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The Course This Certificate IV has been designed to help you achieve the Certificate IV in

Small Business Management BSB40407 and provide the skills and knowledge to

assist you in business success, in a practical manner.

About small business

A huge percentage of businesses in Australia, are small businesses. For

example, more than 96% of businesses in Queensland and Victoria are small

business (www.business.gov.au). In a competitive arena such as this it is

important that you plan and maximise your product and/or services to your best

advantage.

Small business operators need to be not only entrepreneurial, but have a great

foundation of small business management skills. In today’s environment you

need to be innovative, you need to be flexible, technologically savvy, and strive

to improve and change your services to reflect your consumers’ needs.

We recommend you make yourself familiar with the following great resources.

www.business.gov.au

www.smallbusiness.gov.au

www.ausindustry.gov.au

www.beaustralia.org.au

www.ipaustralia.gov.au

This training is an investment in the potential success of your small business.

The curriculum has been designed by people with “hands on” experience of the

joys and challenges of being a small business owner.

The qualification has been designed to be extremely practical, and we will

encourage you to work on your own business, or your employer’s, so that the

learning has a personal or a company reward.

BSB40407

Certificate IV in Small Business

Management

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COURSE STRUCTURE

You need to complete all 10 units of competency to be awarded this qualification.

There are 4 core units and 6 elective units.

Core units are:

BSBSBM401A Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business

BSBSMB402A Plan small business finances

BSBSMB403A Market the small business

BSBSBM404A Undertake small business planning

Electives:

BSBMKG413A Promote products and services

BSBREL401A Establish Networks

BSBSBM405A Monitor and manage small business operations

BSBSBM406A Manage small business finances

BSBCMM401A Make a presentation

BSBWOR404B Develop Work Priorities

UNIT DESCRIPTIONS

BSBSBM401A Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify and

comply with the regulatory, legal, taxation and insurance requirements, and risk management

needs of small business.

BSBSBM402A Plan Small business finance

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop a

financial plan to support business viability.

BSBSBM403A Market the small business

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop and

implement marketing strategies, and to monitor and improve market performance.

BSBSMB404A Undertake small business planning

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to research and

develop an integrated business plan for achieving business goals and objectives. Specific

legal requirements apply to the management of a small business.

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BSBMKG413A Promote products and services

This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to coordinate and review the promotion of

an organisation's products and services.

BSBREL401A Establish Networks

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to develop and

maintain effective work relationships and networks. It covers the relationship building and

negotiation skills required by workers within an organisation as well as freelance or

contract workers.

BSBSBM405A Monitor and manage business operations

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to operate a

small business and to implement a business plan. The strategies involve monitoring,

managing and reviewing operational procedures. Specific legal requirements apply to the

management of a small business.

BSBSBM406A Manage small business finances

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement,

monitor and review strategies for the ongoing management of a small business's finances. It

also includes day to day financial management of the small business. Specific legal

requirements apply to the management of a small business.

BSBCMM401A Make presentations

This unit covers the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to prepare, deliver

and review a presentation to a target audience.

BSBWOR404B Develop Work Priorities

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to plan one's

own work schedules, to monitor and to obtain feedback on work performance and

development. It also addresses the requirement to take responsibility for one's own career

planning and professional development. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification

requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.

BPP01 The Business Plan Portfolio (final assessment)

This final assessment has been designed to provide an action learning opportunity for you as a

small business person. The assessments that you have already completed in the rest of your

Certificate IV will now come together in a step-by-step manner that allows for the

accumulation of that work to be the fundamental elements of this last assessment. It

concentrates on the practical elements of planning for a business and demonstrates that all

sections of the Business Plan are interrelated. The benefits of designing a Business Plan will

not become apparent until it is implemented in your workplace. Then the constant monitoring

and redesign will give you a sound basis to follow and grow your business.

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COURSE DELIVERY

Small Business units will be offered in the first instance as distance education.

QUALIFICATION

After you have completed this Cert IV in Small Business Management you may

choose to complete more units of competency, and then you can be awarded with

two separate Certificate IVs – the Certificate IV in Business (Small Business

Management) and the Certificate IV in Celebrancy. (CHC42608)

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS OF INTEREST

The Certificate IV in Small Business Management has many common units with

other Business qualifications. After completing this qualification you may like to

extend your learning by applying for credits and further learning in the following:

Qualifications: (Certificate IV or Diploma)

Business

Business Administration

Business (Sales)

Business (Advertising)

Business (Marketing)

Business (Human Resources)

Business (Governance)

Business (Purchasing)

Business (Franchising)

Business (Unionism)

Business (Employment Services)

Business (Occupational Health and Safety)

Business (International Trade)

The units of competency in the Certificate IV Business (Small Business

Management) are also requirements for qualifications from other industry areas.

For more information see www.ntis.gov.au

OUR STAFF

Our training and assessing staff are all qualified trainers. Our Small Business

Management trainers are all experienced in owning and operating small businesses.

As we wish to offer you the best specialist in the subject area for a holistic

approach during your training, you may have more than one trainer/assessor

working with you, depending on the unit of competency.

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ASSESSMENT

The assessment process is designed to allow each participant to demonstrate the outcomes

required by each unit. You should expect a range of assessment methods, such as written

activities, preparing documents, gathering workplace samples, and the overall project of

designing a Business Plan portfolio. Once your assessments are received they take 5-7

working days to be assessed and you will be given feedback via email. You are welcome to

ring about your course at any time to discuss with your tutor.

THE AWARD

Australian Celebrations Training Pty Ltd is a nationally recognised Registered Training

Organisation to deliver Certificate IV in Small Business Management and issue a Certificate

to successful participants. Where a participant does not complete all of the qualification

requirements, a Statement of Attainment will only be issued for units of competency

achieved.

ENROL

Our enrolment forms and student information are available by contacting our trained

administration team on (07) 3207 9515 or by downloading from our webpage

www.australiancelebrations.com.au.

SUPPORTING YOUR LEARNING

If you have a special need, we are happy to assist you to be successful in your learning.

Please advise us/enquire when enrolling.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING (RPL)

RPL is offered to all students and is available on application. Recognition will be provided to

participants who have the knowledge and skills required within the competencies, regardless

of how they were achieved (e.g. through formal or informal training, life experience, work

experience). Recognition will be provided for qualifications or units of competency achieved

through other Registered Training Organizations.

You should request our RPL guide if this is the manner in which you will be studying.