Scoping Lean Skills

IBSA has completed the project which aims to scope Lean Skills across all the IBSA Training Packages. Lean has been successfully implemented in manufacturing industries for the last 25 years. It is only recently that organisations are using Lean office as a business operating philosophy and key productivity factor, to streamline and eliminate waste from administrative processes, improve quality and achieve bottom line savings. Lean concepts are applied to all levels in an organisation.

The aim was to conduct a scoping project across all IBSA Training Packages to:

• Identify the units available and most appropriate to Lean skills and Lean in the office;
• Determine if current Lean units should be included as core units in all or selected IBSA qualifications;
• Identify the need and support for industry specific Lean skills as core competencies;
• Establish a qualifications framework for each qualification, contingent on the outcomes of the above;
• Identify gaps and establish industries support for the development of additional units to support the required skills and knowledge;
• Determine appropriateness of Lean skills for micro and small businesses;
• Review the need for support materials,
• Investigate how other Industry Skills Councils are involved in Lean skills;
• Investigate the accredited courses available in Lean skills and the institutions conducting the courses;
• Identify the need and support for skill sets for Lean skills, and
• Identify the need and support for embedded Lean skills

To access the final report please click Scoping lean skills

For more information on the project please contact Maria Deak on maria@ibsa.org.au