Business Improvement Techniques NVQ Level 2

Course Overview

Candidates will be required to complete 4 mandatory and 2 optional assessment modules.

Mandatory Assessment Routes:

• complying with Statutory Regulations and Organisational Safety Requirements.
• contributing to Effective team working.
• applying Workplace Organisation (5S).
• applying Continuous Improvement Techniques (Kaizen).

Optional Assessment Routes

(Choose from 2 of the following options)

• analysing and selecting Parts for Improvements
• carrying out Lead Time Analysis
• creating Visual Management SYstems
• applying Set-up Reduction Techniques (SMED)
• applying Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• applying Problem Solving Techniques
• carrying Out Statistical Process Control Procedures (SPC)
• applying Flow Process Analysis
• carrying out potential Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
• carrying out Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
• carrying out Mistake / Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)

Benefits of the Qualification:

For employers:

Eliminating waste; reducing cost and variation; improving productivity; boost employee morale and motivation; help reduce workplace accidents

For employees:

National qualification equivalent to 5 GCSEs; help improve career development opportunities; give a sense of achievement; flexible delivery.

How It Works

The information below is specific to this particular course. If you would like a more general guide to how our purchasing and learning works please visit the Four Easy Steps page which should tell you all you need to know.

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What

This is an online course, all the training will be taken through your browser window. There will be no face-to-face sessions with instructors nor will you receive any training material through the post. If you wish you may print out any page of the training material, and may also print the notes you took during the training.

You can also revisit the training material at any time, even after you have completed the course.

How

The material for this course has been broken down into several smaller lessons, each lesson dealing with a specific area of the overall subject.

The lesson consist of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk you through the lesson material at a pace that suits you. Pages may also include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help you keep in touch and interested in the material.

Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be PAUSED and RESUMED at any stage. When all lessons in the course have been completed our system will realise and automatically record that you have successfully completed the course

When

6 months (1/2 day per week - work based)