Certificate in Business Essentials Co-op

1. Fundamentals of Business Communications

This module will help you develop and enhance your written, verbal, interpersonal communication skills, time management skills and presentation techniques, to ensure success in any business environment. You will also learn to use Microsoft Office to help you operate more efficiently and be more productive.

2. Managing Financial Resources

This module’s aim is to provide you with an understanding of where and how to access sources of finance and the skills to use financial information for vital decision-making.

3. Organizations and Behavior

This module will give you an understanding of individual and group behavior in organizations and the ability to examine current theories and their application in managing workplace behavior.

4. Marketing Principles

This module aims to provide you with the necessary understanding and skills related to the fundamental concepts and principles that underpin the marketing process.

5. Co-op Work Placement

At the end of your theoretical learning, you are required to complete 240 hours of a work placement in a suitable business environment. Appropriate business sectors for placement work include sales, marketing, retail, finance, accounting, not-for-profit, customer care and administration.

Please note that activities performed will vary depending on the work placement, however, the key responsibilities of each student will include being supervised by a placement host at all times, observing all workplace, school safety and security procedures, dressing appropriately for the experience, interacting with placement staff respectfully, courteously and enthusiastically, learning about the work environment and participating in the daily routine as required.

The work placement is part of students’ educational development. It enables theoretical learning in the classroom to be applied to practical learning situations and encourages the application of theory and knowledge in an appropriate context. Students will be sent for interviews to secure their placement and must complete their practicum and submit a placement report to be successfully considered a graduate.

Graduates of this certificate can expect career opportunities under NOC 1411 which includes positions such as:

1. Administrative clerk
2. Aircraft records clerk
3. File and classification clerk
4. Filing clerk
5. General office worker
6. Medical records clerk
7. Office assistant
8. Office clerk
9. Records filing-system clerk
10. Technical records clerk
11. Ward clerk – hospital
12. Warranty clerk
13. Course co-ordinator