What is Trailblazers apprenticeships?
A Trailblazer is made up of a group of employers who work together to design new apprenticeship standards for occupations within their sectors. Employers are now at the forefront of the development of Apprenticeships and learning; creating people with workplace skills that are relevant to business and industry.
Improvement Standards:
Each of the improvement standards require the apprentice to carry out a problem solving methodology, for example: DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analysis, Improve & Control) improvement project, this enables the apprentice to break-away from their normal duties to engage key stakeholders to improve objectives set by the company or directly by their line manager. These project(s) may directly or in-directly support the role of the individual apprentice. The Improvement Standards include:
- Level 2 – Lean Manufacturing Operative (Lean White Belt)
- Level 3 – Improvement Technician (Lean & Six Sigma Yellow Belt)
- Level 4 – Improvement Practitioner (Lean & Six Sigma Green Belt)
- Level 5 – Improvement Specialist (Lean & Six Sigma Black Belt)
- Level 6 – Improvement Leader (Lean & Six Sigma Master Black Belt)