ICB Courses

ICB course equips students with business and financial skills and knowledge. These courses are scarce skills courses. They are career-oriented and can lead to success.

Here is the full list of courses that are offered by the ICB:

What Is ICB Qualification?

An ICB qualification is what you are awarded after completing a programme of study at the ICB.  Here are the three types of qualifications that the ICB awards:

  • Diplomas 
  • Higher Certificates
  • Certificates (National and Further Education and Training)

Diploma

Higher Certificates

Certificates

What Qualifications Do I Need To Study ICB Courses?

Here are the qualification that you need for the three programmes of study the ICB offers:

PROGRAMMEREQUIREMENTS
  
ICB Financial Accounting
  • Grade 10 (NQF 2) or Equivalent
  • You must be 16 years or older
  • Able to read, write and understand English
  • Be able to study through distance learning
ICB Business Management
ICB Office Administration
  • Grade 12 or Equivalent
  • You must be 16 years or older
  • Able to read, write and understand English
Be able to study through distance learning

What Does ICB Courses Teach?

ICB courses mainly focus on business and finance.  The courses are career-oriented in the two fields, Here is what the ICB courses will teach you:

ICB Financial Accounting Programme

Bookkeeping: ICB National Certificate

Here is what you will learn:

  • Monthly bookkeeping
  • Determining business financial position
  • Bank reconciliation
  • PAYE calculations
  • UIF calculations

Bookkeeping: ICB FET Certificate

Here is what you will learn:

  • Monthly bookkeeping 
  • Asset disposal
  • Adjusting year-end finances
  • International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
  • Analysing financial statements
  • Cost and management accounting
  • Costing and budgeting

Technical Financial Accounting: ICB National Diploma

Here is what you will learn:

  • Financial accounting for the year
  • Auditing 
  • Business law

Certified Financial Accounting: ICB National Diploma

Here is what you will learn:

  • Compiling financial statements
  • Working with Chartered Accountants
  • Corporate strategy

ICB Business Management Programme

Small Business Financial Management: ICB National Certificate

Here is what you will learn:

  • Documentation of  financial statements
  • Effective business communication
  • Costing of products and services
  • Pricing of products and services

Office Administration - Business Management: ICB Higher Certificate

Here is what you will learn:

  • Managing your diary
  • Business marketing
  • Business law
  • Relating with stakeholders
  • interpretation of financial statements and reports
  • Human resource
  • Labour relations
  • Business growth principles

Financial Accounting – Business Management: ICB National Diploma

Here is what you will learn:

  • Working with Management Information Systems
  • Internal and external audits
  • The global business environment
  • Interpreting financial statements and reports

ICB Office Administration Programme

Office Administration: ICB National Certificate

Here is what you will learn:

  • Business communication
  • Bookkeeping up to trial balance
  • Basic cost and management accounting
  • Marketing basics
  • Public relations basics
  • Business law
  • Administration practice

Office Administration: ICB Higher Certificate

Here is what you will learn:

  • Office administration techniques
  • Basic economics
  • Human resource practice
  • Labour relations

Office Administration: ICB National Diploma

Here is what you will learn:

  • Advanced office administration techniques
  • Financial accounting
  • Reporting skills

Can I Study Directly Through ICB?

No, you can not study directly with the ICB. The ICB does not offer any tuition, and neither does it provide any learning materials. ICB tuition is offered through their accredited Learning Providers. Matric College is an accredited Learning Provider of the ICB. 

Here are the functions of the ICB:

  • Providing the syllabus
  • Setting the exams 
  • Marking the exams
  • Registering students
  • Setting exam fees and other associated costs
  • Recognition of Prior Learning
  • Setting the exam timetables 
  • Administrative tasks

Where Can I Study An ICB Course?

You can study for an ICB course at Matric College. When you are ready to study an ICB course, you will need to register with Matric College first before you register with the ICB. Remember, Matric College is a distance learning institution. This means that you do not attend any classes. You can study at home, or anywhere you are comfortable.

How Do I Register With Matric College

Can I Study ICB Through Distance Learning?

Yes, you can study ICB through distance learning. Here is why you should study through distance learning:

  • Cost-cutting – When you study through distance learning, you will cut some of the costs that you incur when you study. Here are some of the costs that you will cut:
    • Transport – No classes to attend
    • Textbooks –  Matric College will provide you with textbooks and study notes
    • Snacks –  There will be no breaking time as you will not attend classes

  • Flexibility – There is flexibility when you study through distance learning. Here is how distance learning offers flexibility:
    • Study in your own time – Set up your own suitable timetable
    • Study at your own pace – You move to the next topic only when you are sure that you have understood the previous one
    • Study anywhere that suits you – With distance learning, you can choose to study at home, office or library

  • Safe From COVID-19 – You can be safe from COVID – 19 if you study through distance learning, here is why:
    • No commuting – If you do not commute, you do not mingle with the other commuters
    • No attending classes. – If you do not attend classes, you do not mingle with other students and tutors  

  • You can work at the same time as you study – You will be able to learn and work at the same time

Author: Collin Wilbesi
Editor: Connor Bergsma
Date Published: June 9, 2022