National Certificate in Business - Small Business Management

Level 4 Credits 60

This qualification recognises the base of competence, knowledge, and skills required to assess small business opportunities and establish small business ventures.

This national certificate is designed to provide a pathway to the National Diploma in Business - Small Business Management.

COMPULSORY: 30 Credits

Unit Standard	Description	Level	Credit
1989	Research small business opportunities	4	5
1990	Assess small business ownership options and business structures	4	5
1991	Produce establishment plans for small business ventures	5	5
1992	Control and evaluate small business operations	4	5
6404	Develop marketing options for small business operations	4	5
6408	Identify cost factors and assess cost, volume, profit relationships for small business operations	4	5

 

 

ELECTIVE: A minimum of 30 credits of which a minimum of 10 credits at Level 4 or above from the following sets;

Group A: A minimum of 5 credits

Unit Standard	Description	Level	Credit
6403	Produce self-assessments of suitability for managing small business enterprise opportunities	3	4
6405	Determine advertising options for small business enterprises	4	5
6406	Establish and maintain quality customer relations for a small business enterprise	4	5
6407	Establish human resource needs of the small business operation	5	5
6409	Establish costs, prices, and conditions for providing products and/or services for a small business	5	5

Group B: A minimum of 15 credits;

Unit Standard	Description	Level	Credit
6406	Establish and maintain quality customer relations for a small business enterprise	4	5
6407	Establish human resource needs of the small business operation	5	5
17593	Apply safe work practices in the workplace	2	4
17602	Apply hazard identification and risk assessment procedures in the workplace	3	4
19025	Demonstrate and apply knowledge of quality assurance in a business operation	4	7
20198	Identify the roles and responsibilities of the health and safety representative in the workplace	4	8

Or from the following Domains;
Accounting/Any Domain
Business Administration/Any Domain
Business Environment/Business Culture and Environment
Business Operations and Development/People Development and Coordination or Systems and Resources Management
Financial Management/Any Domain
Marketing/Any Domain
Computing/Generic Computing
Communication Skills/Any Domain

Group C:The balance of credits, if required, to achieve a minimum of 30 credits, of which a minimum of 10 credits at Level 4 or above, may come from anywhere on the DAS.