Certified Six Sigma Green Belt

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Six Sigma is a set of processes that eliminate failures and ensure quality in an organization’s products and services. It is considered a world-class standard of excellence in business operations. In this online course, you will learn the Six Sigma techniques and methods at a level that qualifies you for Green Belt status. Upon successful completion, you will be prepared for the Six Sigma Green Belt certification examination offered through the American Society for Quality (ASQ®).

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Job Outlook for Individuals with Six Sigma Credentials

According to PayScale.com, professionals with Six Sigma Green Belt credentials earn just over $84,000 per year on average.

Course Objectives

  • Be able to apply Six Sigma in product and process design and during the voice of the customer (VOC) to the voice of the process (VOP)
  • Be able to develop high-performing teams
  • Learn to apply process control
  • Learn to use use statistical distributions and apply design of experiments (DOE)
  • Be prepared for the Six Sigma Green Belt certification offered by the American Society for Quality (ASQ®)

  • Six sigma and organizational goals
  • Lean principles in the organization
  • Design for six sigma (DFSS) methodologies
  • Voice of the customer (VOC), Project identification, Project management basics
  • Management and planning tools, Business results for projects
  • Process analysis and documentation, Probability and statistics
  • Collecting and summarizing data
  • Measurement system analysis (MSA)
  • Process and performance capability
  • Exploratory data analysis
  • Design of experiments (DOE)
  • Root cause analysis, Lean Tools
  • Statistical process control (SPC)
  • Lean tools for process control

This online class will begin within 24-hours of student enrollment. Students will have 6-months to access their course and will complete approximately 120 hours of course work during this time.

Instructor

  • Tony Swaim 
Tony Swaim has helped many clients, colleagues, and students reach their professional and personal goals. He has been an online instructor since 1998 and has taught at colleges and universities across the United States since 1981. His focus areas are project management, Six Sigma, and supply chain management. Tony manages a successful consulting firm, and his industry experience includes 20 years of supply chain management. He earned a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University and holds professional certifications in six disciplines, including the Project Management Professional (PMP)® certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI)® and Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)® from the American Society for Quality (ASQ)®. 

 

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Six Sigma Career FAQs

 

WHAT DO SIX SIGMA GREEN BELTS DO?Six Sigma Green Belts are employees who spend some of their time on process improvement. They analyze and solve quality problems and are involved with quality improvement projects. WHAT TYPE OF JOBS CAN I GET?Positions with titles such as Process Improvement Analyst, Six Sigma Green Belt Consultant, Quality Control/Quality Assurance Supervisor, and Quality Technician. WHAT EXPERIENCE DO I NEED?Students must have experience with algebra and statistics prior to taking the course. Applicants for the ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt Exam must have 3 years of full-time experience managing and implementing process/quality improvements.