WSQ APPLY BASIC LEAN TECHNIQUES IN THE WORKPLACE

WSQ APPLY BASIC LEAN TECHNIQUES IN THE WORKPLACE

Funded

Course Duration

32.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

  • Written Questions
  • Practical Performance Assessment

Who Should Attend

Organizations in the manufacturing, healthcare and service-based industries, as well as in higher education, will reap significant benefits from employees attending this programme. This course would be relevant to General Managers, Department Managers, Engineers, Officers/Executives, Supervisors, Technicians.

Course Overview

On successful completion of this unit, learner will have the knowledge and skills in identifying potential failures in product and process designs and apply the various LEAN Techniques in their workplace so as to sustain value to the customer and productivity to the business.

This course is aimed at managers, engineers, supervisors and technicians who have responsibility for quality or continuous improvement within their organisations and also those who wish to develop knowledge and skills in the area of Lean systems.

Next available schedule

Course Objectives

Participants will be able to learn how to apply ‘lean’ techniques to identify and assess actual and potential failures in product and process designs.

  • This course is suitable for Lead Maintenance Engineer / Superintendent/ Senior Planning Executive/ Senior Maintenance Executives/ Senior Workshop Maintenance Executives/ Senior Warehouse Executives/ Senior Quality Engineer/ Senior Manufacturing Executives and others who want to apply ‘lean’ techniques in their workplace.

Pre-requisites

The admission requirements are:
WPLN5 – English – Level 5 for reading, listening, speaking and writing) or GCE“O” Level – English Grade.

Course Outline

  • Cycle time measurement, Categories of Cycle Time, Calculation of Cycle Time, Takt Time, Production Lead Time (PLT),
  • Cycle Time Measurement, Why Should We Measure Cycle Time?
  • Ways To Improve Cycle Time?,
  • Importance of Time, Customers and Cycle Time, Productivity and Cycle Time, Capacity,
  • Capacity Calculation and TAKT Time example
  • Layout Design,
  • Objectives of Good Plant Layout,
  • Principles Of Plant Layout,
  • Elements Of Layout
  • Levels Of Facility Planning,
  • Types Of Layout, Batch and Continuous Flow,
  • Batch vs Continuous Flow,
  • Factors Affecting a Layout Type and Flexible and U-shaped Line layout

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

  • Statement of Attainment (SOA) from SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
  • Certificate of completion from NTUC LearningHub

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

 

 

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction: English

Trainer to trainee ratio: 1:20

Mode of Delivery: Physical class

 

Price

Course Fee and Government Subsidies

  

Individual Sponsored 

Company Sponsored 

 

Non-SME 

SME 

Before GST 

After GST 

Before GST 

After  GST 

Before GST 

After GST 

Full Course Fee
(For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)

$680.00

$741.20

$680.00

$741.20

$680.00

$741.20

For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below
and
For all Singapore Permanent Residents
(The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)

$340.00

$401.20

$340.00

$401.20

$204.00

$265.20

For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above

$204.00

$265.20

$204.00

$265.20

$204.00

$265.20


Funding Eligibility Criteria

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses

  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses

  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria

Remarks

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

SkillsFuture Credit: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP: 

  • This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
  • NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP.

PSEA: 

  • To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility for this course, visit:
    (a) 
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2023022280) for Face-to-Face class
  • Scroll down to “Keyword Tags” to verify for PSEA eligibility. 
  • If there is “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.  
  • And if there is no “PSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA. 
  • Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: 

  • $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
  • AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.

Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim.

 

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Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

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