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Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
Flow and variation, taught as one discipline — because that’s how the best operations actually run it.
The Lean lens
What Lean adds at the yellow belt level.
At Yellow Belt the Lean lens becomes hands-on. The toolkit modules teach the instruments Lean practitioners reach for first — process maps that expose handoffs, waste identification in daily work, and the discipline of seeing a process as flow rather than as departments.
Combined with DMAIC fluency and clean data collection, that makes you the team member who can both spot the waste and prove it’s there.
Lean topics in this program
- Process mapping that exposes waits and handoffs
- The seven wastes applied to your daily work
- Check sheets and data that make waste visible
- Sustaining improvements after the project ends
One curriculum, one standard: our Yellow Belt program teaches Lean and Six Sigma together — there is no separate, thinner “Lean edition.” This page shows the Lean side of what every student learns.
Curriculum
Inside the Yellow Belt curriculum.
The complete program, module by module — 7 modules, 34 lessons, 18 hours. Your certificate reads "Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt"; the training behind it is this, in full.
01Foundations and Lean Basics2 hr 58 min
- Value, Value Stream, and Flow
- Six Sigma Roles and the Belt Structure
- The Eight Wastes in Depth
- 5S and Visual Management
- Just-in-Time, Kanban, and Pull Systems
- Kaizen and Continuous Improvement
2 hr 58 min
02Define: Framing the Problem2 hr 57 min
- Writing the Project Charter
- Cost of Poor Quality
- SIPOC: Mapping the Process at High Level
- Voice of the Customer to CTQ Tree
- Stakeholders and Project Risk
- Working in Improvement Teams
2 hr 57 min
03Measure: Seeing the Process4 hr 10 min
- Process Mapping and Swim Lanes
- Value Stream Mapping Basics
- Data Types and Operational Definitions
- Building a Data Collection Plan
- Measurement System Analysis and Gage R&R
- Baseline Performance
4 hr 10 min
04Basic Statistics for Improvement2 hr 39 min
- Centre and Spread
- The Normal Distribution
- Graphical Tools: Histogram, Pareto, Run Chart
- Box Plots and Comparing Groups
- Hypothesis Testing: A First Look
2 hr 39 min
05Analyze: Finding the Real Cause2 hr 21 min
- Brainstorming and the Fishbone Diagram
- The 5 Whys
- Pareto Analysis and Prioritising Causes
- Validating a Root Cause with Data
- FMEA: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
2 hr 21 min
06Improve and Control Basics2 hr 51 min
- Generating and Selecting Solutions
- Cost-Benefit Analysis and Payback Period
- Poka-Yoke: Error Proofing
- Piloting a Change
- Standard Work and Holding the Gain
- Control Charts and Statistical Process Control
2 hr 51 min
07Toolkit, Practice, and Certification55 min
- Yellow Belt Toolkit: 14 print-ready templates, worksheets, and reference cards — charter, SIPOC, FMEA, 5 Whys, control plan, formula card, and more
- Practice mode: all 102 lesson questions with instant explanations, unlimited attempts
- Flashcard decks: every key term, spaced-repetition style
- Timed module quizzes as you finish each module
- Yellow Belt certification exam (65 questions, 55 minutes)
55 min
What you’ll earn
Proof that travels: the certificate and the badge.
Pass the Yellow Belt exam and two artifacts are issued together, both carrying your unique credential ID — with the Lean Six Sigma track named on the certificate.
- An engraved certificate, rendered from the live credential register — print-ready on A4
- The compact Ledger badge for email signatures, slides and social posts
- A QR code and credential ID anyone can verify free at /verify, forever
- One-click “Add to profile” for LinkedIn’s Licenses & Certifications
AVERON INSTITUTE
This is to certify that
Jordan A. Rivera
has been admitted to the certification of
LEAN SIX SIGMA YELLOW BELT
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Examiner
Certified
Jordan A. Rivera
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification
Issued
Aug 2026
Credential ID
AVI-YB-2481-7739
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