refund

Built by Will Trikha, third-party registrar auditor, 20+ years in aerospace quality.

Your North Star

Director of Quality in 3 years

Known for · the one leadership calls first

2 of 5 milestones

This week
ISO 9001:2026 gap list for the plant
Pareto of 90 days of NCRs for Monday's ops review
Hand the purchasing audit to Maria; review her report
Friday check-in

What worked this week, what didn't, and what's in your way next week?

Sample member view

Step one · your North Star

What do you want to be known for?

In quality, status isn't a title. It's who leadership calls first, whose numbers make it into the ops meeting, and whose name is on the audit that went clean. Pick yours. Your mentor builds the plan and tracks the milestones that get you seen that way.

The one leadership calls firstDirector or VP of Quality. In the room when decisions get made.Seen as: A business leader who happens to run quality.
The one who built the systemFewer fires. A system and a team that run without you holding them together.Seen as: The reason audits go clean, even when you're out.
The obvious pick for the next roleCredentials and results on paper, so the case for you is already made.Seen as: Already working at the level above your title.
The one trusted to signAI moves in, you stay valuable. You check the work, supervise the agents and sign.Seen as: The judgment the software can't replace.
The expert they ask for by nameConsultant or contract auditor, on your own terms.Seen as: Booked for your judgment, not your hours.
Built for your industry and your company size

The only quality person, or leading a team of twenty. Different job.

Pick your industry and your company size once. Your mentor answers with examples, terms and best practices from your world, and plans your week for the job you actually have.

Aerospace and defenseMedical devicesAutomotive suppliersFood and beverageElectronicsIndustrial manufacturingChemicals and processPharma and cosmeticsEnergy, oil and gasDistribution and logistics
1 to 99 people

You are the quality department

100 to 499 people

You lead a small team

500+ or several sites

You manage managers

SAME QUESTION, YOUR COMPANY SIZE: "OUR INTERNAL AUDITS ARE FALLING BEHIND. WHAT DO I DO?"

The only quality person

You can't audit your own work, so trade audits with the quality lead at a nearby shop or bring in a contract auditor for your areas. Then put the schedule in risk order: what protects the certificate and your top customer goes first.

Leading a small team

Train two people outside quality as internal auditors this quarter and give each one an area. You review their reports instead of writing them, and the schedule stops depending on you.

Managing managers

Compare the schedule across sites before you look at people. If two sites are behind, it's capacity or priority. Bring your VP one page showing the risk of each overdue audit and what you need to close the gap.

How it works

Know where you're going. Know what to do this week.

01

Set your North Star

What you want to be known for, your 1, 3 and 5-year goals, your industry and company size. About 4 minutes.

02

Get your plan

Five milestones that change how you're seen, this week's three moves and the order to take your courses.

03

Ask any time. Check in Friday.

Stuck on a finding at 9pm? Ask. Every Friday, five minutes on what worked and what didn't, and next week's plan adjusts.

04

Take the courses on your path

Every course in the catalog opens from your plan, each with its own coach, practice and certificate.

How your mentor thinks

It thinks before it answers. Then it cuts steps instead of adding them.

Most advice piles on more forms, more meetings, more checks. Your mentor works from first principles: find the real problem, strip it to what's true, question every requirement, fix it with the fewest moves, and check how the fix could fail before you try it.

01

Find the real problem

One sentence. How many, how often, how much. Facts kept apart from guesses.

02

Strip it to what's true

What does the customer actually need? What does the process really do?

03

Question every requirement

Who requires it, and what breaks if it goes? Required controls stay.

04

Cut before you add

The best step is the one you remove. Automation and AI come last.

05

See the failure first

Before you try a fix, it asks how the fix could fail and how to block it, and steers you off the usual traps.

06

Test small, check Friday

One change, one measure, one date. Your check-in reviews what happened.

YOU · 9:40 PM

Receiving is three days behind and I'm the only quality person here. Should I ask for another inspector?

Your mentor

Before adding a person, let's see what we can take away. Right now every lot gets the same check. Which of those checks does a customer flow down to you, and which did the company choose? The required ones stay. For suppliers with a clean record, a documented sampling plan approved through change control could clear most of the queue. Try it on your five cleanest suppliers for two weeks and track the backlog and any escapes. Want me to draft the plan?

Requirement check · cut before you add · smallest test

Your AI mentor

A sounding board that knows quality, and remembers your goal.

It works on your real situation and marks what's missing instead of guessing. A partner that grows with you: a coach in your first months, a sparring partner once you're running the method yourself, and the advisor you take the bigger calls to.

