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.
Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and Business is a course for those who are:
Ideal audience will include international students. Students will usually be new entrants; however, credit and/or RPL can be provided for those with existing skills and knowledge allowing such students to complete the course in a shorter timeframe. On successful completion students will be issued with nationally recognised qualifications and/or statements of attainment.
There are no industry / enterprise or licensing requirements for this qualification.
40 scheduled tuition weeks and up to 10 weeks of holidays (50 weeks total)
Students will participate in a total of 1000 hours of training, learning and assessment activities.
This includes 20 hours of class each week.
In addition, students will be required to complete 5 hours of homework/online/self-study each week which may involve reading their textbooks, class materials, discussing their work with their trainer/assessor and/or other students and completing assessment tasks that are not done in class such as projects.
The Training Package states that there are no prerequisites or mandatory entry requirements for this qualification, allowing flexible entry points.
This course is available to students who are able to provide evidence that they:
Test Type | Score or Level |
---|---|
International English Language Testing System | 5.5 |
TOEFL internet-based test | 46 |
Cambridge English: Advanced (Certificate in Advanced English) | 162 |
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) | 42 |
Occupational English Test | B for each test component |
OR
The BSB40320 Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business requires the completion of the following 10 (including 4 core and 6 electives).
Code | Title | Core/Elective |
---|---|---|
BSBESB401 | Research and develop business plans | Core |
BSBESB402 | Establish legal and risk management requirements of new business ventures | Core |
BSBESB403 | Plan finances for new business ventures | Core |
BSBESB404 | Market new business ventures | Core |
BSBESB301 | Investigate business opportunities | Elective |
BSBESB302 | Develop and present business proposals | Elective |
BSBSUS411 | Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices | Elective |
BSBMKG434 | Promote products and services | Elective |
BSBTWK401 | Build and maintain business relationships | Elective |
SIRXMKT006 | Develop a social media strategy | Elective |
Current
Current, Release 1, Release date 19/10/2020 as at 22/6/2021
Class based with homework
Please refer to the BSB40320 Delivery and Assessment Schedule for assessment methods for each Unit of Competency.
Definitions of each of these methods has been drawn from the ASQA Guide for developing assessment Tools (page 5), https://www.asqa.gov.au/sites/g/files/net2166/f/Guide_to_developing_assessment_tools.pdf
Where evidence is gathered over a number of assessments, successful completion of the unit of competency will only be judged after successfully completing each individual assessment.
Each unit is assessed individually as a clustered approach has not been taken.
If training is required to achieve a full qualification (and the candidate wishes to gain the full qualification), you are to document a plan for meeting the training needs and make appropriate arrangements.
Students with a significant amount of prior skills and/or knowledge or previous relevant qualifications are encouraged to apply for recognition of prior learning and/or credit transfer which may reduce the amount of training required