BUSINESS STUDIES
Entry Requirements for:
Department of Business Studies
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DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES – DIPLOMA COURSES
Entry Requirements for:
Diploma in accounts (ZICA)
Grade 12 School Certificate or its equivalent with five (5) O level subjects, including English and Mathematics, of which two (2) of these subjects should be at Credit or better; or Grade 12 School Certificate or its equivalent with six (6) O level subjects, including English and Mathematics, of which one (1) of these subjects should be at Credit or better.
Diploma in Business Administration
Direct Entry: Grade twelve School certificate with at least credits or better in five subjects, which must include English, Mathematics and any social science subject.
Mature Age: Grade Twelve Certificates passed in 6 subjects with at least two credits or better in English language and Mathematics or passed in 5 subjects with at least two credits or better in English language and Mathematics plus two years work experience in relevant field with a recommendation letter from employer or certificate in a business programme.
Exemptions: Exemptions shall be awarded to candidates with prior qualifications as per TEVETA guidelines on exemptions and bridging courses.
Diploma in Computer Studies 3 Years (TEVETA)
Only candidates who have successfully completed the second year of the Diploma in Computer Studies or are holders of an Advanced Certificate in Computer Studies can proceed to this level of training.
Technically, the first year is the Certificate in Computer Studies and Second year is Advanced Certificate in Computer Studies. This means that a student will do 1 year of studies.
Diploma in Human Resources Management 3 Years (TEVETA)
Five ‘O’ Level credits including Mathematics and English language.
Diploma in Accounting and Entrepreneurship 3 Years (Mulungushi University)
Direct Entry: Grade 12 School Certificate or equivalent with credits in English Language, Mathematics and in three other subjects. Mature Age: Grade Twelve Certificates passed in 6 subjects with at least one credit or better in either English language or Mathematics or passed in 5 subjects with at least two credits or better in English language and Mathematics plus two years work experience in relevant field with a recommendation letter from employer or certificate in a business programme. A Certificate in Accounting or Entrepreneurship Studies will be an added advantage
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES – CERTIFICATE COURSES
Entry Requirements for:
Trade Certificate in Computer Studies 1 Year (TEVETA)
A grade twelve certificate with passes in English and Mathematics plus three other subjects. Applications from people without the above qualifications but who have been working in for at least two years in IT department as assistant will be considered.
Certificate in Computer Studies 1 Year (TEVETA)
Direct entry: Grade 12 School Certificate with credits in 5 subjects including English Language and Mathematics. A pass in ‘O’ Level Computer Studies will be considered as an added advantage.
Mature Age Entry
Grade 12 School Certificate with 5 passes 2 years work experience in a computer related field and recommendation from the employers. Grade 12 level of education plus a Certificate in Information Technology/ Trade Certificate in Computer Studies.
Advanced Certificate in Computer Studies 2 Year (TEVETA)
Direct Entry: Grade 12 School Certificate or equivalent with credits in English Language, Mathematics and in three other subjects. A pass in ‘O’ Level Computer Studies will be considered as an added advantage.
A Certificate in Computer Studies or successful completion of the first year of the Diploma in Computer Studies. This means that a student will only do 1 year of studies.
Certificate in Human Resource Management (TEVETA)
A grade twelve certificate with passes in English and Mathematics plus three other subjects. Applications from people without the above qualifications but who have been working in management or supervisory positions for at least two years will be considered.
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS STUDIES – Skills Certificate courses
Shimabala Training Institute Short Courses in Skills Certificates
At Shimabala Training Institute, we don’t just want to train you so that you receive certification, no. Our aim is to impact knowledge so that wherever you go, others can notice, by your job performance, the empowerment you have received through our education system.
As such, our vision is to be “A reputable institute in empowering youths with entrepreneurial and technical knowledge.” At SHINS, our concern is about giving you skills in how business is done. The technical knowledge you will acquire through learning from our valued lecturers is sufficient for you to fit in any working or business environment. The short courses are about either you becoming a better entrepreneur or you becoming a better and irresistible worker in your organisation.
The Skills Certificates are there to equip you with knowledge and training in entrepreneurship and business administration to enable you apply entrepreneurship skills in an innovative manner. Our students are not only trained theoretically but are given practical strategies that make them possess superb knowledge, skills, assertiveness and ethics. This makes them front-runners in business opportunities identification. If you are looking for a short course that offers new skills to enable you perform better in business, then we welcome you to SHINS.
LIST OF SKILLS CERTIFICATE COURSES:
- (a) Stores and Inventory Management (3 Months)
- (b) Selling and Sales Management* (3 Months)
- (c) Financial Accounting for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (d) Financial Reporting for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (e) Principles of Entrepreneurship for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (f) Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship* (3 months)
- (g) Fundamentals of Marketing Management* (3 Months)
- (h) Essentials of Business Law (3 Months)
- (i) Company Law (3 Months)
- (j) Cost Accounting for SMEs(3 Months)
- (k) Management Accounting for SMEs (3 Months)
- (l) Business communications* (3 Months)
- (m) Principles of Management (3 Months)
- (n) Project Management* (3 Months)
- (o) Organisational Management and leadership (3 Months)
- (p) Corporate Governance for SMEs (3 months)
- (q) Strategic Business Management for SMEs (3 months)
- (r) Record Management for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (s) Introduction to Microsoft Windows (1 week)
- (t) Introduction to Micros Soft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Publisher)* (1 Month)
- (u) Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access)* (3 Months)
- (v) Office Administration and Reception Services (3 Months)
- (w) Public Sector Financial Management
- (x) Public Procurement
- (y) Skills Award in Paralegal Studies TEVETA (3 Months)
- (z) Certificate in Psychosocial Counselling ZCC/TEVETA (3 Months)
- (aa) Skills Award in NGO Management TEVETA (3 Months)
(a) Stores and Inventory Management (3 Months)
This course will enable you learn and apply the technics of material handling. You will be able to:
- (i) Identify best ways of managing stock prior, during and after delivery.
