ABOUT THE ACADEMY
Own It Start Up Academy (Pty) Ltd operates as a Private Company ((Pty) Ltd) registered in March 2017. The registration number is 2017/152889/07. The Director is Letlhogonolo Kganya Letsholonyane.
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We aim to provide high quality training that is cost effective and excellent quality service.
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Formed primarily to provide Skills Development and Training interventions, our business plan is designed to provide management with a systematic and strategic approach to achieve these primary objectives.
We specialize in addressing the skills gap hereby maximizing growth of all its employees.
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The company intends to provide structured and profiled training interventions to contracted clients by providing credit and non-credit bearing Skills Programmes and possible Learnerships in the future.
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These interventions are based on improved skills and work performance relevant to business needs. It is strategically necessary for companies to invest in the education, training and skills development of its employees.
Training and skills development are core to the upliftment and growth of the individual as well as the organization as a whole.
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Developing a learning culture empowers companies to achieve dramatically improved results. Training is key element in the business strategy of an organization dedicated to continuous learning.
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
We are committed to becoming the leading Skills Development Provider of Business Learning Interventions by:
• Demonstrating Experience and expertise.
• Expressing commitment to quality and customer satisfaction at all times.
• Creating an increasing customer base.
• Endeavoring to achieve growth and profit in line with industry and company standards.
• Priding ourselves on delivering excellence training interventions.
Our objectives include:
To provide affordable and relevant Information to start a business. To provide a conducive & entrepreneurial learning environment. To ensure customer satisfaction. To ensure continuous innovation of ideas. To ensure practical & interactive training. To build and strengthen the South African Economy.
Constantly working hard to meet regulatory accreditation standards.
Business Philosophy: Skills Development is the changing face of Education and Training.
As a new democracy, SA is looking for better ways of educating their people, in the hope of creating a competitive economic global environment.
It is strategically necessary for companies to invest in the education, training and skills development of its employees.
All education, training and development interventions should be aligned to business needs and strategies, comply with relevant legislation and meet the highest possible quality standards.
By contributing to the development of a pool of skilled South African workers, companies are supporting the National Skills Development Strategy and the principles of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
Company Strengths and core competencies: We pride ourselves on delivering credit and non-credit bearing learning programmes:
• Credit bearing learning programmes are SAQA aligned and therefore contribute to the career development of each learner.
• We are committed to delivering high quality products at low costs and constantly improving training programmes.
• We are compliant with Skills Development legislation.
• We pride ourselves on building a long-lasting relationship with our clients
FASHION : INTO THE FUTURE
We are proud to announce that our school will be focused fully on entrepreneurship from June 2020 and we will not be exclusive to fashion entrepreneurship.
We will be having the last Fashion entrepreneurship course from January 2020- April 2020 next year. This course will be focused more on looking into the future, starting your business and project management & more.
The course will tackle a chapter in every session and it will be up to the attendees to implement all their leanings and conduct the relevant research to continue with their business ambitions much like our NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: NEW VENTURE CREATION (SMME) course.
There are limited vacancies available and no late applications will be accepted. We urge you register and attend our last bit of fashion content from an entrepreneurial perspective.
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COURSE DETAILS:
CHAPTER 1: Looking into the future as a fashion entrepreneur & Trend Forecasting
CHAPTER 2: Opportunities in the Fashion and Creative Industry
CHAPTER 3: Fashion Entrepreneur Traits
CHAPTER 4: Networking
CHAPTER 5: Competitor Advantage
CHAPTER 6: Business Plans
CHAPTER 7: Starting your own Business
CHAPTER 8: Market Research & Consumer Behaviour
CHAPTER 9: Design & Product Cycle
CHAPTER 10: Sources of Finance
CHAPTER 11: Small Business Acccounting & Merchant Maths
CHAPTER 12: Project Management Skills
CHAPTER 13 : Online & Social Media
FEES:
REGISTRATION: R600
MONTHLY FEE : R999
COURSE DURATION: 4 MONTHS
EMAIL : ADMIN@OWNITSTARTUPACADEMY.COM
CONTACT US FOR REGISTRATION FORMS
WE ARE LIMITED TO 30 VACANCIES
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NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: NEW VENTURE
CREATION (SMME)
The purpose of the NQF level 2 New Venture Creation qualification is to provide a qualification that can form the basis for structured programmes for potential and existing entrepreneurs to capitalise on opportunities to start and grow sustainable businesses that form part of the mainstream economy, enabling the learners to tender for business opportunities within both the public and private sectors. This qualification is designed for learners who intend to set up or have already set up own ventures. Assessment of the competencies and knowledge in the qualification needs to be done in the context of the learner's own new venture.
Research has indicated that people working with their own new ventures at this level need the following competencies:
Acquisition of an entrepreneurial profile which includes an innovation orientation
An understanding of the industry/sector in which they wish to establish a new venture
An ability to match new venture opportunities to market needs within a chosen industry/sector
An ability to determine and manage the financial requirements of a new venture
An ability to match new venture opportunities to market needs
An ability to compile and utilise a business plan to manage a new venture and also where relevant, to seek funding for a new venture
Rationale
The future of South Africa's economy does not just lie in the formal sector, but within the informal SMME sector too. This is a growing part of South Africa's economy and requires substantial focus from a developmental perspective. Following the success of the implementation of the National Certificate: New Venture Creation (NVC): Level 4 and upon doing further research, it has been established that there is a great demand to equip entrepreneurial learners with knowledge and skills at NQF level 2 so that they can become part of the mainstream economy as they set up and manage new ventures. Whilst the complexity of learning will be simpler at this level, the main outputs, requirements and competences of such entrepreneurs are broadly the same.
The small business sector is growing and it is in light of this that various stakeholders have taken the initiative to provide mentorship programmes that will assist budding entrepreneurs to become a more integral part of the mainstream economy, serving both the public and private sectors. Apart from the formative development that can take place via these programmes, it also provides more importantly for sustainable development.
Thus the design and establishment of an entrepreneurship qualification aims to:Develop appropriate skills and knowledge for the establishment and development of an enterprise.
Address the economic/administrative and behavioural barriers that contribute to failures in starting and sustaining an enterprise.
Create long-term solutions for job creation and SMME development via the building blocks and structure of a qualification that practically addresses the learning requirements of budding entrepreneurs
QUALIFICATION RULES
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The Certificate is made up of a planned combination of learning outcomes that have a defined purpose and will provide qualifying learners with applied competence and a basis for further learning.
The qualification is made up of Unit Standards that are classified as Fundamental, Core and Elective. A minimum of 138 credits is required to complete the qualification.
In this qualification the credits are allocated as follows
Fundamental : 36 credits : 27%
Core : 70 credits : 50%
Electives : 32 credits : 23%
Total : 138 credits : 100%
Motivation for number of credits assigned to Fundamental, Core and Elective
Fundamental Component
Unit Standards to the value of thirty-six credits are allocated to the subject areas of Communication and Mathematical Literacy.
The Communications aspect focuses on basic communication skills required to fulfill entrepreneurial functions and this component caters for twenty credits
Sixteen credits in Mathematical Literacy have also been included in the Fundamental Component, focusing on the fundamental Mathematics and statistics required to complement entrepreneurial financial functions. In addition, the Mathematical component will enable the learner to utilize a range of patterns and functions to solve problems.
All the Unit Standards are compulsory.
"THE WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY MUST EVENTUALLY BE ENJOYED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY. "
