New Venture Creation
18 months
This qualification is intended for persons who wish to start, operate, manage and grow a new small to medium sized business venture. Learners attempting this qualification will be equipped with a variety of technical, business managerial and personal skills and strategies to help them succeed in the creation and sustenance of a business. The successful learner will develop a sound foundation for the application of these skills and knowledge to explore a diverse range of entrepreneurial opportunities.
Level - Intermediate
NQF Level 4
Credits – 149
Enrolment twice annually January & July
Enrollment twice annualy please ensure that you apply to register.
Course Objectives & Outcomes
Logical Application
This qualification encourages learners to think logically and to apply accounting principles in their everyday lives, thereby supporting their personal financial awareness.
Theoretical, Practical & Work Related
This qualification combines theoretical, practical, and work related aspects of learning related to accounting and will allow learners to use Information Communication Technology (ICT) when completing both computer and paper-based tasks.
Analyse, Interpret and Report
The purpose is to enable learners to understand, and make use of financial information so that they can prepare accounting statements and analyse, interpret and report on an organisation’s financial performance.
Communicating Financial Information
It also introduces learners to the dynamic world of business by developing skills in communicating essential financial information, in a variety of presentation formats, to the various stakeholders of an organisation.
Critical Skill Development
Learners will develop skills which include: describing, recording, presenting, interpreting and analysing financial information.
Critical thinking and problem solving
Comparing and contrasting accounting information to draw valid conclusions; and developing critical thinking and problem solving skills in devising solutions to financial problems, including ICT skills as a tool for the preparation and presentation of accounting information; and accuracy in using financial information, which develops numeracy.