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Accredited courses # Core/Elec Credits USD ID LEVEL USD TITLE GTTA name Days Dates Price(R) FETC 57712: NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: BUSINESS MANAGEMENT – LEVEL 4 Can only be offered as single unit standards BUSINESS COMMUNICATION SKILLS UNIT STANDARDS 1 Core 5 242816 4 Conduct a structured meeting Leading productive Meetings 2 18-19 Feb 3,200 2 Core 10 242822 4 Employ a systematic approach to achieving objectives Planning, organising and directing 4 23-26 Feb 5,500 TEAM MANAGEMENT UNIT STANDARDS 3 Core 5 242811 4 Prioritise time and work for self and team Time Management 2 16-17 Mar 3,200 4 Core 6 242821 4 Identify responsibilities of a team leader in ensuring that organisational standards are met Team Leadership 2 18-19 Feb 3,200 LEADERSHIP UNIT STANDARDS 5 Core 10 242819 4 Motivate and Build a Team Building a team 2 23-25 Mar 3,200 6 Core 12 242824 4 Apply leadership concepts in a work context Workplace leadership 4 23-26 Feb 5,500 7 Elective 4 242812 3 Induct a member into a team Employee Induction 2 16-17 Mar 3,200 MANAGING ORGANISATIONAL FINANCE UNIT STANDARDS 8 Core 6 242810 4 Manage Expenditure against a budget Budgeting @ work 2 23-25 Mar 3,200 9 Core 5 242829 4 Monitor the level of service to a range of customers Customer service 2 23-25 Mar 3,200 BUSINESS ETHICS UNIT STANDARDS 10 Core 5 242815 4 Apply the organisation's code of conduct in a work environment Ethics and code of conduct @ work 2 23-24 Feb 3,200 11 Core 8 242817 4 Solve problems, make decisions and implement solutions Problem solving and decision making @ work 2 23-24 Mar 3,200 © 2015 Grant Thornton South Africa. 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Accredited courses continued #` Core/Elec Credits USD ID LEVEL USD TITLE GTTA name Days Dates Price(R) MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS UNIT STANDARDS 12 Elective 4 242814 3 Identify and explain the core and support functions of an organisation Core and support functions of an organisation 2 11-12 Apr 3,200 13 Elective 5 242818 3 Describe the relationship of junior management to other roles Management functions 2 11-12 Apr 3,200 14 Elective 5 242813 4 Explain the contribution made by own area of responsibility to the overall organisational strategy Contributing to the Organisational strategy. 2 18-19 Apr 3,200 15 Elective 4 13915 3 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of HIV/AIDS in a workplace, and its effects on a business sub-sector, own organisation and a specific workplace HIV& AIDS knowledge 2 18-19 Apr 3,200 BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS UNIT STANDARDS 16 Fundamentals 5 119472 3 Accommodate audience and context needs in oral/signed communication Communication strategy. 2 18-19 Apr 3,200 17 Fundamentals 5 119457 3 Interpret and use information from texts Reading and reviewing strategies 2 16-17 May 3,200 18 Fundamentals 5 119467 3 Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes Communication in occupational learning 2 16-17 May 3,200 BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS UNIT STANDARDS continued 19 Fundamentals 5 119465 3 Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts Basic writing skills 2 16-17 May 3,200 20 Fundamentals 5 119469 4 Read/view, analyse and respond to a variety of texts Review and analyse text 2 23-24 May 3,200 21 Fundamentals 5 119459 4 Write/present/sign for a wide range of contexts Advanced writing skills 2 23-24 May 3,200 22 Fundamentals 5 119462 4 Engage in sustained oral/signed communication and evaluate spoken/signed texts Effective Communication 2 23-24 May 3,200 23 Fundamentals 5 12153 4 Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment Business writing 2 13-14 Jun 3,200 © 2015 Grant Thornton South Africa. 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Accredited courses continued #` Core/Elec Credits USD ID LEVEL USD TITLE GTTA name Days Dates Price(R) BUSINESS NUMERACY UNIT STANDARDS 24 Fundamentals 4 9016 4 Represent analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3dimensional space in different contexts Business numeracy 2 13-14 Jun 3,200 25 Fundamentals 6 7468 4 Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues Fundamentals of Finance 2 28-29 Jun 3,200 26 Fundamentals 6 9015 4 Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems Basic statistics and probability 2 28-29 Jun 3,200 FETC 50080 : NATIONAL CERTIFICATE : PROJECT MANAGEMENT – LEVEL 4 (can only be offered as single unit standards ) 136 credits PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS UNIT STANDARDS 1 Core 5 120372 4 Explain fundamentals of project management Project management fundamentals 2 18-19 Jul 3,200 2 Core 8 120379 4 Work as a project team member Teamwork 3 18-20 Jul 4,250 3 Fundamental 6 9015 4 Apply knowledge of statistics and probability to critically interrogate and effectively communicate findings on life related problems Basic Statistics and probability 2 25-26 Jul 3,200 4 Fundamental 6 7468 4 Use mathematics to investigate and monitor the financial aspects of personal, business, national and international issues Fundamentals of finance 2 25-26 Jul 3,200 STARTING A NEW PROJECT UNIT STANDARD 5 Core 9 120373 4 Contribute to project initiation, scope definition and scope change control Project initiation and scoping 3 25-27 Jul 4,200 6 Core 6 120375 4 Participate in the estimation and preparation of cost budget for a project or sub project and monitor and control actual cost against budget Project Costing and control 2 16-17 Aug 3,200 © 2015 Grant Thornton South Africa. 