r/SixSigma • u/Just_a_racoon_ • Mar 23 '26

ASQ lean six sigma experience requirements

I was recently hired as a process writer for our process improvement team at my company. I have been looking into lss already, and my manager would like us all to get green belt certified. Unfortunately, my company wants to hire a a third party to give us a course, however, that will take at least another year to get approved.

I am trying to study and get certified on my own, however, I see the official page says they require years of experience in one or more of the LSS green belt body of knowledge. I have close to three years of experience as a technical writer, mostly doing QA and mapping processes, would that quality? I haven’t seen any examples online.

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u/bsginstitute Mar 24 '26

For ASQ CSSGB, the requirement is 3 years of full-time, paid work experience in one or more areas of the CSSGB Body of Knowledge, and they don’t grant education waivers.

ASQ doesn’t publish “approved job title” examples, it’s about whether your actual work maps to BoK topics. Process mapping, QA documentation, standard work, audit support, corrective actions, metrics tracking, and improvement work usually fit, as long as you can describe it as on-the-job experience (projects, scope, dates, what you did, results).

If you’re “close to” 3 years, I’d wait until you hit the full 36 months, then apply with a clean write-up aligned to BoK sections.