What is Lean Six Sigma Certification?

In this Guide

In this guide you will learn…

The levels of Lean Six Sigma certification.
What you should look for in Lean Six Sigma certification.
How long certification takes.
How much certification costs.
Our Approach to Lean Six Sigma certification.

The Levels of Lean Six Sigma Certification

Lean Six Sigma certification can be broadly thought of having three tiers in order of advancement. The most common of theses are:

Green Belt
Black Belt
Master Black Belt

Other levels also exist such as White belt and Yellow belt.

...on Master Black Belts

It should be noted that becoming a Master Black Belt is a process of becoming a successful coach of other Lean Six Sigma practitioners, and comes only with real-world experience of teaching and practicing Lean Six Sigma.

What's in Our Courses

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean Practitioner (expand)

Two days introduction and practice with Lean thinking.

The Lean methodology is the practice of organisational efficiency in minimizing waste and maximizing customer value.

Module Syllabus

Five Steps + Eight Wastes of Lean
Customer Value, Value Stream Mapping
Calculating Process Lead Time + Process Cycle Efficiency
Achieving Process Flow, Reduction of Inventory
Calculating Takt Time, Line Balancing and Workplace Layout
Standard Work and SOPs
Kanbans, Visual Management, Mistake Proofing
5S Methodology Workplace Management
Streamlined Changeovers & Single-Minute Exchange of Die
Standups and Teamwork Co-ordination

Six Sigma Basic Stats

Two days of practice with the tools for basic analysis of data and sample statistics for Six Sigma.

In this module we will demonstrate and practice the more analytical tools used in Six Sigma projects.

Module Syllabus

Data sampling techniques and the errors of sampling
Sample statistics using mean and standard deviation
Simple graphical tools to display and evaluate data samples
Capability metrics Cp, Cpk and Sigma Level and evaluation using simple software tools

Six Sigma DMAIC

Two days introduction to the basics of Six Sigma.

Six Sigma is a structured approach to increase customer satisfaction and reduce costs in business processes.

Module Syllabus

DMAIC project process: Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control
Problem Statement, Project Charter, Process Mapping, SIPOC diagram
Process Capability Analysis, Pareto Charts, Affinity Diagrams
Benefit Effort Matrix, Failure Mode Analysis
Managing Change & Communication

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

All of the modules in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. See the previous course for details.

Six Sigma Black Belt Tools

Two days of more advanced tools and statistics for Black Belt level Six Sigma.

There will be lots of practice of these tools on more analytical example projects.

We will also discuss the expectations on Black Belts for leading larger projects and mentoring others in Six Sigma.

Module Syllabus

Confidence intervals
Hypothesis testing
Correlation
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Expectations and Mentoring

Lean Six Sigma Expert Black Belt

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

All of the modules in Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt. See the previous courses for details.

Six Sigma Expert Tools

Two days of analytical tools for advanced level Black Belt Six Sigma.

Applicable in precision and high tech manufacturing.

Module Syllabus

Measurement Systems Analysis
Design of Experiments
Root Cause Analysis for complex problem solving.

What's Matters Most in Lean Six Sigma Certification?

Certification in Lean Six Sigma is as much about leadership as it is in gaining the knowledge and experience of using the tools.

This is the model used by large employers with the infrastructure to support their own employees in taking on the responsibility of delivering Lean Six Sigma projects.

We also find that what employers want in their continuous improvement specialists is to see practical competency demonstrated by project delivery.

Technical details and formulas are all well and good, but practice with the tools in realistic classroom scenarios and then ultimately in real-life workplace projects, will give you the competency to deliver.

How Long Certification Takes

How long the classroom training takes

The time your training takes depends on your certification level.

For example, each of our course modules take 2 days, therefore the classroom time for each course will be as follows:

Green Belt — 6 days
Black Belt — 8 days
Expert Black Belt — 10 days

How long your workplace project will take

"How long will my project take?" is the wrong question. "Can I afford not to do continuous improvement?" is a better one.

We hope that continuous improvement becomes part of your every day activity and not an extra that you do in your spare time.

That being said, we wouldn't expect you to spend more than 10% of your time for three months working on your project.

The likelihood is the project will be part of your work and the only extra effort will be in documenting it in such a way that you can use it to support your certification.

How Much Certification Costs

The cost of certification depends on your certification level.

Enquire about one of our courses and we'll be more than happy to provide you with the full picture about Lean Six Sigma certification and how it could help your business grow.

Our Certification Process

1. We Build Classroom Experience With Powerful Tools

You'll work through practical project examples to gain hands-on experience of the software and tools by collaborating in a fun and challenging environment.