Program Overview

Overview

The Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Training & Certification – Self-Paced program is designed for individual learners and can also be customized for group delivery in an organization. This program aims to provide hands-on, practical learning that can be applied to a real-life project at the learner's place of work, with the objective of providing a quick return on investment of money and time.

Program Details

• The program is available online with open enrollment and a personal learning coach, costing $6,200.00.
• Industries from healthcare to logistics to pharma to manufacturing to government are using Lean Six Sigma (LSS) to improve operational performance, making it suitable for front-line workers, supervisors, managers, and executives.
• The program is designed for rapid deployment of newly-acquired skills, enabling learners to deliver sustainable results and a significant return on investment in their career development training.

What You Will Do

• Participate interactively in real-time, virtual class sessions with a Rutgers instructor and classmates.
• Practice tools and strategies in breakout sessions with a team and individually with meaningful homework assignments, using real-world process challenges.
• Select a process problem at work and turn it into a LSS project that will be executed along with a small team of co-workers.
• A Rutgers Black Belt/Master Black Belt will work with learners one-on-one as their coach and mentor throughout their project.
• The project commences with the submission and approval of a project charter and should be started in tandem with coursework (it can be started upon completion of training with prior approval). Work must commence within 3 months and be completed within 9 months after commencement.

Representative Job Titles

• Senior Process Engineer
• Black Belt
• Business Analyst
• Continuous Improvement Specialist
• Lean Transformation Practitioner

The Opportunity

According to payscale.com, the average US base salary for a certified Black Belt is $135K. The job outlook for a typical title for a Certified Black Belt is estimated to increase by 8% through 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Program Benefits

The main goal of this certificate is to enable learners to develop skills and competencies that employers are looking for in the following areas:

• Learn concepts, strategies, and tools used in Lean and in Six Sigma, and how to best use these together, to solve process- and quality problems.
• Introduces and provides practice in the D-M-A-I-C process and how to effectively lead a project team through these key steps.
• Master the soft skills also required to be an effective Black Belt.
• Explore how to apply these concepts, tools, techniques, and strategies in an organization.
• This program will give learners the professional development, experience, and confidence to repeat their initial success in future projects.
• Valuable credential – once learners have completed each component of this program, they will earn the designations: Trained Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Certified Lean Sigma Black Belt.

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for working professionals who wish to acquire formal knowledge and skills in the LSS methodology, plan to incorporate LSS into their work, and wish to learn how to lead LSS projects or participate as effective LSS team members. This program is also suitable and a gateway for those considering being full-time process-improvement practitioners or who will manage others practicing LSS in their organization.

Why Rutgers

Earn a credential to put on your resume that showcases your skills to support career success from a trusted public institution serving the people, businesses, and government agencies in the state of New Jersey for over 250 years.