Training and development

Tailored on-site practical training

Browse the internet and you will find literally thousands of training providers, so why choose us?

Firstly, the results speak for themselves. This is because we are of the belief that effective training and the active engagement of all involved in the improvement process will lead to substantial, sustainable business improvement. We seek to educate a cross-section of all departments, from top-level management to those working at the coal face.

Secondly, all our trainers are industry professionals. We don't just theorise about situations, we've actually been through them ourselves. So from the outset you can rest assured that you are being taught by somebody who knows your industry inside and out.

Thirdly, all our training is tailored to your organisation's needs and will take place on-site - using real life issues as the basis for training, not simulation. This novel approach means that learners are used to solving their own business issues, which breeds confidence. It is this confidence that enables the organisation to deliver significant savings from the onset of a partnership with us. Included within our training programmes are a series of mentoring visits aimed to help individuals deliver their initial first projects.

We provide training in the following areas:

• Lean tools and techniques
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Six Sigma
• Team leadership
• Management of Continuous Improvement
• Policy Deployment
• Management Coaching

Six Sigma

Our black belt practitioners have a wide experience in training and implementing six sigmaacross many organisations. The methodology uses a structured approach to achieve customer focused improvements, through methodical data collection, statistical analysis, problem solving and review processes. In order to ensure that real benefits are achieved, we tailor our training and implementation support to be focused on your company's specific needs.

Management development

Businesses that want to enjoy continued success should be continually striving to improve their performance in every area. At the heart of this is the development of managers and leaders. Our management development services provide training in developing staff, resources and operations as well as personal development.

In addition, all of our consultants have vast experience in various management roles and we offer an ongoing mentoring programme that involves informal review sessions for management and supervisors at all levels of the organisation. We have achieved success for a number of companies with specific business mentoring programmes for:

• Board Level
• Site Management
• Operations Management
• Engineering Management
• Supervisiory/Shift Management

Team leader/shift management

This training and development programme empowers team leaders and shift managers with the tools to make tangible improvements which add value to day-to-day operations. We will demonstrate how to adopt and implement best practice and motivate teams to be enthused about the business improvement process.

BIT

Building upon our customer specific training and development programme, we can also offer accreditation to BIT NVQ at levels 2, 3 and 4.

We believe that the adoption of Business improvement Techniques NVQ can only reach its true potential if delivered as part of a wider Culture change Programme. For this reason our unique Business improvement Techniques offering combines both structured training and mentoring support aimed at ensuring real bottom line benefits to the organisation as well as up-skilling the individual.

Our approach is nationally recognised, having delivered over 250 qualifications with learners delivering significant business improvements.