Black Belt Certification
SBTI leads the industry with our Black Belt Certification. It stands to reason that the SBTI Green Belt Certification process is not your average program. SBTI-trained Black Belts lead the industry in returning the greatest results to their companies at this level. The SBTI Green Belt certification is proof of that capability.
The SBTI Black Belt Certification process requires the candidate to:
- Complete the SBTI Black Belt training course,
- Complete at least one (1) Black Belt level improvement project,
- Provide the following documentation:
- Documentation of completion of Black Belt training
- One Black Belt project presentation or summary including business impact and financial results, and
- Complete SBTI’s Black Belt certification test with a score of 70 or greater.
The review resource assigned by SBTI will require a telephone review with the Black Belt candidate and his or her supervisor or project champion.
Upon successful completion of the review, the candidate will receive a certificate to document the SBTI Black Belt certification.
The fee for the SBTI Black Belt Certification review process is USD $500.00. The Certification fee does not include coaching and mentoring to the candidate and/or project consulting on candidate’s project. Invoicing information or payment will need to be provided by the candidate to begin the process. Payment is due regardless of certification outcome, pass or fail.
Minimum Project Requirements
- Project Charter with a clearly defined Y-variable
- Process Map, and Value Stream Map if training included Lean components
- Prioritization of input variables (C&E Matrix or similar)
- Measurement Systems Analysis for key Y variable(s) and key input variables
- Initial Process Capability Study
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) with improvement actions
- Appropriate Hypothesis Test(s) including at least two of the following (ANOVA, t-test, Regression, Chi-Square Test for Independence), preferably conducted within the context of a multivari study.
- VA/NVA analysis if training included Lean components
- A designed experiment or series of designed experiments conducted on the process to verify the relationship of the inputs to the Y-variable
- Process improvement actions, logically linked to Measure, Analyze and Improve phase work
- Process control plan (documented and implemented) showing monitoring of the Y-variable and control / management of the input variables.
- Significant improvement in the Y-variable after improvement, documented on a control chart, and an updated long-term process capability study
- Significant business / financial impact of at least USD $100,000.00 as verified by as verified by written sign-off of the belt’s supervisor, Project Champion and a company financial representative.
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