Lean Quality Improvement Training

Australasian Leadership Academy (ALA) RTO 41012, in collaboration with Leading Edge Associates, delivers Lean Quality Improvement training designed for professionals across a wide range of industries, including government, community services, healthcare, and other public and private sector organisations.

Registrations are now open for our Lean Green Belt Certification program.

Find out more about the training programs and the registration links below: 

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Meet your trainer:

Greg KilbeyLean Trainer, Leading Edge Associates Expert 

Greg is an experienced Lean and Process Improvement practitioner with a wealth of knowledge and expertise achieved from training diverse groups throughout Australia and South-East Asia.

Greg is a certified Black Belt and Master Black Belt practitioner (Six Sigma Academy) with valuable insights from his experience in the application of both Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to solving complex business wide problems.

Greg has delivered Lean Six Sigma training to over 700 White, Yellow, Green and Black Belts and has coached Lean Six Sigma practitioners to complete over 300 process improvement projects.   

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Live, Online Instructor-led Training Delivery

Australasian Leadership Academy in collaboration with Leading Edge Associates offers Lean Green Belt Certification program catered to a variety of sectors and settings.

Registrations are now open for our  next Program. 

About the program: 

6 x live online instructor-led workshops plus self-paced online pre-read.

Time: 9am to 1pm (AEST) – per session

Dates:

  • July 6th & 8th, 2026 and
  • July 13th & 15th, 2026 and
  • July 20th & 22nd

 

Thorough the Lean Green Belt training, participants will build a strong understanding of essential Lean tools and practices that can be applied across a wide range of industries to increase efficiency, improve quality, streamline processes, increase capacity, strengthen customer and employee satisfaction and foster a culture of continuous improvement.

The Green Belt program will develop the capability and skills to lead improvement initiatives within your organisation.

The program enables immediate application and benefit through a requirement to complete a workplace improvement project. This ‘apply-it now’ approach can generate tangible benefits for your organisation.

Examples of Green Belt projects include improvements in areas such as:

  • Invoice processing and accounts payable workflows in finance

  • Customer onboarding, approvals, and internal service processes in office and business environments.

  • Production flow, waste reduction, and inventory control in food and manufacturing settings.

  • Scheduling, handovers, and process consistency in service-based teams.

 

As well as live instructor-led training, participants receive access to a subject matter expert mentor throughout the program.

Our mentors have significant experience across a variety of sectors and will provide guidance on all aspects of the program – subject matter queries, project scoping and execution.

What You Will Learn:

  • Why Lean quality improvement matters in organisations
  • Identifying and scoping improvement projects
  • Lean and Plan-Do-Study/Check-Act frameworks and how they relate to DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control)
  • Value stream mapping for programs and services
  • Root cause analysis with qualitative and quantitative data
  • Stakeholder engagement and change facilitation
  • Future state design and piloting solutions
  • Lean leadership: sustaining a culture of continuous improvement
  • Measuring outcomes and performance in organisational contexts

Who is it for:

This program is aimed at professionals such as:

  • Quality Managers,
  • Operations Managers,
  • Operations Managers,
  • Project Leads,
  • Supervisors and
  • Frontline staff leading Continuous Improvement initiatives from organisations across any sector.

Assessment and Certification:

Assessment is based on completing a multiple-choice exam online (50%) and submission of a work-based improvement project (50%).

Upon successful completion, participants will receive:

  • Lean Green Belt certificate and a Digital Badge from Leading Edge Associates
  • Diploma of Project Management (BSB50820) through ALA’s RTO 41012.

Cost: $3,250 + GST pp

Program fees include, instructor lead training, resources, Lean Belt Certificate and the Diploma of Project Management on successful completion.

Payment:

Nothing to pay upfront.  

Successful applicants will be invoiced prior to program commencement, once minimum numbers are reached.

Don’t miss out – Numbers are limited, so Register NOW.

PM Industry Certification Pathways

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ALA’s Diploma of Project Management is an Asia Pacific Federation of Project Management (APFPM) “Accredited Training Course”.

As an APFPM Accredited Training Partner (ATP), ALA provides access to internationally aligned certification pathways, including:

  • Accredited Project Officer (APO)

  • Accredited Project Manager (APM+)

This creates a powerful pathway:

Lean / Agile Capability → Nationally Recognised Qualification → Industry Certification

Lean Quality Improvement Yellow Belt Training

Dates:

  • April 1st, 2025

  • April 3rd, 2025

Time: 9am to 12:30 Noon (AEST)

Building on the White Belt training, in the second workshop you will continue to develop an understanding of Lean thinking and further build your repertoire of methodologies. In doing so, you will be able to:

  • Define what process mapping (including swim lane) and value stream mapping are and identify examples of when each is used

  • Identify the key steps involved in creating a process map and value stream map

  • Describe different process metrics and calculate them for a particular process

  • understand the characteristics and components of Kaizen Events (including 5S).

*Prerequisite: Lean White Belt Certification

Key Topics:

  • Introducing Lean

  • The PDCA and DMAIC improvement cycles

  • Initiating a Lean improvement activity

  • Introduction to process and value stream mapping

  • Kaizen and problem solving

  • Introducing 5S/6S workplace organization

  • Tools for implementing and sustaining improvements

Cost: $1,280 + GST pp

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