One-point lesson (OPL)
One topic on one sheet: what it is about, right and wrong, key points and the people trained, filled in the browser and printed, or as a blank Word and fillable PDF form.
Example · Illustrative data: a torque check at an imaginary assembly station, not from a real plant or person.
Pictures cannot be added here: the page loads only its own files. Draw or paste them into the printed sheet or the Word file.
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How to use the one-point lesson
A one-point lesson (OPL) explains one point on one sheet in a few minutes at the workplace: what is right, what is wrong and why, and who has been trained on it. It is a common practice, not a standard; the layout here is FactoKit’s own.
Good practice
- Write it with the people who do the job, in their words.
- One point per sheet: two points are two sheets.
- Show right and wrong side by side, with the reason; a photo or sketch helps, added on paper or in Word.
- Train on it at the workplace and list who was trained, with the date.
Files
- On this website the form is saved in this browser (IndexedDB) as you type; Save JSON keeps it as a file that opens again here or in the offline file. The offline file stores nothing.
- Print / PDF prints the filled form on A4; Export Word writes the same form with its fields filled in. The blank forms below work in any PDF viewer and in Word.
- Pictures cannot be added in the browser (the page loads only its own files); add them on paper or in the Word file.
Questions
- What is a one-point lesson?
- A single sheet that teaches one point in a few minutes at the workplace: what is right, what is wrong and why. It is written by the people who know the job, often the operators themselves, and the people trained on it are listed on the sheet.
- What types of one-point lesson are there?
- Usually three: basic knowledge (how something works or must be done), improvement (what was changed and why), and problem case (what went wrong and how to avoid it). The type helps to find the sheet again and to see what the training is about.
- Why can I not add pictures?
- This site loads nothing but its own files, so a photo would have to be read into the page as data, which its security policy does not allow. Print the sheet or export it to Word and add the pictures there; on a one-point lesson a clear photo or sketch of right and wrong is worth adding.
Related tools
- Skills matrix: who still needs the training.
- Kaizen card: the improvement an OPL often explains.
- 5S audit: standards that a one-point lesson makes visible.