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Course: Certificate IV in Business Administration BSB40507

Open Colleges' (formerly Cengage Education) Certificate IV in Business Administration is a nationally recognised qualification that provides you with valuable preparation for office administration and project assistant roles.

Among other administrative skills, you will learn how to organise business travel, arrange meetings, coordinate business resources and implement environmentally sustainable workplace practices. You will also develop your ability to solve problems and learn to analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. Successful completion of the course will create a pathway to further business studies should you wish to continue your education.

Potential jobs:

  • Accounts supervisor
  • Executive personal assistant
  • Office administrator
  • Project assistant
Course Number E0097
Course Fees From View our payment options
Delivery mode: Print or online
Course duration: Max 24 months
Assessments: 27 assessments
Qualification: Certificate IV
Nationally Recognised Yes
Government Funding Yes
Career One jobs for:
Administration 895
Office Management 123
General/Other: Administration & Secretarial 276

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Subject

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BSBADM406B
  • Organise business travel
    • Organise business itinerary for domestic and overseas travel
    • Make travel arrangements
    • Arrange credit facilities
BSBADM405B
  • Organise meetings
    • Make meeting arrangements
    • Prepare documentation for meetings
    • Record and produce minutes of meeting
BSBADM407B
  • Administer projects
    • Plan project administration
    • Coordinate project administration
    • Finalise and review project administration
BSBADM409A
BSBSUS301A
BSBINM401A
BSBITU402A
  • Develop and use complex spreadsheets
    • Prepare to develop spreadsheet
    • Develop a linked spreadsheet solution
    • Automate and standardise spreadsheet operation
    • Use spreadsheets
    • Represent numerical data in graphic form
BSBWRT401A
BSBFIA401A
  • Prepare financial reports
    • Maintain asset register
    • Record general journal entries for balance-day adjustments
    • Prepare final general ledger accounts
    • Prepare end-of-period financial reports
BSBFIA402A
  • Report on financial activity
    • Compile financial information and data
    • Prepare statutory requirement reports
    • Provide financial business recommendations

Entry requirements

Minimum education

  • Year 10 or equivalent OR
  • relevant qualification OR
  • relevant vocational experience.

Minimum age

Minimum age of 16 years. If you are under 18 your application must be signed by a parent or guardian.

Computer requirements

Students will need access to a computer and the internet. For students who do not have access to either a computer or the internet please contact a course and careers adviser to discuss alternative methods of communication.

Minimum specifications for the computer are:

  • Microsoft Office 2003 or equivalent and
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 or Mac OS X and
  • CD-ROM drive.

Students will also need access to a printer and the following applications:

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader and
  • Macromedia Flash player.

English language requirements

If English is not your first language and you did not complete the last two years of secondary education in English, you are required to provide evidence of English language competency before enrolling into the course. Examples of appropriate evidence are listed below:

Evidence

Example
IELTS Overall score of 5.5
TOEFL 530 (paper), 197 (computer) or 71 (internet)
12 months in English-speaking employment Testimonial, statutory declaration

Students who successfully complete the Certificate IV in Business Administration BSB40507 may be eligible for credit towards:

  • Certificate IV in Frontline Management BSB40807
  • Certificate IV in Frontline Management BSB40807 and Certificate IV in Business Administration BSB40507 (dual qualification)
Megan Funston

Megan Funston

With a deep commitment to the online learning environment, Megan Funston is the ideal trainer for this course.

Megan was living on a sheep station in the middle of nowhere when she first developed a passion for distance education, courtesy of her children's experiences with the Kalgoorlie School of the Air. She subsequently received her Bachelor of Arts (Education Studies) through Murdoch University.

A position as flexible learning coordinator with Curtin University of Technology was the start of a career that encompassed varied roles. These included e-learning, AQTF compliance, projects for remote Aboriginal communities and a memorable two years designing and delivering e-resources for the African Virtual University to students in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya and Ethiopia.

Most recently, Megan has delivered the Certificate IV in Training & Assessment to clients in mining and other industries, and the Diploma of Business to international students attending the Sarawak, Borneo campus of Curtin University.

Duncan Campbell

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Government Funding

In some instances, students may be eligible for Austudy, Centrelink or other government-funded programs to help with study. Please check with Centrelink regarding eligibility, or contact a course and careers advisor on 1300 853 033.

Work Placement

Why is a Work Placement Required?

This course includes 140 hours of work placement. Work placement is required to ensure that the student is able to demonstrate and apply what he or she has learnt in an industry context.

Workplace assessments and training must be undertaken in workplace organisations that are suitable for the course. The student must be under the direction of an appropriately qualified and experienced supervisor. The workplace assessments will be conducted by Open Colleges Workplace Assessors, who will contact both the workplace organisation and the student to arrange mutually convenient times to conduct the workplace assessments.

Open Colleges will assist students to identify work placement opportunities in an appropriate organisation however, it is the responsibility of the student to find and complete the work placement. In the event that the student has previously arranged a work placement Open Colleges will check the suitability of this arrangement.

Open Colleges will make reasonable efforts to organise for assessment to be conducted in the workplace however, the student may be required to attend assessment events at other locations. If the student does not complete a mandatory work placement within the duration of the course Open Colleges is not permitted to issue the qualification.

You will need to complete this part of your studies in an Australian workplace.

Insurance

Open Colleges is pleased to offer our students insurance cover for any mandatory work placement they undertake as part of their course.

Please note that this policy does not provide professional indemnity coverage.

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