Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Programme
Ready to take your first step in Lean Six Sigma? Our accredited Yellow Belt training gives you a practical introduction to the tools and mindset behind effective process improvement. Designed for professionals in any role or industry, this course equips you to contribute meaningfully to improvement teams or lead your own focused projects straight away.
Introduction
Delivered across two engaging days, Yellow Belt training takes you through the full DMAIC framework – Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control – the proven structure at the heart of every successful Lean Six Sigma project. You’ll leave with the skills to identify waste, understand root causes, and put practical solutions in place that stick.
The course includes AI integration through CatStat, Catalyst’s revolutionary AI-powered process analysis and improvement tool, showing you how technology and human judgement work together to accelerate improvement, not replace the thinking behind it.
Participants will be able to:
- Apply a comprehensive set of continuous improvement tools with confidence in the workplace
- Make significant independent contributions as a Green or Black Belt project team member
- Run their own tightly focused improvement projects
- Define problems using Improvement Charters, problem statements, VOC and SIPOC tools
- Measure and understand processes using practical tools for process mapping, data collection, visualisation and analysis
- Analyse and identify the causes of process problems using Fishbone, 5 Whys, Pareto and waste analysis tools
- Improve and control processes with methods such as 5S, error proofing and visual management
- Format
- In Person, Virtual, Self Study
- Duration
- 2 days
- CPD Points
- 16
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Why choose this programme?
This programme leads to BQF Yellow Belt certification, an independently awarded qualification that provides formal recognition of competency and supports career advancement.
Yellow Belts are equipped to make an immediate practical contribution, confident and capable of continuously improving processes and sustaining improvements. The programme carries 16 CPD points and is accredited to LCS Level 1b.
Delivered by Master Black Belt instructors with practical experience, the programme is built around experiential learning. You’ll be building skills you can apply from day one.
Delivery Information / Options
Choose how you learn. Our Yellow Belt programme is available as a live virtual open programme (running monthly), in-company with virtual or classroom delivery, as a self-study online course with a dedicated personal tutor, or as blended combination. What suits you best?
Course Details:
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We introduce the core principles and concepts underpinning Lean and Six Sigma and the benefits of bringing them together.
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Working through each DMAIC phase we practice some of the key tools and techniques in the Lean Six Sigma toolkit. The 5 phases are:
- Define: Establishing the focus
- Measure: Understanding the current situation
- Analyse: Identifying and checking the causes
- Improve: Generating and selecting solutions
- Control: Implementing solutions and sustaining the results
We maintain a focus on the human side of change, but also explore how AI-powered tools can be used.
Certification Partners
Open Training
Purchase includes 12 months access to Catalyst’s Business Improvement Zone for materials and slides.
Choose your Start Date:
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Start Tue 4th August 2026 9am – 4pm
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Start Tue 6th October 2026 9am – 4pm
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Start Tue 1st December 2026 9am – 4pm
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