QM 06 6S (5S Good Housekeeping Practice Plus Safety)

COURSE TITLE: 6S (5S Good Housekeeping Practice Plus Safety)

CODE: QM 06 (1 Day)

LANGUAGE: English/ Bahasa Malaysia

1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The five in a 5S workplace organizational and housekeeping methodology refers to five steps – sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain. Safety should be the honorary sixth “S.”

6S is method of creating, maintaining and improving a clean and orderly workplace that exposes waste, errors and hazards. It helps identify unplanned levels of inventory, inadequate work processes, wasted time and equipment inefficiencies. 6S is a great place to start on your continuous improvement initiative, because it promotes an action oriented approach to change and allows everyone in the organisation to get involved and provide input with improving their workplace.

5S is much more than just “housekeeping”. Key components of the 6S philosophy are safety and good housekeeping practices. Safety is an integral part of the sort, set in order and shine segment of any 6S project. With the element of safety, this training also emphasizes on eliminating source of hazards in workplace. Standardize and sustain refers to methods used to ensure that safety and good housekeeping is maintained. Learn to reduce waste through a systematic application of 6S principles. This one day workshop teaches the basic 6S techniques and illustrates that its implementation immediately reduces waste, increase productivity and also a great contributor to making the workplace a safer and better place.

2. TARGET GROUP

This training is suitable for employees of all levels who require a basic knowledge of 5S housekeeping and safety procedures in the workplace.

3. CONTENTS OUTLINE

Introduction to 6S
Seiri – Sort (Get rid of it)
Seiso – Shine (Clean and Solve)
Seiton – Set in order (Organize)
Seiketsu – Standardize (Make consistent)
Shitsuke – Sustain (Keep it up)
Safety – (Safe workplace)
Safe Workplace
Eliminating hazards in workplace to prevent injuries and fatalities
Consequences of poor safety
Workplace Hazards
Controlling Hazards
Safe Working Environment
Responsibilities of the employer and employee

4. LEARNING OUTCOMES

On successful completion of the training, participants shall be able to:

Explain the origins of 6S methodology
Recognise common workplace hazards
Describe methods of controlling workplace hazards
Improve workplace housekeeping to prevent accident and injury
Identifies appropriate control measures for workplace hazards and the requirements for a safe working environment
Maintain safety practices in the workplace