What is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt?
A Lean Six Sigma Green Belt leads improvement projects part time, alongside their normal job. They use the five DMAIC steps and real data to find the cause of a problem, test a fix and make the gain last. Most Green Belts lead one or two projects a year and support the Yellow Belts in their team.
Who it is for
- Engineers, supervisors and process owners who will lead improvement projects
- Quality, operations and continuous improvement teams
- Analysts and managers in banks, hospitals and shared service centres
- Yellow Belts ready to lead their own projects
What you need before the course
- A project idea. A real problem from your own work, with a manager willing to sponsor it. We help you shape it into a project charter on day 1.
- A laptop with Excel. Every tool in the course runs in Excel. If your company uses Minitab, we use it too.
- No earlier belt. You do not need a Yellow Belt first. Day 1 covers the basics.
- Some data, if you have it. Any numbers you already collect about the process, such as times, counts or errors. If there are none, we plan how to collect them.
What you will cover
| Session | What is covered |
|---|---|
| Day 1, Define | Choosing a project worth doing, the project charter, voice of the customer, SIPOC and the eight wastes. |
| Day 2, Measure | Process maps, data collection, measurement system analysis and process capability. |
| Day 3, Analyse | Patterns of variation, and hypothesis tests that prove which causes really matter. |
| Day 4, Improve | Regression, designing and testing solutions, mistake proofing and safe pilots. |
| Day 5, Control | Statistical process control, control plans, handing the process back to its owner, and a timed practice exam. |
Is Green Belt certification included?
Certification is your choice. Everyone who completes the 5 days receives an Agile Visa Certificate of Completion.
If you need a belt certificate, participants can sit an independent, closed book Green Belt certification exam, taken online with remote supervision. The exam body marks it and issues the certificate, not Agile Visa. We arrange the exam for you and quote it as a separate line. Day 5 ends with a timed practice exam, so participants know what to expect.
Agile Visa is a training provider. We are not accredited by, or a partner of, any exam body, and each exam body issues its own certificate.
What a Green Belt project looks like
Starter examples from different industries. Each participant agrees their own project with us before the course.
| Sector | Example project | What gets measured |
|---|---|---|
| Electronics and semiconductors | Cut scrap on a test or assembly line | Yield and scrap rate |
| Medical devices | Close non conformances faster | Days to close and repeat findings |
| Hospitals | Shorten the wait from registration to consultation | Minutes waited |
| Banks and shared services | Cut errors in account opening or invoice processing | Error rate and turnaround time |
| Logistics and warehousing | Improve on time delivery from the warehouse | On time in full and picking errors |
Green Belt or Black Belt?
| Green Belt | Black Belt | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 5 days, 35 hours | 10 days, 70 hours, in two blocks |
| Your role afterwards | Lead projects part time | Lead complex, cross site projects and coach Green Belts |
| Statistics | Capability, hypothesis tests and regression | Adds ANOVA, multiple regression and designed experiments |
| Before you start | No earlier belt needed | A Green Belt with at least two completed projects |
Next step: the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. Starting out: the Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt. Or compare every belt.
What is included
- 5 days of live, instructor-led training
- Full digital courseware, templates and practice data
- Your own project charter, baseline and control plan
- Agile Visa Certificate of Completion
- Optional independent Green Belt certification exam, quoted separately
- Post-course support from the training team
How it runs
- Private classes. Every programme runs for one company at a time, quoted per group rather than per seat, with examples from your industry.
- Live online or on site. Live online with the trainer in your working hours, wherever your team is, or at your premises for company groups. Travel for on site classes is quoted separately.
- Class size. Up to 25 people, so everyone works on a real process or project. Larger groups run as several classes.
- Language. Delivered in English.
- Malaysia. Programmes delivered by Agile Visa Sdn Bhd are HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval. See Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia.
Where we deliver
We run Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training live online for teams anywhere in the world, in your working hours, and on site at your premises for company groups: across the Americas, the UK and Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. See where we deliver.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training cost?
We run it as a private class for your company and quote per group, not per seat. Tell us the number of people, the format and where they are, and we will send a quotation. Any certification exam fee is shown on its own line.
How long is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt?
5 days / 35 hours, live and instructor-led, online in your working hours or on site at your premises.
Who delivers the training?
Prashant Shinde, founder of Agile Visa, with 20+ years of delivery and 75,000+ professionals trained across 140+ countries. He earned the 6sigmastudy Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt in 2016.
Can our company use a training levy or fund?
In Malaysia, programmes delivered by Agile Visa Sdn Bhd are HRD Corp claimable for eligible employers, subject to HRD Corp approval: see Lean Six Sigma training in Malaysia. Elsewhere, companies usually pay from their training budget, and we provide the quotation, invoice and attendance records your own approval process needs.
How long does it take to become a Green Belt?
The course is 5 days. If you choose the exam, you can sit it soon after the course. A first project usually shows results in about 90 days, and we plan the check points with your sponsor.
Do I need a Yellow Belt first?
No. Day 1 covers the basics, and the exam bodies we prepare people for set no belt prerequisite for Green Belt.
Is Lean Six Sigma certification recognised internationally?
There is no single official body for Lean Six Sigma anywhere in the world. Employers look at who issued the certificate, whether the exam was independent and supervised, and whether the person completed a real project. Our courses give you a real project and an Agile Visa certificate of completion, and an independent exam when you want one.
Can Green Belt training run online?
Yes, live online with the trainer, in the same 5 day format. Projects and the daily tollgate reviews work well online.
How many people can join one class?
Up to 25, so the trainer can review every project at each tollgate. Larger groups run as several classes.
Bring Lean Six Sigma Green Belt to your team
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