Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt)

Course Dates: 8 Days:4^th, 5^th, 25^th & 26^th April, 9^th, 10^th & 24^th May & 7^th June

Member Rate: €900.00

In these challenging times, all companies need to ensure that they are controlling current costs and taking the steps needed to enhance their future performance. Lean Six Sigma helps companies streamline operations, increase value and reduce waste. Lean Six Sigma is a prescription for regaining business health and transforming a company, a way to cut waste from its operations and of increasing productivity and improving quality.

Lean Six Sigma Green Belts are vital assets to any business. They are key employees equipped with specialist tools to make these ‘changes for the better’ happen. Utilizing a vast array of tools, Lean Six Sigma focuses on improving speed and quality of a product or service, regardless of the industrial sector or size of the business, helping a business in becoming better and faster, providing a greater value product to the customer. They are key employees equipped with specialist tools to make these ‘changes for the better’ happen. Utilizing a vast array of tools, Lean Six Sigma focuses on improving speed and quality of a product or service, regardless of the industrial sector or size of the business, helping a business in becoming better and faster, providing a greater value product to the customer.

At the end of this training programme you will be able to:

• Understand Continuous Improvement.
• Understand Lean Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC.
• Understand Change Management and tools used.
• Understand how to use the most important tools in DMAIC phases.
• Identify sources of waste and variation within the business.
• Use Lean Six Sigma as an efficient and effective cost reduction strategy.

This course is intended for those employees within a business who are engaged in daily problem solving and/or project management, for example Process Engineers, Quality Technicians and Engineers, Maintenance, Supervisors, Managers and Project Managers.

Our next Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt) course starts on 4^th April next and is of eight days duration delivered over three months for ONLY €900 so BOOK NOW!!

“Beyond the Basics” – MS Powerpoint 2007/2010

Course Date: 22^nd March

Member Rate: €100.00

This one day programme will teach you how to produce and run professional looking slide shows. The course reviews the basics of PowerPoint to quickly run through shortcuts and speed keys, working through from text based slide content through to alternative options - inserting ClipArt, pictures, photos, diagrams, movie clips etc.

Our “Beyond the Basics” Course, costing only €100.00 includes:

• The Do’s and Don’ts of PowerPoint
• Working with Slides
• Formatting the Presentation
• Logos/Clipart/Pictures
• Working with Charts
• Diagrams
• Drawing Tools
• Multimedia
• Adding the Finishing Touches
• Creating a Slide Show

This course is suitable for those who are already familiar with the basics of MS PowerPoint and would now like to build on that knowledge. BOOK NOW.

Introduction to Technical Writing

Course Date: 28^th March 

Member Rate: €130.00

Great technical writing can make a poor product usable - poor technical writing can make a great product useless. Our Introduction to Technical Writing Course is designed to help you become that great technical writer! This one day course aims to ensure that participants can make their technical documentation accurate, brief, clear, complete and, above all, useful. The emphasis is on writing to impart complex technical information to a specific target audience. Participants should be committed to delivering reports, manuals and routine communications that are accurate, concise, clear and focussed on the needs of the target audience.

The course will include:

• How to structure reports
• Basic sentence rules
• Technical writing for software
• Working with words
• Brushing up on grammar and punctuation

This new one-day course will be running on the 28^th March next and is only €130.00 for Chamber members - BOOK NOW!

BUSINESS SCHOOL CALENDAR

MARCH

• MS Powerpoint – “Beyond the Basics”  – 22^nd March
• Introduction to Technical Writing – 28^th March

APRIL

• Microsoft Visio Professional 2010 – 3^rd April – NEW COURSE!
• Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt) – 4^th April
• Digital Media for Business – 9^th April
• Networking for Success – 16^th April – NEW COURSE!
• Microsoft Project 2010 – 30^th April – NEW COURSE!

MAY

• PMI Exam Preparation – 7^th May

See our full range of courses at www.corkchamber.ie/training

Bookings can be completed through the website and enquiries should be directed to aoife@corkchamber.ie  (Training Services Administrator)