Business Skills Courses

The intended audience is anyone in a work environment who has areas of responsibility in a department and who needs to schedule and plan tasks.

This course will suit a person needing an accredited time management course and who would like to build up credits towards a full qualification on the NQF.

Learners should be competent in Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 3. Proof of this would need to be provided upon enrolment.

Anyone who is interested in the field of project management but who is overwhelmed by the terminology and needs an introduction to the main concepts.

A matric is beneficial especially if you wish to progress to our accredited Project Management Tools and Techniques Course.

No project management experience is necessary.  

Matric level English reading and writing skills.

This course is for everyone who wants greater insight into how people operate socially and the WHY behind emotionally-charged behaviour. It is particularly useful to people who need to influence others for example leaders, team members, facilitators, HR professionals and sales professionals.

Computer literacy helpful as resources are accessed via the Internet.

This course is for individuals who need to communicate clearly and effectively while conducting business in cultures other than their own.

There are no prerequisites for this course.

You may find the following courses beneficial:

Self Mastery

Emotional Intelligence

Negotiating Skills

Anyone who needs an understanding of the principals of Agile to run teams more effectively, to implement faster feedback and manage change better.

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Project Managers and team leaders who need to use Scrum to manage performance.

Agile Fundamentals: Scrum with Kanban

Everyone in business who needs to communicate through media with others.

MS Word or PC-based document formatting experience. This course requires the use of a computer. Kindly inform your sales representative if you are not able to bring a laptop as a computer can be hired for you at an additional cost.

Business owners, sales consultants, sales representatives, managers, receptionists, call centre personnel

Matric level English

New and old managers wanting to improve their leadership skills.

Management Position, or preparing to join a management team.

Anybody wanting to improve his/her writing skills.

MS Word or document formatting experience is preferable. Please bring your laptop to work on practical exercises.

Business Owners, Managers

Managers, HR Personnel, business leaders and anyone needing systematic tools to deal effectively with conflict.

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Anybody who would like to gain an understanding of the main components, tools, and techniques of project management.

Anyone who needs an NQF aligned short-course on project management or who needs an accredited project management short training course that is practical and relevant and trained by an expert.

Ideal for a manager without a formal project management qualification who needs a grasp of the terminology and methodology of project management in order to effectively lead a team involved in managing projects. 

This is an excellent crash course or refresher course. 

Any team and management experience beneficial.

No direct project management experience necessary, although it is beneficial.

It is beneficial to have attended the Leading Training Project Management Fundamentals Course if you are an absolute beginner.  If you can't attend that course, and are a beginner, please request a course pre-reading pack.

Please note that this course requires computer skills and delegates need to have access to a computer / laptop to complete the course.  Access to a stable internet connection is essential for webinar attendees.   Classroom based delegates can hire a laptop if needed.  MS Word and MS Excel will be used in class and access to a Learner Mangement System will be given - Moodle, to access exercises and resources. 

Admin staff Inventory Managers Stock Managers

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Internal and External sales consultants, sales staff, customer service agents, managers and all employees of RS Components South Africa and Africa.

This Bootcamp covers the Basic and Advanced MRO training in 3 days, so no prior experience is necessary, although business knoweldge and experience in RS Components is essential.

Anybody

Anyone who needs an accredited, NQF aligned and credit bearing short-course on project management that is practical and relevant and trained by an expert.

Ideal for someone new to project management or on a project team who does not have a formal project management qualification, but who needs a grasp of the terminology and methodology of project management in order to effectively participate in a project team. This is a great base course for someone embarking on a career as a project manager or who would like to find out if project management is the path for them.

It is also an excellent refresher course. 

Any work experience is beneficial.  No direct project management experience necessary, although it is beneficial to have been involved in project work.

One must have the knowledge component of the Leading Training Project Management Fundamentals Course in place or have attended the Fundamentals course if you are completely new to project management.  If you are not able to attend this course, please request a pre-reading pack to cover this knowledge component.  

Please note that this course requires computer skills and delegates need to have access to a computer / laptop to complete the course.  Access to a stable internet connection is essential for webinar attendees.   Classroom based delegates can hire a laptop if needed.  MS Word and MS Excel will be used in class and access to a Learner Mangement System will be given - Moodle, to access exercises and resources. 

Business owners, managers

This course would suit someone who is working who supervises a team in a work environment and who would like to earn credits on the NQF by achieving the outcomes of this course through assessment.

It is assumed that people starting to learn towards these unit standards are able to:

• be competent in Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 3.
• function on basic industry and business knowledge
• interpret basic workflow principles
• schedule activities
• apply basic quality control principles

Anybody

Document formatting knowledge or MS Word experience. This is a computer-based course. Please let your sales representative know if you are not able to bring your own laptop with. A computer can be hired for you to use at an additional cost.

Any group or individual who require assertiveness skills in their role or who feels they would benefit from developing their assertiveness skills.

None

Anyone who requires an accredited introduction to change management course.

Anyone working in teams who needs to understand and manage change better. 

This course is effective with all levels in an organisations experiencing change and transition

Communication at NQF level 4

Computer Literacy at NQF level 4

Delegates will need to bring proof of their matric certificate.

The workshop is appropriate for all leaders, supervisors and managers who are involved in coaching officially or simply want to obtain skills to grow and develop their teams

None

This course is intended for new managers, especially those with direct reports, who are responsible for increasing employee motivation and job performance.

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