Jumpstart productivity at your manufacturing workplace
Level 3 NZ Certificate in Manufacturing with optional Productivity Strand
Delivered in partnership with Competenz
With a strong focus on Competitive Systems and Lean Manufacturing concepts, this course has the power to create savings and efficiencies in every part of a manufacturing operation. Equip your staff with the frameworks to drive efficiency and productivity at your workplace.
This course empowers your frontline operators with the frameworks, knowledge and confidence to identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency.
Best for
Manufacturing companies who want to drive a competitive edge by building a team of innovative problem solvers
Duration
48-60 hours
Price
Funding is available, talk to us
NZQA qualification
Yes, leads to the NZ Certificate in Manufacturing with an optional strand in Productivity
Location
Onsite and/or blended
Format
Can be delivered as a client cohort or join our Pop up options
The manufacturing sector in New Zealand generates around 11% of GDP, and accounts for 60% of our total exports (MBIE, Advanced Manufacturing Industry Transformation Plan, 2011). It’s a key contributor to our economy and as an employer regionally and nationally. Learning new skills as Industry 4.0 rapidly transforms this sector is critical, as is lifting productivity. The Level 3 NZ Certificate in Manufacturing (Optional Productivity Strand) supports manufacturing organisations to grow and realise the talent they already have in their business: frontline operators.
This course will build the confidence and tools for your operators to thrive in a productive manufacturing operation – on completion of this course they will be able to:
- map process streams to identify workflow efficiencies
- complete health and safety risk assessments
- use frameworks to identify process improvements
- control a manufacturing process to ensure product quality
- Apply 5s procedures using competitive systems and practices
- Apply root cause analysis tools to understand issues more completely
- Use productivity improvement principles in a manufacturing environment
This course creates productivity champions at your workplace – imagine what your company could achieve armed with a team of problem solvers to drive innovation and waste reduction.
Get in touch with us at Upskills to talk about how we can customise this programme to your workplace, and use our Return on Investment metrics to track success.
Find out more
- Read the Advanced Manufacturing Transformation Plan summary. While the plan is currently on hold, the vision and background are still highly relevant.
