Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (Exam Cost Included)

  • 6 Months
  • 120 Course Hours
  • $1,895

Overview

In this course, you'll learn how to effectively apply the concepts and methods of Six Sigma. You'll discover how the vast number of topics—value-stream mapping, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), process capability, control charts, statistical process control (SPC), design of experiments (DOE), and many more—can increase your overall quality IQ.  After completing this course, you'll be well-prepared to sit for the Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam offered by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as well as be positioned to add value to a wide variety of organizations, including manufacturing companies, service operations, and the government sector.

Areas of concentration include determining the relationship of basic statistics to Six Sigma, examining the Six Sigma business case, listening to the voice of the customer (VOC), seeing how quality function deployment (QFD) can improve new product development, and discovering the value of benchmarking.  As a Six Sigma Green Belt, you'll be right in the middle of many process improvement projects as you apply brainstorming, cause and effect diagrams, checksheets, Pareto charts, and critical to quality help define problems, and opportunities.

What You Will Learn...

In this program, you will acquire essential knowledge to help you pass the American Society for Quality's (ASQ's) Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam and to apply key process improvement methods and concepts in various settings, including manufacturing, service, and not-for-profit organizations. The course relies on ASQ's Green Belt body of knowledge and uses a number of engaging techniques, including fun games, subject matter expert explanation of textbook materials, and hundreds of quiz questions to help you master the curriculum material.

Upon completion of this program, students will know the following:

  • Recognize why organizations implement Six Sigma.
  • Understand the relationship between lean concepts and Six Sigma.
  • Be able to apply Six Sigma in product and process design.
  • Apply the voice of the customer (VOC) to the voice of the process (VOP).
  • Understand project management basics as a way to implement Six Sigma process improvement initiatives.
  • Incorporate high-performing team concepts to achieve effective Six Sigma outcomes.
  • Understand statistical distributions as a way to evaluate hypotheses and measure process performance.
  • Recognize the benefits of applying statistical process control as a replacement for appraisal/inspection.
  • Apply design of experiments (DOE) to simultaneously evaluate the effects of several independent variables on a dependent variable.

Prerequisites

Prior to taking this course, you must be knowledgeable in basic Algebra and Statistics. 

Qualifications and Requirements for CSSGB Certification

In order to sit for the CSSGB Certification Exam through ASQ, candidates must meet the minimum requirements listed below:

Six Sigma Green Belts are employees who spend some of their time on process improvement teams. They analyze and solve quality problems, and are involved with Six Sigma, lean or other quality improvement projects.

Candidates must have three years of on-the-job experience in one or more areas of the Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge. Candidates must have worked in a full-time, paid role. Paid intern, co-op or any other course work cannot be applied toward the work experience requirement.

*For more information regarding the Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge click here.

Overview

In this course, you'll learn how to effectively apply the concepts and methods of Six Sigma. You'll discover how the vast number of topics—value-stream mapping, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), process capability, control charts, statistical process control (SPC), design of experiments (DOE), and many more—can increase your overall quality IQ.  After completing this course, you'll be well-prepared to sit for the Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam offered by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) as well as be positioned to add value to a wide variety of organizations, including manufacturing companies, service operations, and the government sector.

Areas of concentration include determining the relationship of basic statistics to Six Sigma, examining the Six Sigma business case, listening to the voice of the customer (VOC), seeing how quality function deployment (QFD) can improve new product development, and discovering the value of benchmarking.  As a Six Sigma Green Belt, you'll be right in the middle of many process improvement projects as you apply brainstorming, cause and effect diagrams, checksheets, Pareto charts, and critical to quality help define problems, and opportunities.

What You Will Learn...

In this program, you will acquire essential knowledge to help you pass the American Society for Quality's (ASQ's) Six Sigma Green Belt certification exam and to apply key process improvement methods and concepts in various settings, including manufacturing, service, and not-for-profit organizations. The course relies on ASQ's Green Belt body of knowledge and uses a number of engaging techniques, including fun games, subject matter expert explanation of textbook materials, and hundreds of quiz questions to help you master the curriculum material.

Upon completion of this program, students will know the following:

  • Recognize why organizations implement Six Sigma.
  • Understand the relationship between lean concepts and Six Sigma.
  • Be able to apply Six Sigma in product and process design.
  • Apply the voice of the customer (VOC) to the voice of the process (VOP).
  • Understand project management basics as a way to implement Six Sigma process improvement initiatives.
  • Incorporate high-performing team concepts to achieve effective Six Sigma outcomes.
  • Understand statistical distributions as a way to evaluate hypotheses and measure process performance.
  • Recognize the benefits of applying statistical process control as a replacement for appraisal/inspection.
  • Apply design of experiments (DOE) to simultaneously evaluate the effects of several independent variables on a dependent variable.

Prerequisites

Prior to taking this course, you must be knowledgeable in basic Algebra and Statistics. 

Qualifications and Requirements for CSSGB Certification

In order to sit for the CSSGB Certification Exam through ASQ, candidates must meet the minimum requirements listed below:

Six Sigma Green Belts are employees who spend some of their time on process improvement teams. They analyze and solve quality problems, and are involved with Six Sigma, lean or other quality improvement projects.

Candidates must have three years of on-the-job experience in one or more areas of the Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge. Candidates must have worked in a full-time, paid role. Paid intern, co-op or any other course work cannot be applied toward the work experience requirement.

*For more information regarding the Six Sigma Green Belt Body of Knowledge click here.

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