Black Belt Certificate Program

Who Should Participate

It is highly recommended that participants complete the green belt program before the black belt, or at least be very comfortable with statistics and have direct experience with six sigma tools. It is helpful if students have been exposed to one or more college statistics courses. The Ground School section of this program is designed to refresh everyone's knowledge of statistics. Both service and manufacturing-type companies can benefit from six sigma training.

Program Overview

Black Belt Six Sigma team leaders are responsible for implementing process improvement projects (DMAIC or DFSS) within the business to increase customer satisfaction levels and business productivity. Black Belts are knowledgeable and skilled in the use of Six Sigma methodology and tools, and have typically completed four weeks of Six Sigma training, and have demonstrated mastery of the subject matter through the completion of project(s) and an exam. PDS's certificate program is rigorous, uses Minitab as a teaching aid, and leads to a certificate as a six sigma black belt.