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Certificate in Operations, Quality and Lean Management (L6, 60 ECTS)

  • Funding: Springboard+

  • Campus: Online

  • Years: 1

  • Status: Register Your Interest


Contact Us

Flexible & Professional Learning – Midlands Office

Email: flexible.midlands@tus.ie

Phone: (+353) 90 648 3050

Programme Overview:

Key Features:
• Level 6 Programme (60 ECTS)
• Online/Blended flexible mode of delivery
• Personal and supportive approach to teaching and learning
• Problem Based Learning (PBL) based approaches will be used to challenge and expand the students knowledge, skills and competence.
• The programme addresses to a significant level all four key areas, which have been deemed by government as being of critical importance at this time: digital skills, transversal skills, management and leadership skills and the workplace of the future

This is a Springboard+ Funded Programme.

This programme will be fully funded for eligible applicants.

Quality and Operations Management includes a range of activities from managing quality and process strategy to human resources and supply chain management.

The main objective of the Certificate in Operations, Quality and Lean Management is to provide learners of all backgrounds with the opportunity to explore and develop their interest in these industries and sectors.

This course will give learners the opportunity to further their skill, or re-skill and make a positive contribution to the economy through gaining an understanding of the dynamics of business and, in particular, from an industry perspective ensuring they are better at making decisions, solving problems and skilled for the workplace of the future.

The course is suitable for people who wish to develop their careers in the Manufacturing (e.g. Food, Biopharamchem, Med-Tech, Engineering) and/or service sectors (e.g. Retail, Hospitality, Call Centres, Financial Services) but with a specific interest in the area of quality operations.

Programme Overview

Semester 1

  • Business Management
  •  Introduction to Statistics
  • Fundamentals of Quality Assurance
  • Operations Management

Semester 2

  • Quality Management
  • Lean Management
  • Professional Development and Career Planning
  • Learning and Development for Higher Education

Mature applicants (i.e., over 23 years)
or
Leaving Certificate Grade O6 at ordinary level in five subjects in the Leaving Certificate. Two of these subjects must be Mathematics and a language (English or Irish)
or
QQI Level 5 – Full award with a minimum of eight modules
or
Recognition of Prior Learning.

Tuesday & Thursday 6.30pm – 9.30 pm (online) Plus selected Saturdays per 9am – 1pm (online).

Start Date – Week Commencing 09 September 2024

For online programmes, lectures will be delivered online, and recordings of lectures will be available to view in the student’s own time.

Induction

Induction for the September 2024 programmes takes place on Saturday 7 September 2024 from 9.00am to 1.00pm. In advance, you will be required to review Pre-Induction reading material, available to you on https://tus.ie/flexible.

During Induction, you will be given the opportunity to:

– Meet your programme lecturers, programme co-ordinator and students

– Overview of the programme handbook, programme’s modules, assessments and delivery timetable

– Introduction to TUS learning systems including MS Office, Zoom, Moodle etc

– Outline of the learning supports available to you during the programme

This is a Springboard+ Funded Programme. This programme will be fully funded for eligible applicants. For full details of eligibility criteria and to apply, go to www.springboardcourses.ie

Fee Policy 

 

 

One Year

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