Lean Six Sigma has a hierarchical structure similar to Martial arts. There are white belts, green belts, black belts, and master black belts.
The white belts go through a very high level overview training about Six Sigma (typically 4 hours) so they understand some basic terminology about Lean Six Sigma. All employees in the company are usually trained as white belts. White belts may help Green Belts or Black Belts with some data collection etc.
The next level is the Green Belts who go