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Production workstations audit – #142
Context
You want to involve operational staff more closely in day-to-day continuous improvement by carrying out audits of production workstations in order to :
- checking in the field that work methods are known and correctly applied, and that checks are carried out at the workstation (compliance with standards).
- identify risks at the workstation (quality, safety).
- propose actions for improvement.
Objectives
- Be able to carry out effective and relevant workstation audits
- Identifying risks in the workplace and ways to improve
- Familiarise yourself with the workstation audit checklists
- Knowing how to prepare a workstation audit: documents/data to collect beforehand
- Knowing how to behave during the audit
- Ability to communicate audit findings
Recommanded for
- Production Line operators / Team leaders / Production operators / Inspectors
Prerequisites
- Production Line operators / Team leaders / Production operators / Inspectors
Training method
Alternating theory and practice.
Depending on the size of the group being trained, at least two job audits will be carried out in pairs or triples.
This training requires half a day’s preparation with the managers of the sector being audited, and a quality representative, to be carried out the day before the on-site training or beforehand by distance learning. The aim of this preparation is to select the most relevant workstations to be audited, to organise the audits in the field (PPE and other precautions to be taken), and to familiarise yourself with the company’s audit checklists or adapt those proposed to the context of the workstations to be audited.
Trainees alternate between being auditors and observers. After each workstation has been audited, a debriefing is held in the classroom to summarise what has been seen and heard, and to enable trainees to make progress during the audit.
Evaluation mode
- Knowledge test (MCQ).
Course materials
- Participant file containing the presentations given during the course and the exercise materials.
- Workstation audit questionnaire (checklists).
To go further
Consulting services : EURO-SYMBIOSE can assist you in the concrete implementation in your company. Contact us to know more about it.
Preparation before the course (1/2 day): the day before the course on site or some days before remotely
With the manager of the sector being audited and a quality representative:
- Selecting and preparing the organisation of workstation audits to be carried out during training (PPE and other precautions to be taken)
- Adopt the company’s audit checklists or adapt those proposed to the context of the positions to be audited.
Training :
- The objectives of the workstation audit
- The qualities of an auditor
- The different types of communication: verbal and non-verbal (role-play)
- Questionnaire
- Observation in the field
- Formalising findings: gaps and areas for improvement
- Closing the audit: feedback to the manager of the audited sector and/or quality manager
About Instructor
Raoul NICOLET
Speciality: Raoul has spent more than 35 years in the automotive sector, working for renowned automotive suppliers such as VALEO, HUTCHINSON and GRUPO ANTOLIN, in the fields of quality, industrialisation, production, project management and supplier management.