Qualifications &
Professional
Certificates
Bookkeeping to Trial Balance
Professional Certificate
Build a strong foundation in bookkeeping and accounting with this practical course. Learn to record transactions, calculate VAT, reconcile accounts, and prepare financial statements—essential skills for roles like Accounts, Debtors, or Creditors Clerk.
Business and Office Administration 1
Professional Certificate
Prepare for a front-line support role with this practical course in reception and office administration. Learn to manage a professional reception area, assist customers, handle calls and electronic communication, and apply organisational security procedures—key skills for roles like Receptionist or Marketing Administrator.
Business and Office Administration 2
Professional Certificate
This certificate prepares students for receptionist and secretary roles, focusing on front desk operations and professional office support. Learn to manage reception areas, assist customers, handle office equipment, and maintain filing and record systems. Topics include travel planning, customer service, cash control, and workplace self-management.
Business and Office Administration 3
Professional Certificate
Gain essential front-office skills to excel as a receptionist or secretary. Learn to manage reception duties, office supplies, petty cash, customer service, and basic HR functions, while preparing for a professional workplace.
Business Law and Accounting Control
Professional Certificate
Build a strong foundation in business with key insights into economics, South African business law, and personal finance. Learn about inflation, supply and demand, contracts, investment planning, insurance, and debt management. You’ll also explore auditing basics, internal controls, and accounting cycles — essential knowledge for confident business decision-making.
Business Law and Administrative Practice
Professional Certificate
This equips students with the skills needed for receptionist or secretary roles. Learn to manage a professional reception area, handle calls and emails, assist visitors, and follow organisational procedures. Gain practical skills in record keeping, document creation, basic computing, and office communication.
Business Literacy
Professional Certificate
Develop essential workplace skills with this course in business communication and numeracy. Learn to write and speak effectively, work with fractions, percentages, ratios, and interest rates, and interpret workplace data —key skills for confident communication and problem-solving in any business environment.
Business Management 1
Professional Certificate
Gain a solid foundation in management with this course on core concepts, roles, and responsibilities. Explore how management applies across different business types and sizes, from daily tasks to big-picture strategy. Learn about key functions like financial planning, costing, working capital, and navigating business regulations, including SARS.
Business Management 2
Professional Certificate
Gain a solid introduction to management and economics. Learn how managers plan, lead, and control within an organisation, and explore different management levels and functions. Understand key economic principles, including how the economy works, the roles of various sectors, and how economic trends impact business.
Business Management 3
Professional Certificate
Learn the foundation in management, focusing on core roles, levels, and the evolution of management theory. It introduces strategic and international management, including global trade, international business growth, and cultural considerations. Learn to analyse global environments, develop entry strategies, and make strategic decisions across international markets.
Computerised Bookkeeping
Professional Certificate
Gain essential digital skills for the modern workplace with this course in business computing and computerised accounting.
Learn to navigate the full monthly bookkeeping cycle using accounting software, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
A great way to build confidence with key digital tools used across finance and business environments.
Corporate Strategy
Professional Certificate
Gain practical tools in strategic management to improve business performance. Learn how to set goals, choose and implement effective strategies, and drive continuous improvement. You’ll explore key models for analysing challenges — with applications in both corporate and non-profit environments.
Cost and Management Accounting
Professional Certificate
Gain key insights into cost and management accounting with this practical course. Learn to manage inventory and overheads, apply job and process costing, and build confidence with budgeting, standard costing, and contract accounting. You’ll also explore foundational principles of financial management — essential for supporting smarter business decisions.
Economics
Professional Certificate
This certificate provides a foundation in microeconomics and macroeconomics, exploring how key economic issues like interest rates, inflation, and unemployment affect daily life. Students will study the roles of households, businesses, government, and financial institutions in the economy. Key topics include supply and demand, price elasticity, marginal utility, inflation, and how prices are determined. The subject also covers economic systems, the money market, international trade, and labour economics.
