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Six Sigma Green Belt Training for Manufacturing

Free Six Sigma Green Belt course for production and quality staff: run DMAIC with Gage R&R, Cpk, tests and control charts. The certificate is optional and paid.

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Free to learn. Verifiable certificate £19 when you pass the final exam (optional, VAT included).

Level
Intermediate
Modules
15
Video
19 hours
Price
Free

Outcome

What you will be able to do

Run a DMAIC project end to end on a real process. Convert reject data into DPU, DPMO and a sigma level, and cost the problem. Write a charter and a SIPOC that fix the scope, and turn customer complaints into CTQs with a unit, a target and limits. Build a data collection plan, then prove the gauge with a crossed Gage R&R before trusting a single reading. Compute Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk and convert them into expected PPM. Find root causes with the seven quality tools and FMEA. Decide whether a difference is real with one-sample and two-sample tests and ANOVA, fit and read a regression, and design a simple factorial experiment. Then hold the gain with X bar R and attribute control charts and a written control plan.

  • Turn a month of reject data into DPU, DPMO and a sigma level, and cost the problem
  • Fix a project with a one-page charter and a SIPOC, and write CTQs that carry a unit, a target and limits
  • Run a crossed Gage R&R and judge the gauge by percent study variation and number of distinct categories
  • Compute Cp, Cpk, Pp and Ppk from raw readings and convert an index into an expected parts per million
  • Decide whether a difference is real with one-sample and two-sample tests, ANOVA and regression
  • Hold the gain with X bar R and attribute control charts and a control plan production can follow without you

Software

None required. A spreadsheet such as MS Excel for the capability, control chart and hypothesis test arithmetic. Minitab is demonstrated in some lessons and is useful, but it is not needed to finish the course.

Hardware

None. An instrument and a few parts from your own workplace make the Gage R&R practice task real, if you have access to them.

Syllabus

15 modules

Each module has video lessons, notes and a short quiz. The final exam closes the course.

  1. 1Six Sigma, sigma level and the DMAIC roadmap4 lessons
  2. 2Quality, the cost of poor quality and lean beside Six Sigma3 lessons
  3. 3Define: the voice of the customer and critical-to-quality3 lessons
  4. 4Define: choosing the project, the charter and SIPOC3 lessons
  5. 5Measure: the process, the data and the scale it is on4 lessons
  6. 6Measurement system analysis and Gage R&R2 lessons
  7. 7Process capability: normality, Cp and Cpk3 lessons
  8. 8Capability in practice: centred and off-centred processes3 lessons
  9. 9Analyse: root cause, the seven quality tools and FMEA4 lessons
  10. 10Hypothesis testing: the logic and the one-sample test4 lessons
  11. 11Two-sample tests and analysis of variance3 lessons
  12. 12Correlation, regression and designed experiments3 lessons
  13. 13Control: statistical process control and control limits4 lessons
  14. 14Control charts in practice, and the control plan3 lessons
  15. 15Final assessment0 lessons

How it works

How this course works

  1. Watch the video lessonsOne module at a time, at your own pace.
  2. Take the module quizA short quiz at the end of each module shows what stuck.
  3. Keep your notesWrite in My notes beside each module and ask the trainer if you are stuck.
  4. Sit the final examPass it once you have been through the modules.
  5. Certificate, if you want oneOptionalPaid, and only after you pass. Anyone can check it online.

Certificate

An optional certificate when you pass

Learning is free. Pass the final exam and you can have a certificate for £19, including VAT, with a number employers can check online. It records that you completed a free online course; it is not a regulated qualification or a CPD certificate.

  • Your name, the course, its study time and your final exam score
  • A unique certificate number and a QR code to its verification page
  • Issued by Wartens Ltd; add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click
  • Pay now or after you pass: it is issued the moment you pass the final

How the certificate works

Sample certificate for Six Sigma Green Belt Training for Manufacturing

Credits

Who made the lessons

The video lessons belong to their creators. EDWartens wrote the study plan, notes, quizzes and the final exam.