What it does

  • Thinks from first principles and cuts steps
  • Checks how a fix could fail before you try it
  • Answers any time, 24/7 (fair use)
  • Takes text, voice, photos and files
  • Coaches quality culture and ethics
  • Keeps your goal across every course
  • Plans your week and runs your Friday check-in
  • Works problems through with you
  • Drafts the documents that move your career

What it doesn't

  • Promise you a promotion
  • Make your decisions for you
  • Approve or sign anything
  • Replace your manager
However you work

Type it, say it, show it, or send the file.

Quality problems don't wait at a desk. Ask from the floor by voice, show your mentor what's in front of you, or hand it the document you're stuck on.

01

Type it

At your desk, between meetings, at 9:40 at night. Short answers, the next move first.

02

Say it

On the floor with your hands full. Talk it through out loud and hear the answer back.

03

Show it

Snap the tag, the gauge, the label, the whiteboard or the setup. It tells you what it sees and what it can't.

04

Send the file

The procedure, the audit report, the CAPA, the control plan. PDF, Word, text or CSV.

It reads what's in front of it and says what it can't see. It never accepts or rejects a part from a photo; a qualified person at your company decides.

Your certificate journey

Collect a certificate for every course you finish.

Each one is a badge on your path and proof anyone can verify online. Watch your strengths grow, certificate by certificate, from your first one to Stage 5.

An example member's journeyStage 2 of 5 · Building your toolkit
  1. First certificate1 certificate
  2. Building your toolkit3 certificates
  3. The go-to person8 certificates
  4. Leading the system12 certificates

3 certificates in this example · 2 more to Stage 3: Trusted practitioner

ISO 9001:2026 TransitionCertificate earnedCompletionAI built in
Writing Usable SOPsCertificate earnedFinal exam
ISO 9001 Internal AuditorCertificate earnedFinal examAI built in
Root Cause Analysis & CAPA60% doneCompletionAI built in
Quality Culture and Ethics in PracticeComing soon · included when released
Strengths grow with every certificate
Auditing1 of 4
Problem solving0 of 8
Standards and systems2 of 12
Compliance and risk0 of 7
Culture and ethics0 of 2
AI at work0 of 9

Example member, for illustration. Today's catalog has 42 courses: 36 with a final exam behind the certificate, 21 with AI built in. Every certificate is a QMS Learning certificate anyone can verify online, not an ASQ, IASSC or CQI/IRCA certification. Stages track your journey here; they aren't a professional credential.

My documents

The documents that move a career, drafted for you.

Your mentor already knows your goals, your role, your industry and your company size, so it drafts from that. Answer two or three questions and get a working draft to edit, download for Word and use at work.

Get seen by leadership

  • Cost of poor quality case
  • Quality scorecard for leadership
  • Monthly update to my manager

Build the system

  • 90-day plan for a quality role
  • Project pitch for a sponsor
  • Team development plan

Make the case for you

  • Promotion case
  • Career conversation prep
  • Resume and LinkedIn bullets
  • Interview stories

Lead the culture

  • Escalation memo
  • Quality culture pulse check

Stay the one trusted to sign

  • AI use rules for my team

Get booked as the expert

  • Expert offer one-pager

Plus templates from the courses in the catalog: audit plans, corrective action trackers, risk registers and more. Every draft marks what has to come from your own records, for you to fill in and your company to review.

Updated for AI

Built for the way quality work gets done now.

AI is changing the job. 21 of the 42 courses now put AI to work, as a hands-on module or a whole course. Hand the drafting and sorting to AI, check what comes back, and sign off with confidence. You get more done, and you stay the one who's trusted to check it.

Which tool for which job

What to hand AI in audits, CAPAs and documents, and what stays with you.

Direct it like a pro

Context, one job, your assumptions and your rules. Clear asks get usable drafts.

Catch what it gets wrong

Labs with planted errors, and a review checklist you keep for work.

Use it Monday

Each AI module ends with a plan to put it to work in your job that week.

The quality career path

Every course in the catalog, in one plan.

Your mentor picks the order for your goal. Each course has its own coach, practice and certificate.

