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Gain an understanding of how to effectively and ethically manage training and development within any business or industry.
10 weeks, excluding orientation.
7–10 hours of self-paced learning per week, entirely online.
If you want to start a business of your own, and can’t imagine a working life where you’re working under someone else, then the Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business is the perfect starting point in helping you make your business dream into reality.
Being ambitious goes a long way, and this course will help you market new business ventures, as well as build and maintain key business relationships with stakeholders.
Plus, you’ll get the opportunity to explore the business operations side and learn how to increase the profit and value of your business, helping you prepare for unique and complex scenarios as an entrepreneur.
Founded in 2008 as a learning and development consultancy we have a strong history of delivery training and development all around the world, having designed and delivered premium learning for all industries around the globe.
Since 2015, the International Skills Group and International Skills Group has partnered with learning experts to take its education online and industry validated. These partnerships are driven by SRI’s goal to broaden access to the research and information developed through our strong industry engagement, and make it available to anyone who believes in lifelong learning.
SRI’s training scope extends to all areas education, providing our institution, partners and its future students with opportunities for further growth within Business, Community Services, Health and Post Graduate Qualifications.
As a student, you will also gain unlimited access to SRI’s CPD Training Library at no extra cost. This platform will provide you with valuable career resources and events to support your professional journey. You can look forward to benefits including leading content, career templates, webinars, workshops, and exclusive recruitment opportunities to connect you with potential employers.*
This qualification reflects the role of individuals establishing or operating a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation.
These individuals use well developed skills and a broad knowledge base to solve a range of unpredictable problems, and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They may provide leadership and guidance to others and have responsibility for the output of others.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Graduates of this course are most often employed as:
Professionals
Technicians and Trades Workers
Community and Personal Service Workers
You’ll be welcomed to the course and begin connecting with fellow students, while exploring the navigation and tools of your Online Campus. Be alerted to key milestones in the learning path, and review how your results will be calculated and distributed.
You’ll be required to complete your student profile, confirm your certificate delivery address, and submit a digital copy of your passport/identity document.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to research and develop business plans for achieving business goals and objectives.
The unit applies to those establishing or operating a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and comply with legal and risk management requirements of the business or new business venture, including negotiating, creating and planning for legal contracts used within the business, where required.
The unit applies to those establishing a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify financial requirements of a business, including profit targets, cash flow projections and strategies to garner financial support.
The unit applies to those establishing a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and implement a marketing strategy that is integrated into the business plan in order to improve the performance of a business venture. It involves analysing and interpreting market data.
The unit applies to those establishing a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify a business opportunity and its key components. This requires undertaking research to determine the viability of the opportunity, with reference to the legislative frameworks affecting the business.
The unit applies to those establishing or operating a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation. The business opportunities may relate to products and/or services offered by the business.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to research the viability of ideas for business opportunities and develop and present proposals for viable options in formats suiting a range of stakeholders.
The unit applies to those establishing or operating a business providing self-employment, as well as those establishing a new venture as part of a larger organisation. The proposals may relate to products and/or services offered by the business.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to collect, organise, analyse and present information using available systems and sources. This includes identifying research requirements and sources of information, evaluating the quality and reliability of the information, and preparing and producing reports.
The unit applies to those who are required to analyse and apply their knowledge of the organisation to research tasks, evaluate information from a variety of sources and apply solutions to a range of predictable and unpredictable problems.
No licensing, legislation or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively as a workplace leader, including understanding the context, choosing methods of communication to suit the audience, and following up.
The unit applies to managers, supervisors and team leaders required to communicate with other persons within the workplace. Communication skills cover a range of methods and contexts within principally structured environments.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to take responsibility for conscious decision -making processes to contribute to own personal development in the workplace.
The unit applies to individuals who require enhanced personal and social awareness skills within the workplace and personal situations.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit defines the skills, knowledge and outcomes to integrate digital technologies into common management practice.
The unit applies to supervisors, teams, and new and emerging leaders who need to apply digital vision and solutions within structured work environments.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Earn a certificate/qualification from SRI as recognition of your newly developed skills or previous skills which have now been recognised.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online, or through the submission of your employment portfolio. In order to be issued with a certificate/qualification of completion you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook.
Your certificate will be issued in your legal name and sent to you upon successful completion of the course, as per the stipulated requirements. Each qualification is issued with a QR code for instant certificate verification.
This course has been developed with input and validation from the following organisations/associations/people:
Every course is broken down into manageable, weekly modules, designed to accelerate your learning process through diverse learning activities:
International Skillls Group provides a personalised approach to online education that ensures you’re supported throughout your learning journey.
In order to complete this course, you’ll need an email account and access to a computer and the internet, as well as a PDF Reader. You may need to view Microsoft PowerPoint presentations, and read and create documents in Microsoft Word or Excel.
We recommend that you use Google Chrome as your internet browser when accessing the Online Campus. Although this is not a requirement, we have found that this browser performs best for ease of access to course material. This browser can be downloaded here.
Certain courses may require additional software and resources. These additional software and resource requirements will be communicated to you upon registration and/or at the beginning of the course. Please note that Google, Vimeo, and YouTube may be used in our course delivery, and if these services are blocked in your jurisdiction, you may have difficulty in accessing course content. Please check with an Enrolment Advisor before registering for this course if you have any concerns about this affecting your experience with the Online Campus.