Certificate III in Business Administration

Course overview

This course is suitable for all ages from school leavers to mature-aged learners and also trainees. It develops competence in exercising initiative in a business environment, organising workplace information, producing business documents, maintaining financial records, delivering and monitoring a service to customers, participating in occupational health and safety processes, producing texts from notes, producing texts from audio transcription, designing and developing business documents, creating electronic presentations and organising schedules.

Course structure

The course structure below shows what you must do to complete this course. Units/modules are arranged in groups and sometimes also in subgroups.

You must complete each group as specified as well as following the course completion instructions. If a course contains optional groups there will be a statement at the top of the course indicating how many you must do. At the top of any group containing optional subgroups there will be a statement saying how many you must do.

Career Opportunities

Job roles and titles vary across different industry sectors. Possible job titles relevant to this qualification include:

Accounts receivable clerk

Accounts payable clerk

Clerk

Data entry operator

Junior personal assistant

Receptionist

Office administration assistant

Office administrator

Word processing operator

Entry Requirements

There are no entry requirements for this qualification.

However, it is strongly recommended that students follow the preferred pathway to give you the greatest chance of success for this qualification.

Preferred pathways into this qualification include:

Evidence of competency in the majority of units required for the BSB20107 Certificate II in Business or other relevant qualification/s or equivalent.

With some vocational experience assisting in a range of support roles without a formal business qualification.

Examples of indicative job roles for candidates seeking entry based upon their vocational experience include: Administration assistant, clerical worker, data entry operator, information desk clerk, office junior and receptionist.

This breadth of expertise would equate to the competencies required to undertake this qualification.

Articulation

When you finish this course you can apply to do BSB40507 Certificate IV in Business Administration (17808) or a range of other Certificate IV qualifications. In addition, depending on units/electives completed in this course, you may be eligible for advanced standing in other courses and other Training Package qualifications.

Early Exit Points

It is possible to exit this course with the following qualification(s) provided the necessary units of competency have been selected and completed:

Certificate III in Business, TAFE NSW course 17803

Certificate II in Business, TAFE NSW course 17802