NC: Business Advising NQF 6

This Qualification is designed to equip the learner with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to be appointed as Business Advisors who have an important role to play in the management of small business organisations where they can assist in supervising and monitoring the success of the organisation. This Qualification is for any individual who is or, who wishes to be involved in the Business Advising field. A learner can complete the Qualification specialising as a Business Advisor in retailing and services, manufacturing or construction. The Core Unit Standards are relevant to all three areas of specialisation.
This Qualification is designed with the objective of encouraging the widest possible access to the Business Advising profession. Learners working towards this Qualification will find that the acquisition of competence in the Unit Standards, which make up the Qualification, will add value to their job. This Qualification is intended to enhance the provision of service within the Business Advising Industry. This Qualification and the Assessment Criteria and
guidelines which accompany them have been designed to ensure that access to NQF registered Qualifications in Business Advising Operations is not limited to those who are employed in a Business Advising function.
It will provide the broad knowledge, skills and values needed in the Business Advising industry and will facilitate access to, and mobility and progression within, education and training and progress along a learning path for learners who:
• Were previously disadvantaged or who were unable to complete their schooling and were therefore denied access to Further Education and Training.
• Have worked in the Business Advising Operations Industry for many years, but have no formal qualification in this area.
• Wish to extend their range of skills and knowledge of the industry so that they can become competent workers in the Business Advising Operations Industry.
The Qualification has building blocks that can be developed further at NQF Level 7.
The intention is:
• To promote the development of knowledge, skills and values that are required in the Business Advising Operations Industry.
• To release the potential of people, in order for them to grow and develop.
• To provide opportunities for people to move up career paths by being more valuable to their organisation, the economy and themselves.