Best Practices in Document Control

Do you want to become a Consepsys Certified Document Controller?

This course is the gateway to the certification:

• Best practices of Document Control day-to-day activities
• Practical and hands-on approach
• Learn the best practices, theory, scope, boundaries, ethics of the profession
• After this course, you are eligible to sit the Certification Examination

• Those who wish to become Certified as a Document Control professional

• Beginners in Document Control: this course gives a robust foundation for the profession, explains all the tasks and responsibilities, and contains numerous workshops and tutorials. You will acquire competencies that can be applied to day-to-day work.

• Experienced Document Controllers: Most Document Controllers learn the discipline 'on-the-job'. This course consolidates basics, formalises knowledge and deepens competences. It allows experienced Document Controllers to compare their experience with common / best practices and to get recognised through the certification examination.

1. Introduction to Document Control

- What is Document Control and the role of the Document Controller

2. The Basics of Document Control

- Document control checks and gatekeeping

3. Document Identification

- How to make sure that document are identifiable

- Means of identification (numbering, metadata, document description, file naming…)

4. Document Classifying, Filing & Information Security

- How to organise documents and manage information security

5. Documents Lifecycle

- What is the lifecycle of technical documents?

- Document creation, modification, review cycle, comments, approval

- How to manage documents at each step of their life

- How to avoid misuse of obsolete documents

6. Document Distribution

- How to ensure an efficient and relevant distribution of documents

7.A Project Document Control

- Specifics of Project Document Control ; 

- Managing deliverables; Flow of project documents

Interactions with Client, Contractors, Sub-contractors, Suppliers, Vendors

- Master Deliverable Register (MDR)