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BUSINESS STUDIES: WHAT TO STUDY?

The ICB’s 3 business study courses are designed to give you the most relevant, practical and useful knowledge and skills around. This means that whether you’re undertaking a bookkeeping course, accounting course or business management course, you can be certain that you’ll be equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to make you employable and valuable.

When you look at the courses in detail, you’ll see that some subjects appear in all of them.  These are the courses that give you the most essential skills no matter which course you choose. We update our course structure and content on the 1st of April each year to keep everything relevant.  This means you can hit the ground running at work with what you’ve learnt, with knowledge that is completely up to date.

Level Up!

The ICB’s business programmes are divided into different levels. When you complete just a few subjects successfully you’ll be awarded an ICB Programme Certificate and can move up to the next level. It’s really motivating to have such achievable goals!  And you can do it all at your own pace. Before you know it, you will advance to our highest accounting qualification.

Need to press pause?

If life responsibilities or finances mean you need to take a short break from your studies, you can.  Simply pick up where you left off when you’re ready to start again. Just don’t leave it too long as the subject material does get updated every year.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Learn more about the NQF Financial Accounting courses
EVERY BUSINESS NEEDS SOMEONE TO MANAGE THEIR BOOKS

If you want to offer indispensable bookkeeping and accounting skills the Financial Accounting Course is for you!

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Learn more about the NQF Accredited Business Management Courses
LEARN HOW TO MAKE A BUSINESS SUCCEED!

The Business Management Course is just the ticket if you have ambitions of managing a business and its finances.

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

Learn more about the NQF Accredited Courses Office Administration Courses
BE AN INDISPENSABLE ALL-ROUNDER

The Office Administration Course is perfect for those who want to learn bookkeeping and all-round office knowledge.

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
Total = 3 years
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Bookkeeper
12 months
National Certificate:
Bookkeeping
NQF L3 SAQA 58375
Senior Bookkeeper
6 months
FET Certificate:
Bookkeeping
NQF L4 SAQA ID 58376
Accounting Technician
6 months
National Diploma:
Technical Financial Accounting
NQF L5 SAQA ID 36213
Financial Accountant
12 months
National Diploma:
Financial Accounting
NQF L6 SAQA ID 20366
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Total = 3 years
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Business Administrator
9 months
National Certificate:
Small Business Financial Management
NQF L4 SAQA 48736
Senior Business Administrator
15 months
Higher Certificate:
Office Administration
NQF L5 SAQA ID 23619
Business Accountant
12 months
National Diploma:
Financial Accounting
NQF L6 SAQA ID 20366
OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
Total = 3 years
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Office Administrator
18 months
Certificate:
Office Administration
NQF L5 SAQA 23618
Senior Office Administrator
9 months
Higher Certificate:
Office Administration
NQF L5 SAQA ID 23619
Administration Manager
9 months
Diploma:
Office Administration
NQF L6 SAQA ID 35958

THE ICB’S PROGRAMMES SHARE COMMON SUBJECTS

ICB's Business Study programmes share common subjects

The ICB’s Business Studies’s 3 Courses share Common Subjects

The ICB’s 3 Study Programmes contain fundamental business studies skills and knowledge that are relevant and valuable to more than one stream.

The table below shows how some of the subjects overlap across our programmes.  You can see which are the specialist subjects for each stream – shown in the programme colours – and how easy it is to complete just a few extra subjects to attain a second programme qualification.

Note, they are not in any kind of order.  You would need to complete the subjects and levels of our courses.

ICB FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PROGRAMMEICB BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMEICB OFFICE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMME
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TOTAL SUBJECTS PER PROGRAMME
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