Lean 5S Training: Certificate Workshops
5S for a Safer and Happier Workplace
Register for an upcoming workshop:
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Kelowna | Sept 17, 2025 at the KF Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, British Columbia
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Vancouver | Oct 8, 2025 at the Anvil Centre in New Westminster, British Columbia
5S is a cost-effective workplace organization approach that pays large dividends—preventing slips, trips, and falls and supporting employees’ mental health as it helps them work more productively and profitably.
Lean manufacturing reduces waste in production systems for maximum productivity. Businesses that practice lean 5S are clean and organized, making work easier, faster—and safer. Today, 5Sis practiced faithfully by scores of Fortune 500 companies—from Boeing to Caterpillar and beyond.
In this full-day workshop with a Lean Master Black Belt, learn the basics of 5S and how you can use it to drive productivity while eliminating hazards that can cause injuries from slips, trips, and falls. Get the background you need to get started with 5S in this certificate course!
This full-day certificate training is $249 (members) or $299 (non-members).
Goals and Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will:
- Understand the purpose and benefits of 5S.
- Learn how to implement each step of 5S effectively.
- Be able to sustain 5S through leadership, audits, and employee engagement.
- Gain practical tools and templates to apply 5S in their workplac
Each participant will receive a training certificate, 5S Roadmap, pre-made templates, checklists, supply lists, audit forms, and more.
Topics
- Origin of 5S
- Waste
- The “Eight Deadly Wastes”
- Defining Value
- First Impressions Matter
- Improving Productivity
- Reducing Fatigue
- Mental Health
- What are the 5S’s
- Launching Your OWN 5S Program
- Visual Management
Audience
This full-day course is for anyone interested in streamlining business processes to encourage more efficiency in their production work flow. Through the principles of 5S, businesses are able to build efficiency while minimizing safety hazards—particularly slips, trips, and falls.
Other
Instructor: Bruce Ennis, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, BE Quality Inc.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 844-913-6685 (toll-free)
The instructor for this course is Lean 5S Black Belt and process improvement expert Bruce Ennis. A Quality Management Professional with 30 years’ experience in the field of Quality, Process Improvement, and Lean, Bruce is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Senior Member of the American Society of Quality. He has created Lean programs that have dramatically improved the speed, quality, and profitability of numerous businesses from a wide variety of sectors—aeronautics, manufacturing, petroleum, administration… and even professional sports management. Bruce has consulted for multi-million dollar conglomerates down to small family owned businesses and is passionate about supporting manufacturers in process improvement.
Funding
Your training costs may be eligible for partial reimbursement through the B.C. Employer Training Grant. Find out here.
Eligible toward the requirements for Joint Health and Safety Committee training for new members or annual training in British Columbia; may be eligible in other jurisdictions as well.Register for virtual or classroom Lean 5S Training: Certificate Workshops training online through our Learning Centre.
We can accomodate private training sessions for companies looking for Lean 5S Training: Certificate Workshops training for their entire team. Fill out this form below and someone from our team will work with you to schedule a date and format that meets your needs.
