NVQ L4 Business Improvement Techniques (Process Improvement)

How does it work?
The NVQ L4 Business Improvement Techniques (Process Improvement)course is made up of five mandatory assessments:

Complying with statutory Regulations & organisational Safety Regulations
Contributing to effective team working
Leading effective teams
Applying workplace organisation (5S/5C)
Applying continuous improvement techniques (Kaizen)
Creating flexible production and manpower systems
Carrying out project management activities
Plus a further six optional assessment routes from:

Analysing and selecting parts for improvements
Carrying out lead time analysis
Creating visual management systems
Carrying out value stream mapping (VSM)
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
Applying policy deployment (Hoshin Kanri)
Applying value management (value engineering & analysis)
Carrying out design of experiments (DOE)
Carrying out mistake/error proofing (Poka Yoke)
Workshop Aims
The NVQ L4 Business Improvement Techniques (Process Improvement) benefits both employers and employees by offering alternative pathways and choice within pathways to suit the widest possible range of needs.

For employers NVQ L4 Business Improvement Techniques (Process Improvement)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 NVQ L4 Business Improvement Techniques (Process Improvement) qualification can provide evidence of ability to do a particular job, help improve career development/promotion chances, gives a sense of achievement, can be completed at a time and pace to suit.