Business Improvement Techniques (BIT)

If you’ve got formal business training and qualifications, you’re an asset to any modern business. An NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques is your chance to learn new skills and gain valuable qualifications at the same time.

National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are qualifications that demonstrate your ability to do your job. The training is mainly on the job and NVQ assessment is directly related to your performance at work.

The NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques is a nationally-recognised programme, designed by employers to meet the needs of today’s businesses. You can tailor-make your own NVQ, allowing you to focus on and develop the Continuous Improvement techniques that are most relevant to your particular role.

The ‘Planner’ contained within the course will help you choose what to learn, depending on the skills you need to do your job more effectively. You can cover everything from maintaining a safe working environment to the procedures to follow in an emergency, from the theory and practice of the 5S and the Kaizen approaches to continuous improvement to the skills behind successful Visual Management in the workplace.

The Benefits of an NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques:

• An NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques lets you show your current employer – and any future employer – that you have reached a recognised, national standard in Continuous Improvement techniques
• The qualification helps you to improve your Continuous Improvement skills so that you become more effective and efficient at work
• The NVQ learning programme lets you fill any skills gaps you have quickly and easily while you work
• The qualification is flexible. You choose which skills you need to develop to help you in your own particular job and then follow a tailor-made programme that meets your individual needs

Steps to NVQ in Business Improvement Techniques Qualification:

Step 1: Use the ‘Planner’ section of the course to select a combination of mandatory and optional units that ensures your learning is relevant to your own job

Step 2: Work with your Assessor to agree a learning plan. You’ll identify what you can do already, analyse what learning and skills gaps you have and choose the work-based activities and course units that will help you learn what you need.

Step 3: Complete your learning and gain any different work-based experience that you need for the qualification. Your Assessor will track your performance against NVQ standards while you learn.

Step 4: Once you’re confident you have the Continuous Improvement knowledge, skills and experience you need, you’re ready to be formally assessed for your NVQ

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