National Qualification Courses are also known as NATED courses for short. The Department of Higher Education and Training has designed each National Qualification so they include practical and theory-based training.
This method of education ensures that students are ready for the workplace once they have finished their qualifications. This practical learning element means that students are favoured by employers as they will not require training to start working.
What is Business Management?
Business Management involves the growth, management, and maintenance of a successful business.
A few of the responsibilities of a Business Manager include:
- The assessment of the needs and wants in their current community to find growth opportunities for your business.
- Creating goals and objectives for your business, including a SWOT analysis.
- Scouting new potential employees.
- Creating a training programme for all new employees.
- Creating employee evaluation methods to keep track of employee performance and how it benefits your business.
- Ensuring that your business has enough resources to run efficiently.
- Tracking company/business performance.
- Keeping track of each department.
Business Management Careers?
With a Business Management qualification, you can branch into many careers. These include:
- Entrepreneurship
- Business Advisor
- Office Administration
- Bookkeeping
- Hospitality Management
- Marketing Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Sales
- CEO
NATED Business Management Courses
There are 3 NATED courses in the Business Management study stream:
Applying For NATED Business Management
For most National Qualifications, you can apply with a matric equivalent certificate instead of a traditional matric.
The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers offers two courses that double as matric equivalent certificates. Either of these can be used to apply to a NATED Business Management course:
- Further Education and Training Certificate: Bookkeeping – NQF level 4. SAQA ID 58376. Credits: 130
- National Certificate: Small Business Financial Management – NQF level 4. SAQA ID 48736. Credits: 120
Where Can I Study NATED Business Management?
Matric College, and the other colleges listed below, offer National Qualification courses through their partnership with Bellview Institute of Distance Learning.
- Skills Academy
- Bellview Institute of Distance Learning
- Ember Academy
Author: Andrea Frisby
Last Updated: Sanel Van Staden, 22 July 2021