Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

With our comprehensive program, you'll gain hands-on experience applying advanced Six Sigma methodologies, by running an improvement project for your organization. You will learn how to lead a Six Sigma project to reduce variation and demonstrate how Six Sigma can be applied anywhere. As you broaden your skill set and knowledge, you'll set yourself up for higher pay and exciting career opportunities.

Certified Six Sigma Black Belts have the skills to manage projects, collect data, analyze data, design and implement improvements, and promote continuous improvement. Our Six Sigma certification program ensures you're up to speed with international standards, keeping your organization ahead of the curve in the global market.

The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt credential validates your expertise in advanced Six Sigma methodologies, providing employers with a trusted assurance of your knowledge. We are members of the Credential Registry, an organization dedicated to providing up-to-date information about all credentials.

Through our Six Sigma Black Belt certification, you gain valuable skills and become part of a thriving community of Six Sigma professionals. As Thom Mandl emphasizes, engaging with this community offers invaluable networking opportunities and access to industry events, allowing you to stay current with best practices and emerging trends.

Self-improvement is essential for thriving in today's world. Investing in personal development not only enhances individual capabilities, but also contributes to organizational success. People who continuously seek opportunities for growth, bring fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to their teams. This fosters increased collaboration, successful problem solving, and overall team effectiveness.

Six Sigma Yellow Belt is the introductory certification for the principles, concepts, and terms which everyone “must understand” in any organization using the six sigma improvement methodology.

Six Sigma Green Belt is for those wanting to learn the six sigma methodology in order to independently manage Six Sigma projects. It provides a complete training package of tools education coupled with a hands-on project using a specially designed case study.

Six Sigma Black Belt, this certification, is the advanced certification for one wanting to lead major projects and coach teams in designing robust solutions. You will work on a customized Six Sigma project for your organization.

You can learn more at Six Sigma Belts.

For most people, your time investment will be about 4 to 6 hours per week for 14 weeks. Since the course is self-paced, you can go faster or slower.

The scope of your Six Sigma project will have the most influence on the time it takes you to complete the class.

As you work to get Black Belt certified, you will work on a project for your organization. This project should be data-intense so you can learn and practice the powerful statistical techniques commonly used for Six Sigma projects. Your challenge should involve a process where variation is causing poor quality in meeting customer requirements.

You will apply the 5 steps of Six Sigma, defined as Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control and also known as DMAIC. Your instructor can help you scope a project which fits your available time and the flow of the course. You do not need to start the course knowing exactly what project you will work on.

Your assigned coach, will be available based on your preferences. You can connect with your coach via email, telephone, Zoom meetings, or through the learning management system. This customized approach allows you to get the most out of the course.

We are passionate about developing Six Sigma leaders through education, application, and coaching. You will not be alone on this journey of discovery.

Yes. It is very common for an organization to send waves of people through training. A Six Sigma improvement program is more energized and successful when everyone is on the same page.

One common approach is having 8 to 12 people take the class together and work on 4 to 6 projects. You can imagine the impact 4 to 6 projects can have on your organization!

Contact us to learn more.

Our Six Sigma certifications need to be renewed every 5 years.

Our certification maintenance program is focused on keeping your skills refreshed through continuing education, improvement projects, and giving back.

Find more at Certification Maintenance.

Lean and Six Sigma are two very important methodologies which should be studied independently to truly appreciate their power to transform organizations.

Research into Lean Six Sigma reveals it is much more about Six Sigma and tends to have very little about the rich features of a Lean Transformation. Lean Six Sigma will often treat Lean as a collection of tools, you can sometime use when you work on a Six Sigma project. Lean Transformations are much more than a collection of tools and you will not learn much about Lean in a Lean Six Sigma class.

You can learn more at What is Lean Six Sigma?

Yes. Six Sigma certifications can easily fit into other management systems.

Its structured methodology builds strong skills in any organization looking to improve products, services, and processes by reducing variation. It is a great compliment to other management systems focused on driving business results.