Apprenticeship Standard
Improvement Technician Level 3
Improvement Technicians are responsible for the delivery and coaching of business improvement activity, often using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
Technicians often work as members of an operational team to resolve problems – preventing re-occurrence, engaging others in issues affecting them and supporting the improvement of performance.
Improvement Technicians work across all industries.
Typical Job Roles: Business Improvement Co-ordinator, Continuous Improvement Executive, Process Technician, Operational Excellence/ Lean Engineer, Lean Six Sigma Yellow belt and Quality Control Analyst.
Level 3
Intermediate
Apprenticeship Duration
14-18 Months
Training method
Online and classroom
What to expect from Skills Training UK
- Course content customized for your organisation and its goals.
- Support from a dedicated trainer who will support with learning, skill competency and developing evidence for assessment.
- Individual support and mentoring to make every apprenticeship a success.
- Access to our virtual learning environment with virtual classes, on-demand videos and tasks to reinforce learning.
What does an employer need to do?
- Provide the learner with the opportunity to take part in work and projects which to produce a portfolio of evidence required for Apprenticeship assessment and completion.
- Take part in progress reviews at regular intervals.
- Have some involvement in the project(s) being undertaken.
- Allow the apprentice an agreed amount of classroom time.
What is included in the Standard?
Knowledge
- Team formation and leadership
- Project management
- Presentation & reporting
- Change management – influencing reinforcing and coaching principles
- Project selection and scope
- Problem definition
- Process mapping and analysis
- Data acquisition for analysis -stratification, sampling and types
- Basic statistics and measurement
- Process capability and performance
- Root cause analysis
- Experimentation
- Identification and prioritisation
- Sustainability and control processes
Skills and Practical Application
- Compliance – work in accordance with statutory regulations
- Communication
- Project management – plan, manage and implement activities and identify and support management of risks
- Change management
- Principles and methods to deliver business benefits
- Project selection and scoping
- Problem definition
- Voice of the customer – techniques to identify customers and their requirements and translate in to metrics
- Process mapping and analysis
- Lean tools
- Data acquisition for analysis
- Basis statistics and measures
- Identification and prioritization
- Benchmarking
- Sustainability and control – create control plans, identify opportunities, embed change.
Behaviours
- Drive for results – Clear commitment to delivering improvements, pays attention to detail.
- Team working – Helps when asked, works effectively in a diverse team, considers impact of own actions on others, motivates peers.
- Professionalism – Acts in a moral, legal and socially appropriate manner, aligns behaviours to the organisations values.
- Continuous development – Acts upon feedback, reflects on performance and has a desire for learning.
- Safe working – Ensures safety of self and others, challenges safety risks.
Eligibility criteria
For Improvement Technicican Level 3 the individual employer will decide whether an employee is suitable for the programme. There is no standardised eligibility criteria.
Qualifications and professional recognition
Level 3 competency.
End Point Assessment
To successfully complete the apprenticeship, the learner needs to pass an independent End Point Assessment which consists of three distinct assessment methods:
| Assessment Method | Area Assessed | Weighting |
| Multiple Choice Exam | Knowledge | 10% |
| Project portfolio – collection | Knowledge, skills and behaviours | 60% |
| Presentation and professional discussion referencing the written evidence log completed during the Apprenticeship | Knowledge, skills and behaviours | 30% |
"The [improvement] training was great. It’s saved time, reduced waste and generally just made our overall process much more efficient. It’s also been great to relay some of what we’ve learnt to other members of the team and spread the knowledge around."
James Luck, Fold Hill
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