Mar 12, 2019   SOURCE: BusinessWire

TÜV SÜD America Launches Digital Academy

TÜV SÜD America Inc., a premium quality, safety, and sustainability solutions provider that specializes in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training, and knowledge services, announces the launch of its Digital Academy.

The TÜV SÜD digital learning platform builds upon the robust, instructor-led training services offered by TÜV SÜD America. The courses in the Academy offer best-in-class training on the latest management systems and product compliance issues. The TÜV SÜD Digital Academy offers user-friendly navigation and interactive multimedia courses, enabling professionals to expand their knowledge with the convenience of an easy to use, self-paced learning environment.

“This is a very exciting time for us at TÜV SÜD America,” says Mark Alpert, Vice President of Business Assurance. “We designed this platform so that learning and development managers, our clients, and anyone else interested in quality, safety and sustainability issues can bring to their teams comprehensive e-learning courses and certifications that will complement the testing, inspection and management systems certification services for which TÜV SÜD America is known. What makes our Academy unique is that all of our e-learning courses are designed by globally trusted TÜV SÜD experts. We‘re regularly asked by clients how to maintain quality, profitability, and sustainability. Our answer is always the same—with knowledge.”

The TÜV SÜD America Digital Academy will offer online certifications in Cyber and Data Security, Environmental Management Systems, Quality Management Systems, and the Automotive industry, among other areas. The TÜV SÜD America Academy is launching with a specialized list of digital course offerings, including:

  • EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Awareness E-Learning Course
  • The “5 Whys” QM method
  • ISO 14001:2015 Awareness E-Learning Course
  • The Ishikawa QM method
  • IATF 16949:2016 Automotive Quality Management System Overview
  • Safe Handling of High Voltage Systems in Motor Vehicles
  • ISO 22301:2012 Business Continuity Management System Awareness

The courses offered through the Academy make all of the knowledge of our TÜV SÜD specialists and standards experts available to professionals across industries. To ensure that learners have access to the highest quality educational content in the cyber security, testing, product certification, inspection, auditing, and system certification industries, TÜV SÜD America‘s Digital Academy’s e-learning course offerings are subjected to rigorous standards established by the TÜV SÜD Digital Academy Approval Board.

“The launch of the TÜV SÜD Academy further strengthen’s TÜV SÜD America’s position in delivering value to our clients and partners, facilitating the further strengthening of their respective organizations. Not only do we enable organizations through our testing, certification, auditing, and risk assessment services to ensure that their products and systems meet regulatory requirements and can enter global markets, we also help them develop their employees as experts in these complex areas,” said John Tesoro, President and CEO of TÜV SÜD America.

To learn more about the Academy, please visit us at TÜV SÜD America Digital Academy.

For more information on TÜV SÜD services in the Americas, visit www.tuv-sud-america.com.

About TÜV SÜD
TÜV SÜD is a premium quality, safety, and sustainability solutions provider that specialises in testing, inspection, auditing, certification, training, and knowledge services. Since 1866, the company has remained committed to its founding principle of protecting people, property and the environment from technology-related risks. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, TÜV SÜD is represented in more than 1,000 locations worldwide. TÜV SÜD operates globally with a team of more than 24,000 multi-disciplinary experts recognised as specialists in their respective fields. By combining impartial expertise with invaluable insights, the company adds tangible value to businesses, consumers and the environment. The aim of TÜV SÜD is to support customers with a comprehensive suite of services worldwide to increase efficiency, reduce costs and manage risk. Visit www.tuv-sud.com

About TÜV SÜD America
TÜV SÜD America Inc., a subsidiary of TÜV SÜD AG (Munich, Germany), is a leading globally recognized testing and certification organization. TÜV SÜD's Business Assurance division provides management system certification services to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, AS9100, Safe Quality Food (SQF), and more. TÜV SÜD's Product Service division offers electrical and mechanical product safety, Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing, environmental testing, NRTL and SCC certification, CE marking assistance, restricted substance services, international compliance services, and more. TÜV SÜD America also provides a comprehensive suite of services for the medical device sector as a European Union notified body for the medical device, active implantable medical device and in-vitro diagnostic device directives, and a complete service portfolio including ISO 13485 and MDSAP certification, FDA 510(k) and third-party inspections. The company's Industry Services division offers a full suite of services for pressure equipment manufacturers and materials producers exporting products to the European Community. The Industry Services division also includes TÜV SÜD Global Risk Consultants, the leading global provider of unbundled property loss control services. Visit www.tuv-sud-america.com/