Supervise AI Agents and Automated WorkLIVE
Measurement Systems and Gage R&RLIVE
Counterfeit Parts AvoidanceLIVE
ISO 14001:2026 Transition: What Changed and How to Update Your EMSLIVE
EHS Fundamentals for Aerospace & ManufacturingLIVE
ISO 9001:2026 Transition: Implement the Changes That MatterLIVE
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt: The AI Results LeaderLIVE
ITAR ComplianceLIVE
AS9100D Internal AuditorLIVE
ISO 9001 Internal AuditorLIVE
Root Cause Analysis & CAPA (AS13000)LIVE
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) for Government ContractorsLIVE
Build Excel Reports You Can DefendLIVE
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Lead ImplementerLIVE
CMMC & NIST 800-171 for Defense ContractorsLIVE
ASA-100 Accredited DistributorLIVE
ISO 13485 Internal Auditor with FDA QMSRLIVE
FAA Part 5 SMS for ManagersLIVE
Check AI Work Before You Approve ItLIVE
Practical QMS Document Control: From Draft to Approved UseLIVE
Define the Work Before You Delegate ItLIVE
Write Work Instructions People Actually FollowLIVE
Improve a Process Before You Automate ItLIVE
Review Audit Evidence with AILIVE
Make Better Decisions with Workplace DataLIVE
Lead People Through AI and Automation ChangeLIVE
Troubleshoot Problems and Manage ExceptionsLIVE
AI for Quality TeamsLIVE
Protect Information When Working with AILIVE
Control AI Use in Your Quality SystemLIVE
FMEA and Control PlansLIVE
Writing Usable SOPsLIVE
Supplier QualityLIVE
Quality Culture and Ethics in PracticeLIVE
First Article Inspection / AS9102CLIVE
Risk, Opportunity and Quality Culture (ISO 9001:2026)LIVE
APQP and PPAP: Build an Aerospace Readiness PackLIVE
Key Characteristics: Build a Control and Reaction PackLIVE
Inspection and Final InspectionLIVE
Kaizen and Value Stream MappingLIVE
Cost of Poor QualityLIVE
SPC for the Shop FloorLIVE
Quality Culture and Ethics in PracticeCOMING SOON
CQA Exam Prep, 2026 Body of KnowledgeCOMING SOON
Management Review That Drives DecisionsCOMING SOON
Who built it

People who've done the job.

Will Trikha

Third-party registrar auditor with 20+ years in aerospace quality. Built the auditing courses and the mentor's method.

AK Trikha

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt who has trained 50+ organizations. Scores every Green Belt final case study himself.

One price

One price for a year of your quality career.

Courses in the catalog cost $99 to $495 each on their own. The membership opens all of them from your plan, with a mentor beside you, for 12 months.

$499for 12 months

One payment · no auto-renewal · 3-day refund

  • Your AI mentor 24/7 by text, voice, photo or file, plus a Friday check-in (fair use)
  • Your North Star plan, fit to your industry and company size
  • Five reputation milestones and three moves every week
  • Every course in the catalog, with its coach and certificate
  • Career documents and course templates, drafted for you
  • Problems worked through with you, step by step

Questions

Is the mentor a person?

It's an AI mentor, set up with QMS Learning's mentor method and best practices for your industry and company size. Ask it anything, any time (fair use). It remembers your goal, plans your week, and every Friday you check in with it for five minutes. It coaches; it never approves, signs or dispositions anything for you.

I'm the only quality person at my company. Is this for me?

Yes. Tell your mentor your company size and everything else you're responsible for. Your plan protects what matters most each week instead of handing you a to-do list built for a team of ten. If you lead a team or manage managers, the plan shifts to delegating, coaching and making the business case.

Does it renew automatically?

No. It's one payment for 12 months. If you want another year when it ends, you can renew.

What happens when the 12 months end?

Your mentor and the courses your membership opened close. Certificates you earned stay yours, and anyone can still verify them online. Documents you made with your mentor stay in your account to read and download.

What happens to my photos and files?

They stay with your conversations, and only your account can open them. They're never used to train AI models. Leave out customer names, part numbers, drawings and anything export-controlled; your mentor works in general terms. Voice typing uses your browser's built-in speech service (Google in Chrome, Apple in Safari).

Does it cover quality culture and ethics?

Yes. ISO 9001:2026 asks top management to promote a quality culture and ethical behavior. Your mentor coaches both now, including what to do when you're pushed to ship, sign or record something that isn't right. A full course, Quality Culture and Ethics in Practice, is coming to the catalog, and your membership includes it when it's released.

Can it tell me if a part is good from a photo?

No, and it won't try. It tells you what it can see, what it can't, and what a qualified person at your company should check. Accepting, rejecting and dispositioning stay with your company.

Which courses are included?

Every course in the QMS Learning catalog, opened from your plan, each with its own coach and certificate. New courses are added as they're released.

Are the certificates accredited?

Each course gives you a QMS Learning certificate anyone can verify online. They are not ASQ, IASSC or CQI/IRCA certifications.

Can my company pay?

Yes, with a company card at checkout. Need an invoice or seats for a team? Email will@qmslearning.com.

What if it's not for me?

Membership purchases can be refunded within 3 days of purchase. A refund ends the membership and the course access it opened.

Stop figuring out your quality career alone.

$499 for 12 months · 365 days of access from purchase