Lean Six Sigma training

Four courses.
Improvement capability that stays in your business.

Each course is pitched at a different level of the organisation. Together they give you people who can spot problems, people who can lead projects, and leaders who know how to back them. That is how an Operational Excellence culture takes hold.

CourseWho it's forWhat they can do afterwardsFormat
White BeltAll staffSpot waste and raise small, local improvementsGroup training (at your site)
Yellow BeltTeam members and supervisorsTake an active part in projects and run simple fixesGroup training (at your site)
Green BeltFuture project leadsLead a full DMAIC project from problem to controlGroup training (at your site)
Lean for ManagersManagers, Directors, VPs, C-suiteSponsor, prioritise and stage-gate improvement workGroup training (at your site)
Lean Six Sigma

White Belt

For
Everyone in the business
Duration
4 hours
Format
Group training (at your site)
Group
Up to 20 people

A shared starting point. White Belt gives every employee a basic understanding of improvement, so the whole site speaks the same language and ideas come from the people closest to the work.

Covers
  • What Lean and Six Sigma are, and why they matter in a regulated environment
  • Recognising the common types of waste in day-to-day work
  • Simple tools for small, local changes
  • How to raise an improvement idea and see it through
Lean Six Sigma

Yellow Belt

For
Team members, supervisors, subject experts
Duration
2 days (consecutive or split)
Format
Group training (at your site)
Group
8 - 12 people

For the people who make projects work. Yellow Belts understand how a DMAIC project runs, can contribute data and process knowledge to a Green Belt's project, and can lead straightforward improvements in their own area.

Covers
  • The DMAIC structure and what happens at each stage
  • Process mapping the current state
  • Collecting useful data
  • Root cause tools such as fishbone diagrams and 5 Whys
Lean Six Sigma

Green Belt

For
People who will lead improvement projects
Duration
5 days (consecutive or split)
Format
Group training (at your site)
Group
8 - 12 people

The core of in-house capability. Green Belts can take a business problem from definition to a controlled, sustained improvement. Where you have a live project agreed, the course is built around it, so participants learn by doing and the business gets a measured result alongside the qualification.

Covers
  • Scoping a project and defining the problem with stakeholders
  • Measuring the current state and analysing data
  • Finding and proving root causes
  • Generating, piloting and implementing solutions
  • Control plans, SOPs and FMEA so the change holds
  • Leading a project team and managing change

Lean for Managers

For
Managers, Directors, VPs and C-suite
Duration
4 hours
Format
Group training (at your site)

Trained people only deliver if their leaders know how to back them. This session shows senior leaders how a properly run improvement project works and what their role is in it, so momentum doesn't fade once the training ends.

Covers
  • How Green Belts run DMAIC projects
  • Stage-gates and what to ask at each one
  • Sponsoring, prioritising and owning improvement work
  • Supporting change owners and removing blockers

Fix it first, then train the team

Combine a consultancy project with Green Belt training and you get both: the problem solved now, and people who can solve the next one. White Belt and Lean for Managers can be added to cover the whole organisation.

© 2026 BD Training and Consultancy Ltd | Derby UK