Business-Improvement Techniques (B-IT) NVQ Level 2

Employees are the heart of every business and their performance has a direct impact on productivity and profitability. It is no coincidence that the highest performing companies in the UK are those that train their employees in the latest business improvement techniques.

Business Improvement Techniques empowers employees to improve performance in cost, quality and delivery and ensure these improvements are sustained.

Benefits for Employers

• Improve business performance and help win contracts
• Maximise company profits and revenues
• Reduce costs, variation and waste
• Assist with recruitment and retention
• Boost employee morale and motivation
• Demonstrate the quality of the workforce to existing and potential customers
• Help reduce workplace accidents

Who is the programme for?

The programme enables those working in a business to undertake improvements aimed at reducing cost, minimising waste and improving productivity. B-IT is equally applicable across various company sizes and sectors. Any organisation can benefit from this programme.

B-IT at Level 2 is directly applicable to individuals who:

• Require a core knowledge of business improvement techniques
• Wish to gain experience of applying these techniques within a team
• Would like to gain a recognised qualification to demonstrate their competence

Duration

NVQs are awarded based on evidence collected within the workplace. The collection of evidence required for the B-IT Level 2 can be achieved at a pace to suit the employee and predicted end dates can be agreed with the assessor.

Coaching and Assessment

Each candidate is partnered with a certificate expert who coaches the candidate in the application of the programme and assesses the evidence generated against the agreed national standard.

The Programme

The NVQ Level 2 consists of six units; five mandatory plus one optional. Delivery is flexible and can be tailored to individual company requirements in order to fit in with work patterns.

Mandatory Units

• Statutory Regulations
• Effective Team Working
• Workplace Organisation
• Continuous Improvement Techniques
• Visual Management System

Optional Units

• Analysing and Selecting Parts for Improvement
• Lead Time Analysis
• Set-up Reduction Techniques (SMED)
• Problem Solving Techniques
• Statistical Process Control (SPC)
• Flow Process Analysis
• Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
• Mistake/Error Proofing
• Measuring Systems Analysis
• Creating Standard Operations
• Failure Mode and Effects Analysis