Apprenticeship training course
Improvement practitioner (level 4)
Identify and lead the delivery of change across organisational functions and processes.
- Qualification level
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4
Equivalent to higher national certificate (HNC). - Typical duration
- 14 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Business and administration
- Maximum funding
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£6,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Business Improvement Practitioner
- Chemical Engineer
- Civil Engineer
- Continuous Improvement Manager
- Environmental Compliance Manager
- Environmental Construction Management
- Environmental Data Analyst
- Environmental Engineer
- Environmental Health And Safety Officer
- Environmental improvement compliance manager
- Environmental improvement construction manager
- Environmental improvement data analyst
- Environmental improvement engineer
- Environmental improvement health and safety officer
- Geotechnical Engineer
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt And Quality Control Senior Analyst
- Mechanical Engineer
- Process Excellence Manager
- Transportation Engineer
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Compliance: Work in accordance with organisational controls and statutory regulations
- Communication: Speak and write clearly. Influence others, question effectively. Plan and deliver meetings presenting insight to engage audiences
- Coaching: Observe, listen, use questioning, provide feedback and spot learning opportunities
- Project management: Define, sequence, plan and schedule activities with phases and milestones. Estimate effort and duration. Create and update project charter. Review progress
- Change management: Sponsorship contract, surface and manage resistance, build compelling narratives for change, assess change impact
- Principals and Methods: Select and apply a structured method and appropriate improvement tools engaging with subject matter experts to deliver business benefits
- Project selection and Scoping: Support the identification of improvement opportunity and the scoping of these projects
- Problem definition: Support development of problem/opportunity statements
- Voice of the customer: Support application of techniques to identify and prioritise customers, their requirements and ensure balance against the stated and unstated needs of the business (Voice of the Business)
- Process mapping & analysis: Process map to measure and analyse flow and value. Identify interfaces, functional responsibilities and ownership. Use insight to identify potential opportunities and map future state
- Lean tools: Seek in-process waste through understanding of value within the value stream
- Measurements systems: Plan, carry out and assess results of a measurement system study
- Data acquisition for analysis: Develop a sampling strategy
- Basic statistics & measures: Use graphical analysis to understand distribution and stability
- Data analysis-statistical methods: Identify data-types and select analysis methods and tools. Assess time series data stability and analyse making relevant insight
- Process capability & performance: Select methods and metrics for analysis
- Root cause analysis: Select and apply the appropriate graphical tool dependent on the data type to identify patterns, trends and signals to establish hypothesis
- Experimentation & optimisation: Plan designed experiment with clear objectives, and appropriate levels of Measurement Systems Analysis, analyse experiment data and optimise
- Identification & prioritisation: Identify and prioritise factors, ideas and solutions
- Data analysis – SPC: Select and apply appropriate tools for ongoing monitoring and control. Analyse and interpret control charts
- Benchmarking: Conduct structured benchmarking to support target setting
- Sustainability & control: Identify failure modes and embed learning from improvements
Full information on Improvement practitioner (level 4) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.
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Apprenticeship location
Solihull, West Midlands Remove location