This course is aimed at those currently working, or aspiring to work in management or supervisory positions in a manufacturing or service organisation. Graduates from this programme hold front-line management positions with leading multinational and SME employers across Ireland. The course teaches key skills that front-line managers need to learn to grow and adapt to changing work environments in modern organisations. Topics covered include Lean Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems, Project Management, Lean Management Techniques, Occupational Safety & Health, Statistical Control, Production Management, People Management, Managing Accounting and professional development. Students completing the BSc Manufacturing Management degree also meet the requirements of the internationally recognised Six Sigma Green Belt award. Students may receive this award in addition to their degree by sitting an external Green Belt exam. About this ProgrammeThis degree offered via online distance learning aims to deliver a broadly based degree with lecturers from the schools of Engineering and Business and Humanities at ATU Sligo. The Lean Six Sigma element to the programme which is covered exclusively in three of the twelve modules, is an element many participants finds very beneficial in their work environments. This course is aimed at those currently working, or aspiring to work in management or supervisory positions in a manufacturing or service organisation. Graduates from this programme hold front-line management positions with leading multinational and SME employers across Ireland. The course teaches key skills that front-line managers need to learn to grow and adapt to changing work environments in modern organisations. Topics covered include Lean Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems, Project Management, Lean Management Techniques, Occupational Safety & Health, Statistical Control, Production Management, People Management, Managing Accounting and professional development.
| College | Atlantic Technological University (ATU Sligo) |
| Course ID | 192769 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | Ordinary Bachelor Degree |
| Course Start Date | 1st January 1970 |
| Course Duration | 2 years |
| Course Fee | 6900 |
| Entry Requirements | The BSc Manufacturing Management is the final year of a Level 7 degree course offered over 2 years part-time. Applicants will be expected to hold a Level 6 National / Higher Certificate in Business, Science, Engineering or equivalent. Applicants with other qualifications and/or with relevant experience may also be considered through ATU Sligo's Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process. If you wish to undertake an online Level 6 course at ATU Sligo, a suitable course would be as follows: Level 6 Certificate in Quality Assurance (30 credits) Level 6 Cert in Validation Technologies (30 credits) Level 6 Work-Based Project (30 Credits) You can complete any two of the above programmes over 1 year to obtain 60 credits at Level 6. These 60 credits combined with suitable work experience would allow you to apply for entry onto the Level 7 BSc Manufacturing Management degree via our RPL process. If you do not meet the normal eligibility requirements or you have qualifications from outside Ireland, please email admissions.sligo@atu.ie who will provide you with further guidance on the entry requirements. |
| Career Path | A graduate from this programme will have the necessary technical and business skills to manage a group of employees in a modern manufacturing environment. By combining operations and project management with quality, health & safety, finance and leadership skills, the graduate is ideally equipped to take up positions as a team leader or front-line manager in a manufacturing or service environment. Graduates of this course are employed in the following roles:• Production Supervisor• Line Facilitator• Team Leader• Production/Shift Manager• Operations Manager• Manufacturing Manager• Factory Supervisor• Warehouse Shift Lead•Production Line Manager |
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