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GREEN BELT CERTIFICATION PROCESS

Our Mission:

“Unleashing the Power of Knowledge . . . We believe that only through continued learning and the application of proven methodologies can today’s companies gain the knowledge required to sustain leading positions in world technology, production and service. Our goal is to provide the tools to accomplish this task.”

An integral part of this mission has been to provide Green Belt training both in-house to our clients and at our facility in Colorado Springs. To ensure that our trained Green Belts are credible problem-solvers, providing return-on-investment to their employers, Air Academy Associates has developed a set of certification criteria for Green Belts.

For the Green Belt, the certification process is one that will recognize those who have completed the Green Belt training program and proven themselves in the application of Six Sigma methodologies. For the employer, certification will distinguish those with the ability to lead the company in attaining world class status by delivering higher value to the customer while simultaneously increasing corporate margins and increasing market share.

Green Belt Certification Process Flow

Certification Checklist

Date
_______	Completed Air Academy Six Sigma Green Belt Training Program.
_______	Passed Air Academy Green Belt Qualifying Exam with a grade of 70% or higher.
_______	Project Complete. Documentation must follow report guidelines. Project should produce savings in excess of $25, 000. If there are no quantifiable savings a second project should be completed.
_______	Second project complete (if required). Documentation must follow report guidelines.
_______	Oral Briefing Complete. Verified by signatures of Finance Executive and Champion (or Executive VP).
_______	Package prepared and sent to AAA: This completed checklist Written project reports Copy of training certificate Corporate certification of savings and oral briefing.

Note: The above package may be submitted electronically with the exception of the corporate certification of savings and oral briefing which must be submitted in hard copy.

Project Grading Criteria

Each project will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Is the project documented with team members (if applicable), green belt candidate, and champion?
Is the problem statement clear?
Is a baseline (pre-improvement) metric given?
Was the DMAIC process (or 14 Questions) used?
Was the Project Report Outline followed?
Are the following tools present:
- IPO diagram
- PF/CE/CNX/SOP
- FMEA
- MSA
- Proof of Improvement (at least one from each group):
  - Capability Analysis (Sigma level, yield, FPY, COPQ, dpm, Cp or Cpk).
  - Graphical Analysis ( Paretos, Histograms, Run Charts, Control Charts, Box Plots, Scatter Diagrams, etc. as appropriate).
  - Statistical Analysis -- Shifts in Average and Standard Deviation (t-tests, F-tests, Rules of Thumb, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests, Regression, DOE, etc. as appropriate).
- Control Plan
Is the savings documented?