VDA 6.

3 Qualification for Product Safety Representative (PSB) in Automobile Industry in

Collaboration with UBF.B Management Pvt. Limited

About VDA 6.3

Developed by VDA QMC and the German automotive industry, VDA 6.3 defines a process based audit standard
for evaluating and improving controls in a manufacturing organisation's processes. The standard can be used by
any organisation, either for internal process audits, or for evaluating potential or existing suppliers.

VDA 6.3 is an excellent tool for process audits within the automotive industry acting as a guideline for performing
audits. It provides information on the significance and application scope of a process audit over the entire
product realization cycle in both manufacturing and services. It defines the audit process, the criteria for
evaluation of the process audit results and the requirements of the processes.

Course Objectives

In the automotive and supplier industry, product safety and product liability have always been high-priority issues.
Nations throughout the world have set this down in national and international laws that have been transferred into
contractually agreed, specific automotive requirements. These are valid not only for the OEMs themselves but
also for the whole supply chain (e.g., as described for VW in the ‘Formula Q’). The supplier organisations are
required to nominate and install a so-called product safety representative.

Thus, throughout the whole product creation process, liability risks can be determined by relevant expert
knowledge, identified, avoided or minimized in product development, and controlled by process development. In
the case of product liability incidents and findings from product observations in the organisation itself and in the
market, the product safety representative is meant to be a competent contact person for management, customers
and legal representatives. In these cases, it is important to suitably co-ordinate proceedings according to legal
statutes and also customer-specific requirements.

To know and understand these manifold tasks a product safety representative is faced with, requires
comprehensive information and qualification. Experienced instructors teach the participants the necessary broad
theoretical knowledge, accompanied by explanations and examples from practice. The practical application of this
knowledge in the form of group work is central to this training course.

Target Audience
Executives and personnel from the automotive industry who are to be deployed or already are deployed as
product safety representatives

Course Prerequisite

1. Technical / business management training

2. Experience in quality management in the automotive sector, particularly, in handling complaints and
regress.

3. Education & Experience in assessing technical product and process risks (for example, FMEA chairman,
VDA 6.3 process auditor, developer)
 4. Knowledge about product use of the products manufactured in the organisation, as well as the state of
technology

5. Basic knowledge and understanding of requirements from relevant statutory regulations and customer
requirements

Course Contents

 Necessity of Implementing a Product Safety Representative (PSR)

 Core elements of a system for controlling risks, including results

 Product safety management and the role of the Product Safety Representative (PSR)

 "Lessons Learned", risk rating and structured actions

 Volkswagen AG's requirements for Product Safety Representative

Certificate
Successful candidates will receive a certificate of attendance recognized by Volkswagen AG; This will be done by
UBFB.

Course Faculty

The course shall be conducted by a UBF.B competent & approved tutor. UBF.B is an official licensed partner
of VDA QMC Germany.

Duration

2 days