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Accredited courses continued #` Core/Elec Credits USD ID LEVEL USD TITLE GTTA name Days Dates Price(R) STARTING A NEW PROJECT UNIT STANDARD continued 7 Fundamental 5 8968 3 Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication Communication strategies 2 16-17 Aug 3,200 8 Fundamental 5 12153 4 Use the writing process to compose texts required in the business environment Business writing 2 16-17 Aug 3,200 PROJECT SUPPORT UNIT STANDARD 9 Core 6 120376 4 Conduct project documentation management to support project processes Project document management 2 23-24 Aug 3,200 10 Core 8 120384 4 Develop a simple schedule to facilitate effective project execution Project scheduling 2 23-24 Aug 3,200 11 Fundamental 5 8969 3 Interpret and use information from texts Reading and reviewing strategies 2 23-24 Aug 3,200 12 Fundamental 5 8973 3 Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes Communication in Occupational learning 2 23-24 Aug 3,200 13 Fundamental 5 119465 3 Write/present/sign texts for a range of communicative contexts Basic writing skills 2 13-14 Sep 3,200 14 Fundamental 5 119462 4 Engage in sustained oral / signed communication and evaluate spoken texts effective communication 2 13-14 Sep 3,200 PROJECT ASSISTANCE UNIT STANDARDS 15 Core 6 120383 3 Provide assistance in implementing and assuring project work meets quality requirements Project assistance 2 13-14 Sep 3,200 16 Core 5 120381 4 Implement project administration processes according to requirements Project administration processes 2 13-14 Sep 3,200 17 Core 4 120387 4 Monitor, evaluate and communicate simple project schedules Monitoring and evaluating project schedules 2 26-27 Sep 3,200 © 2015 Grant Thornton South Africa. 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Accredited courses continued #` Core/Elec Credits USD ID LEVEL USD TITLE GTTA name Days Dates Price(R ) PROJECT SUPPORT UNIT STANDARD 18 Core 4 120382 4 Plan, organise and support project meetings and workshops Planning project meetings and workshops 2 26-27 Sep 3,200 19 Fundamental 4 9016 4 Represent analyse and calculate shape and motion in 2-and 3dimensional space in different contexts Business numeracy 2 26-27 Sep 3,200 4 Contribute to the management of project risk within own field of expertise Project risk management 2 18-19 Oct 3,200 4 Write/present/sign for a wide range of contexts Advanced writing skills 2 18-19 Oct 3,200 MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION UNIT STANDARDS 20 Core 5 21 Fundamental 5 120374 119459 22 Fundamental 5 119469 4 Read/view/ analyse and respond to a variety of texts Reading and analysing texts 2 24-25 Oct 3,200 23 Elective 7 120385 4 Apply a range of project management tools and techniques Project management tools and techniques 3 24-26 Oct 4,250 24 Elective 7 120380 5 Evaluate and improve the project team`s performance Team Performance improvement 3 24-26 Oct 4,250 NB: These prices exclude vat. © 2015 Grant Thornton South Africa. All rights reserved. Non Accredited courses WORKSHOP` Performance Management Jan Feb Mar 18-20 Apr May Jun 11-13 Jul Aug 15-18 9-12 15-18 Financial And Accounting Reporting 8-11 16-19 1-4 25-27 Prepare And Analyse Municipal Financial Reports Supply Chain Management Asset Management 14-16 16-19 22-24 20-22 14-16 3-6 Fees for Non-accredited courses ( per person for a group of at least 15 people): 21-23 13-15 7-9 Tax And VAT 24-26 18-20 22-24 IT Governance © 2015 Grant Thornton South Africa. All rights reserved. 1-4 13-15 7-9 . 3-6 19-21 Best Employment Practices 1 . day = R1,600 2 days = R2,200 3 days = R2,900 4 days = R3,600 Nov 7-10 5-7 25-26 International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRIS) AGSA’s Assessment Of HRM Practices. 6-8 8-11 Oct 10-12 4-6 GRAP Risk, Governance And Fraud Prevention Sep 24-26 1-3 11-13 18-20 12-14 Dec Executive courses Programme Days Dates Price(R Performance Management 3 Jan 19-21 12,500 Finance for non-finance 4 Feb 18-21 12,500 Change Management 3 Mar 15-17 12,800 Sales Management 2 Apr 20-21 9,500 General Business Management 5 May 16-20 11,500 Supply Chain Management 2 Jun 1-2 10,500 Corporate Governance 3 Jul 20-22 14,000 Coaching and mentoring 3 Aug 16-18 12,800 Key account Management 3 Sep 19-21 11,000 Marketing management 4 Oct 11-14 12,500 Professional courses Grant Thornton Learning Institute 2016 intakes: • • First intake: Mid-January 2016 Second Intake: July 2016 All classes will be held on Saturdays. 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