What is a Green Belt?
A Green Belt is a certification earned by showing a thorough understanding of Lean principles and applying Lean tools to a problem in one’s area in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a process. This graduate-level certification is awarded from the University of Tennessee by Bill Peterson.
Since 2013, Berea College has sent over 40 individuals to UT to learn Lean best practices from Bill Peterson’s week-long Lean Applied to Business Processes (LABP) course. The course teaches how to apply the principles of continuous improvement to the administrative, service, and transaction processes of an organization.
What is the Process for Earning a Green Belt?
The process for earning a Green Belt is outlined below. Any staff or faculty can attend LABP, no prior continuous improvement knowledge is required! Whether you have a process in mind you would like to improve or have no clue, LABP is for you!
Interested in earning your own Green Belt?
Training is offered twice a year, once in September and once in February, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.
If you are interested, please contact us at cioffice@berea.edu for more information.