BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES NVQ LEVEL 2

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Course Objectives

• To improve business performance as a whole
• Suitable for anybody – the qualification has two different pathways either process or quality as shown below:

Process
Mandatory Units
Complying with Statutory Regs. and Organisational Safety Requirements
Contributing to Effective Team Working
Applying Workplace Organisation
Applying Continuous Improvement Techniques
Creating Visual Management Systems

Quality
Mandatory Units
Complying with Statutory Regs. and
Organisational Safety Requirements
Applying basic statistics
Applying Six Sigma Methodology to a
project
Carry out Six Sigma Process Mapping
Contributing to Effective Team Working

Then two units from the list below:

207 Analysing and Selecting Parts for Improvements
208 Carrying out Lead Time Analysis
211 Applying Set-up Reduction Techniques (SMED)
212 Applying Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
213 Applying Problem Solving Techniques
214 Carrying out Statistical Process Control Procedures (SPC)
215 Applying Flow Process Analysis
221 Carrying out Potential Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
224 Carrying out Measurement Systems Analysis (MSA)
229 Carrying out Mistake/Error Proofing (Poka Yoke)
236 Creating Standard Operating Procedures

Benefits of the Qualification

The Business-Improvement Techniques N/SVQ benefits both employers and employees by offering alternative pathways and choice within pathways to suit the widest possible range of needs.

For Employers the qualification can:
• Improve business performance and help win contracts
• Maximise company profits and revenues
• Reduce costs, variation and waste
• Assist with recruitment and retention
• Boost employee morale and motivation
• Demonstrate the quality of the workforce to existing and potential customers
• Help reduce workplace accidents

For employees the qualification can:
• Provide evidence of ability to do a particular job
• Help improve career development/promotion chances
• Give a sense of achievement
• Be gained on the job
• Be completed at a time and pace to suit

Location:
Assessment on site – this will include 1:1 portfolio building sessions off the job

Duration:
6 to 9 months depending on candidate