CCC Customized Training offers Six Sigma Black Belt Training

Gain the tools to transform your business by reducing defects and improving profitability through Six Sigma Black Belt Training. Customized Training and Development Services (CTDS) at Clackamas Community College (CCC) is offering the groundbreaking quality management training at a special rate of $4,295, a substantial savings over many similar programs.

Classes begin in January and meet at Clackamas Community College’s DeJardin Hall from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following dates: January 7-10, March 18-21, April 29-May 2, June 16-19 and August 4. Students in the program will perform project work at their company work sites in between the monthly class sessions.

Six Sigma Black Belt Training is geared toward professionals in the manufacturing industry and is appropriate for project managers, engineers, operation managers and quality assurance personnel. The class will be taught by Mel Coffey, a Certified Master Black Belt Six Sigma instructor with 20 years experience using the techniques. He has used Six Sigma tools with companies including Precision Castparts, Volvo, General Electric, Pratt & Whitney, Honeywell and Sundstrand.

Six Sigma training provides participants with a set of problem-solving abilities that reduce defect rates in manufacturing, increase profitability, reduce lead time and improve customer satisfaction. The business management strategy was developed by Motorola in 1986 and became well known when General Electric adopted the practices in 1995. Today Six Sigma is widely used across industry.

The CTDS course will follow the standard Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control (DMAIC) approach and include some Lean concepts as well. The training will consist of four continuous eight-hour day sessions at CCC’s Oregon City campus, followed by five to six weeks of applied work projects. The four weeks of classes result in 120 total hours of training. Participants earn 12 college credits and a Six Sigma industry credential.

Participants should have some experience in Excel and PowerPoint and a math skill level equivalent to algebra III.

For registration information please contact training@clackamas.edu or call 503-594-3200.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]