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Six Sigma Green Belt (Weekend) Training Course Overview

Six Sigma green belt training (weekend course)  integrates both yellow and the green belt certification. This allows any individual who has an interest in business process improvements to gain a valuable certification, this also applies to anyone a managerial position.

The Six Sigma framework’s main purpose is to find any defects within a project and minimise their impact on the project’s success. Professionals who hold the Six Sigma certification are highly wanted as it shows employers you have the skills to lead a company project using the DMAIC method.

The Six Sigma course doesn’t have any formal requirements but you are required to complete some pre-course reading. Once you have purchased the course, you will be provided with a hand-out, you are advised to read this before attending the course.

The course structure will last 5 days, on the first 2 days you will complete the yellow belt certification and on the last 3 days, you will complete the green belt certification.

Here at Six Sigma, we provide professional courses at a market-leading price. We provide you the course through three different methods, which are classroom, online and onsite training.

Our classroom training is where you are sent to one of our state of the art locations. Our highly experienced instructors will guide you through the course content, allowing you to ask any questions you might have along the way.

Another method we provide for Six Sigma courses is online training. This is where we provide you online access to the course, which means you can complete course at your own pace and at the comfort of your own home.

The final method is onsite training, where the course takes place at your workplace. Our highly experienced instructor will be sent to where you work to provide the course. This gives employers the chance to monitor their employee progression through the course. 

Prerequisites

There are no qualifications or experience required prior to attending this course. Candidates are provided with pre-course materials to read through as soon as their course is confirmed. This enables individuals to get the best possible start to their training. The pre-course work consists of subjects such as key tools and methodologies of Six Sigma.

It is also recommended that candidates read ‘The Machine that Changed the World’ by Wolmack & Jones prior to attending this course.

Who Should Attend

This course is for anyone who wants or needs to improve their business performance.

About the Trainers and Materials

The materials for the Six Sigma Green Belt course are always top quality and will ensure delegates always receive the most effective and highest standard of training.

The trainers involved in delivering the course have over twenty of years of experience and have vast expertise on the field of implementing best practice involved in work optimisation, managing supply chains and using Six Sigma methodologies.

All of these trainers have worked as leading management consultants involved in high profile assignments and have broad experience in managing and implementing Six Sigma in government, engineering, science, manufacturing and retail sectors.

Course Structure & Content

During this five day course, the course is split into two.

The first two days will cover the Yellow Belt section of the course and how to pass the examination. The last three days are concentrated on the Green Belt and how to pass that exam.

Passing this exam ensures that delegates are able to comprehend the principles and tools of Six Sigma and be able to act as an important members of any business improvement programme which utilises the Six Sigma optimisation process.

Why Train with Sixsigma.co.uk?

• The materials provided are world class
• Learning experiences are always enjoyable
• Trusted by leading companies to train their staff
• Pre and post course support is provided
• Our courses use real-world examples and businesses
• The exam pass rate is consistently high
• 90% of delegates take further courses with us
• The instructors are the best in the global industry
• In 2014, over 50,000 delegates were trained through us
• The venues we use and provide are the most luxurious in the world

Case Study

General Electric implemented Six Sigma in the 1990s and is probably the most famous case study of Six Sigma use.

The owner of General Electric, Jack Welch, needed to change his company’s strategies, so in 1995 he noticed the success of Six Sigma in a friend’s company, Allied Signal, and decided to give it a go for himself.

He performed some analysis and discovered that General Electric was running at three or four sigma, and by raising it to six sigma, the company could save somewhere between $7 billion to $10 billion.

The Six Sigma program was implemented in 1996 with a goal in mind of taking just five years, whereas other companies would take about ten years to fully take control.

Six Sigma could only fully benefit General Electric if it could fully permeate company processes and culture on the manufacturing perspectives but also how much value it delivers to customers. Most employees attended Six Sigma training. Some of these were promoted to Black Belt who was able to train Green Belts who could then form Six Sigma teams, able to carry out projects within the organisation.

Six Sigma was heavily supported by the executives of the company, who would review and work on projects in quarterly meetings. Executives who were most successful were given stock options so employees could witness how their work was celebrated. This made engaging with employees far easier.

In the first two years, General Electric’s revenues rose by 11% and their earnings by 13% and after the first five years, they saved around $12 billion through using Six Sigma. To this day, Six Sigma is still a part of GE’s business model as well as many other Fortune 500 companies.