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Small Business Training

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What is Small Business Training

Holmesglen’s Small Business Training, which is another free service for eligible participants, can be delivered over an eight-week period or a four-to-five-week period, depending on your prior skill and knowledge.

We will speak with you and guide you about which format may suit you best and consider your other commitments before offering a place on this service.

The training provides the foundation skills to run your own business and operate commercially. You may be ready to launch your business earlier than the training finishes, but most people take around five weeks to design the business and get ready to launch.  

We will work with you to guide and assess your concept and business operations efficiently, so training supports your goals, whilst still ensuring you gain the knowledge essential to success.

The two types of training can result in you either continuing with a few more classes over the year, to achieve a Certificate IV in Entrepreneurship and New Business BSB 40320, or you may exit training not only with a business plan, a financial plan, but also with a “Skill Set” of two Units, BSBSS00102, the Micro-Business Skill Set.

It is up to you to choose if you wish to gain a full qualification, however we have designed our Training to ensure it is achievable for you to gain a full qualification based on some extra training and assessment submissions, and still ensure you can run your new business full-time.

What does Small Business Training offer?

The training will cover all aspects of running a business, including market research, legal and taxation requirements, planning your marketing, branding and social media, financial planning, customer interaction, identifying business risks and gaining the correct insurance.

During the program, you will develop a comprehensive business plan and a two-year financial plan to help guide you to reach your goals.

For eligible candidates all these services are free of cost.

In addition:

  • Participants on an eligible Centrelink benefit attract 25 PBAS points per week attended during this training, effectively exempting you from other work efforts during the training dates (maximum of eight weeks)
  • These participants may also attract a special Allowance if they proceed to start the business and are offered a Small Business Coaching Agreement. That will be based on if Holmesglen and the funding department assess the business has a sound chance of becoming viable and making a good profit
  • You do not have to be on a Centrelink payment but must meet basic eligibility of being able to participate in the training and aspire to run a successful, financially viable business within the next 12 months, in Australia
  • Non-Centrelink participants can also proceed to coaching if appropriate, but do not attract an Allowance
  • All participants may attract an initial $300 rebate on business expenses if they are accepted for the Coaching services.

Holmesglen provides Small Business Training linked to the Certificate, primarily in an online classroom/blended learning mode, normally between the hours of 10am to 3pm on three or four days per week, subject to the specific timetable.

We also offer the Skill Set based Small Business Training in a shorter period, with an option also for afternoon/evening and some Saturday classes online.

All our training is facilitated by experts and offers you time for your own questions, with one-on-one support when needed and review points to ensure you are receiving maximum guidance.

The training may also be offered in specific locations face-to-face, depending on your needs and the enrolment numbers.

We can still support your needs, even if you cannot attend every single day of our Small Business Training program.

See the  schedule  for proposed Self-Employment Assistance Business Training Dates.