  • NPTEL IIT Kharagpur

    the lecture spine, from the NOC Jan 2019 Six Sigma course: quality management basics, voice of the customer, project identification and selection, process characteristics and analysis, measurement system fundamentals and the Gage R&R study, process capability concepts, measures and indices, hypothesis testing for single and two populations, correlation and regression, FMEA, the introduction to design of experiments, and statistical process control with control charts for variables

  • Digital E-Learning

    the short explainers that open each phase: what Six Sigma is, the DMAIC guide, DPU, DPMO and PPM, cost of quality against cost of poor quality, lean beside Six Sigma, the Define, Measure, Improve and Control phase videos, CTQ, the project charter, SIPOC, scales of measurement, the seven quality tools, five whys, the fishbone diagram, hypothesis testing, type I against type II error, ANOVA, common against special cause, control limits against specification limits, and defect against defective

  • The Open Educator

    the worked spreadsheet and Minitab sessions: the normality probability plot, centred and off-centred capability studies in MS Excel, Cp and Cpk against Pp and Ppk, the p value and the level of significance, the four-step two-sample t test, and choosing between p, np, c and u charts

  • Simple Learning Pro

    a lesson in "Measure: the process, the data and the scale it is on"

Questions

About this course

Can I get a Six Sigma Green Belt for free?
You can learn the Green Belt body of knowledge for free, but a recognised Green Belt certification comes from passing a certifying body's paid examination. ASQ, for example, asks for three years of on-the-job experience in one or more areas of its Green Belt Body of Knowledge, and says educational waivers are not granted for the exam. This course is free training against the Green Belt body of knowledge, with every module and assessment at no cost. Its optional paid certificate is an EDWartens certificate of completion, not an ASQ or IASSC credential.
What is the ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt exam like?
The computer-delivered ASQ Certified Six Sigma Green Belt exam has 110 multiple-choice questions, of which 100 are scored, with an exam time of 4 hours and 18 minutes. ASQ says all its examinations are open book, so candidates bring their own reference materials, and a basic scientific calculator is provided on screen. The questions test comprehension of ASQ's Green Belt Body of Knowledge, which this course works through in order with the arithmetic done, from DPMO and sigma level to Cpk, hypothesis tests and control charts.
What is the difference between a Six Sigma Green Belt and a Black Belt?
A Green Belt works on improvement projects, usually alongside or under the guidance of a Black Belt. ASQ describes the Green Belt as playing a critical role in quality improvement projects, working alongside or under the guidance of a Six Sigma Black Belt. Green Belt work centres on the DMAIC tools, such as charters, Gage R&R, capability, hypothesis tests and control charts, which are the tools this course covers.
Is this the same as an ASQ or IASSC Green Belt certification?
No. ASQ and IASSC each run their own paid Green Belt examinations and issue their own credentials, and that is usually what an employer means by the phrase. This course is free EDWartens training against the Green Belt body of knowledge. It is preparation for a Green Belt role, and preparation for a paid certification examination if you choose to sit one. It is not an ASQ or IASSC certification, EDWartens is not affiliated with either body, and nothing here is described as equivalent to their credentials.
What do I need to know before starting?
School-level algebra, and enough time on a shop floor or in a quality department to describe one real process. No earlier statistics course is assumed. The average, the standard deviation, the normal curve and every test used later are built up inside the course.
Do I need Minitab?
No. Minitab appears in some lessons because it is what many quality departments use, and the notes say what it is doing at each step. Every calculation in the practice tasks can be done in a spreadsheet such as MS Excel, and the capability, control chart and hypothesis test modules are worked that way.
Do I need a factory to do the practice tasks?
It helps, and most tasks are written for your own line: a month of reject data, fifty consecutive readings, twenty five subgroups of five, an instrument for the Gage R&R. If you are not on a shop floor at the moment, each task can be done on the sample data given with it, and the arithmetic and the judgement are the same.
Is the course really free?
Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment costs nothing. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only optional paid item.
What certificate do I get?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you have finished every module and passed the final assessment at 60 per cent, with a verification code anyone can check. It records training against the Green Belt body of knowledge. It is not a vendor credential, it is not an accredited Green Belt certification, and it is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons?
The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels: NPTEL IIT Kharagpur for the lecture spine, Digital E-Learning for the phase explainers and The Open Educator for the Excel and Minitab work. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the module notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
Will this help me move from production into quality or continuous improvement?
That is who it is written for. Quality and CI engineer posts at automotive, electronics and FMCG plants name Green Belt on the requirement line, and the interview asks you to walk through a DMAIC project, read a Cpk against a customer requirement and say what a control chart told you. This course gives you the body of knowledge and the worked arithmetic; whether you later pay for an ASQ or IASSC examination is a separate decision.

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