Financial Management and Control
Professional Certificate
Get introduced to the role of information systems in modern organisations. Learn how businesses use these systems to improve efficiency, decision-making, and operations. Explore different types of systems, their integration, and key management functions like auditing, inventory and labour cost control, and job and contract costing.
Financial Reporting and Regulatory Framework
Professional Certificate
Gain practical insight into financial statement presentation and reporting standards. Learn how to account for assets, leases, provisions, financial instruments, and post-reporting events. The course also covers revenue recognition, tax accounting, earnings per share, cash flow statements, and consolidated financials—aligned with the Companies Act requirements.
Financial Statements
Professional Certificate
Build your confidence in financial reporting with this course in financial accounting. Learn to record business transactions, manage assets, and prepare financial statements for sole proprietorships and partnerships. You’ll also explore internal reporting, cash flow statements, and get introduced to IFRS for SMMEs — key skills for any finance role.
Human Resources and Labour Relations
Professional Certificate
Gain a broad understanding of human resource management, from recruitment and onboarding to performance and compensation. Learn how HR supports organisational strategy, manages employee development, ensures workplace safety, and navigates employment relations. Explore key HR functions and the role of labour laws in fostering fair and effective workplaces.
ICB Business Management
Qualification
The ICB Business Management qualification will equip you with the knowledge in business and financial management best practices, office and legal practice, human resource management, computer literacy, global business strategy and research methods in commerce.
ICB Financial Accounting
Qualification
The ICB Financial Accounting qualifications will equip you with knowledge and practical skills in bookkeeping, financial accounting, income tax, financial management, reporting standards, corporate strategy, management accounting, research.
ICB Office Administration
Qualification
The ICB Office Administration qualification is perfect for those who want to learn a little bookkeeping and a lot of all-round office knowledge. This course is perfect for those who want to learn a little bookkeeping and a lot of all-round office knowledge.
Income Tax Returns
Professional Certificate
Build a solid foundation in South African income tax with this comprehensive course. Learn to calculate tax for individuals and businesses, explore key concepts like gross income, allowable deductions, fringe benefits, and capital allowances. You’ll also cover employee taxes, SARS returns, and gain insight into special tax types. Ideal for anyone looking to understand and apply tax principles with confidence.
Management
Professional Certificate
Build a solid foundation in business management by exploring key functions like planning, decision-making, organising, leadership, and control. Understand how management theories have evolved, how they relate to today’s business environment, and what it takes to navigate modern managerial challenges.
Management Accounting Control Systems
Professional Certificate
Build strong foundations in cost and management accounting with practical tools for real business decisions. Learn about cost behaviours, budgeting, pricing strategies, performance evaluation, and decision-making techniques like CVP analysis, standard costing, and activity-based costing — all essential for effective financial control.
Marketing Management and Public Relations
Professional Certificate
Gain a solid understanding of marketing with this foundational course in marketing management. Learn to analyse consumer needs, apply marketing models, and explore key concepts like the marketing mix, competitive advantage, and strategy—essential knowledge for roles in marketing, sales, or business development.
Office and Legal Practice
Professional Certificate
Build essential administrative skills to support any office environment. This course covers professional communication, diary and reception management, business correspondence, and document handling. Learn to manage office supplies, travel planning, cash control, and gain an introduction to business law and key workplace regulations.
Payroll and Monthly SARS Returns
Professional Certificate
Build practical bookkeeping and payroll skills in this hands-on course.
Learn how to manage monthly bookkeeping tasks, calculate PAYE, SDL, and UIF, and complete key SARS returns like EMP201, IRP5, IRP501, and VAT201.
You’ll also be introduced to payroll basics, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, and business ethics—core knowledge for any finance role.
Research Theory and Practice
Professional Certificate
Build essential research skills with this guided dissertation module. Learn to define a research problem, set clear objectives, and develop a strong theoretical framework. You’ll analyse findings, draw meaningful conclusions, and make practical recommendations based on your research.
