Certificate in Lean Construction
The current drivers in public spending all relate to Value for Money. The Building Schools for the Future programme, public housing and highway maintenance are all affected by the drive to reduce cost at the same time as maintaining quality and improving customer satisfaction. This means using less resource and money to achieve more and it can only be achieved through an integrated programme of continuous improvement.
The Lean Sigma approach is a development of tried and tested methodologies from other sectors and provides a structured approach to an ongoing programme of change.
This short course is intended as an introduction to Lean Construction and learners may add further units to acheive a diploma.
Mandatory Units (10 credits)
Candidates must successfully complete the following:
| Course ID | Units | Credits |
 LS 1 |
Lean and Continuous Improvement | 3 |
| LS 4 |
Process and Value Stream Mapping | 4 |
| LS 2 |
Systems Thinking | 3 |
Optional Units (3 Credits)
Optional
| Course ID | Units | Credits |
| LS 9 |
Collaborative Planning and Project Management | 4 |
| LS 5 |
Principles and Applications of performance Measurement and Benchmarking | 3 |
| LS 2 |
Principles of 6 sigma | 3 |
| LS 7 |
Production Losses and Problem Solving | 3 |
| LS 12 |
Risk Management (FMEA) and Plan-to-Protect | 3 |
| LS 8 |
Team Work | 0 |
| LS 6 |
Work Activity Diagnosis | 3 |