- (ii) Manage costs related to storage and distribution of goods
- (iii) Evaluate the cost implications of material storage and movement
- (iv) Ensure uninterrupted supply of materials and stores without delay to various production and service departments of the organisation.
- (v) Protect materials from pilferage, theft, fire and other risks.
- (vi) Minimise the storage costs
- (vii) Ensure proper and continuous control over materials
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Nearly every organization be it private or public sector need a stores officer or stores clerk. There are over 3,000 jobs waiting for you in Government schools, Hospitals, colleges and universities, manufacturing SMEs, service industries, NGOs, etc. Get empowered with this course and be irresistible with employers.
(b) Selling and Sales Management* (3 Months)
This course will enable become a good sales person to enable you manage any sales process. You will be able to:
- (i) Describe the role of selling in business
- (ii) Negotiate deals profitably by applying sales techniques
- (iii) Understand the role of customer relations and criticalness of a customer
- (iv) Design and implement a sales plan and manage sales force staff
- (v) Evaluate sales performance
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Both manufacturing and service industries need Sales Personnel. SMEs don’t have capacity to employee degree and diploma holders, guess what, they are comfortable with a person who can perform just as a diploma holder can. So they will hire you because we will give you the skills they need. You will get employed in Supermarkets like Shoprite, PnP, Choppies, filling stations, Eating places like KFC, Pizza inn, Nandos, Debonaires, etc. Get empowered with this course and be irresistible with employers.
- (c) Financial Accounting for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (d) Financial Reporting for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (e) Principles of Entrepreneurship for SMEs* (3 Months)
- (f) Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship* (3 months)
- (g) Fundamentals of Marketing Management* (3 Months)
- (h) Essentials of Business Law (3 Months)
- (i) Company Law (3 Months)
- (j) Cost Accounting for SMEs(3 Months)
- (k) Management Accounting for SMEs (3 Months)
- (l) Business communications* (3 Months)
- (m) Principles of Management (3 Months)
- (n) Project Management* (3 Months)
- (o) Organisational Management and leadership (3 Months)
- (p) Corporate Governance for SMEs (3 months)
- (q) Strategic Business Management for SMEs (3 months)
- (r) Record Management for SMEs* (3 Months)
The above courses from (c) to (r) are meant to improve your entrepreneurship skills. As an entrepreneur, you may not have time to enrol for a 3 years Diploma programme or 4 years degree programme. The short course will make you get the same knowledge as if you did a diploma or degree. If you are employed, you can study these course to perfect your intrapreneurship skills and be a favourite employee to your bosses.
(s) Introduction to Microsoft Windows (1 week)
(t) Introduction to Micros Soft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access & Publisher)* (1 Month)
It is a world of Computers, you don’t have an option but to have basic computer knowledge, otherwise you can’t function in this modern society we live in. For this reason, the fees for basics in computers are heavily subsidized.
(u) Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Access)* (3 weeks per package. 3 Months for the whole programme.)
Are you a supervisor, manager or a specialised employee? Are you in Human Resources, Accounts, sales, stores, marketing or production departments? You need to specialise in one or two of the packages. You can’t be a stores clerk or accountant with little knowledge in excel, you will fail to perform. If you are an entrepreneur, you need at least three packages to manage your SME.
(v) Office Administration and Reception Services (3 Months)
This is a course that would give you quick employment. The success of an organisation, be it a company, NGO or Government department depends on the quality of the receptionist. This course offers knowledge that will make you tick in any organisation. After studying, you will be able to:
- (i) Welcome visitors in a warm and friendly manner, and answer any questions visitors have and keep detailed and accurate records of visitor requests and of calls received
- (ii) Maintain reception area and all common areas in a clean and tidy manner at all times
- (iii) Answer and direct phone calls in a polite and friendly manner
- (iv) Operate standard office equipment on a regular basis, including a fax machine, a copy machine, scanner, printer and a computer
- (v) Receive deliveries; sort and distribute incoming mail and Take inventory of supplies and restock as needed
- (vi) Maintain the general office filing system
Entry Requirements for all Skills Certificates:
Direct entry
A grade twelve certificate with passes in English and Mathematics plus three other subjects that must include at least one social science subject (RE, History, Commerce, etc.)
Mature age entry
A grade twelve certificate with passes in English and Mathematics plus one other subject in any social science subject (RE, History, Commerce, etc.)
*Proof of ownership of a business venture (PACRA or Council Business Registration) and must have passed grade 9 or are able to read and write well in English.
(w) Public Sector Financial Management
The Skills certificate will provide the necessary skills to enable teachers and indeed any person who pursues it to be able to perform accounting work in Government institutions. The end result will be reduction in audit queries.
The teachers and government workers once trained in Skills Certificate in Public Sector Financial Management will be able to ensure that:
- (i) Revenue is collected from all non-vulnerable learners to avoid the audit query of failure to collect revenue
- (ii) Revenue collection is properly recorded in receipt book, general revenue cash book and promptly banked in accordance with the governing laws and regulations.
- (iii) All expenditure is appropriately planned and controlled to avoid wasteful expenditure.
- (iv) They adhere to relevant laws, regulations, circulars and minutes from cabinet office, controlling officers and treasury.
- (v) They maintain an effective, efficient, economical and transparent system of financial management
- (vi) Adhere to risk management policies and internal controls
- (vii) Public resources and assets are safeguarded
- (viii) Avoid irregular or wasteful expenditure, misapplication of funds, theft or loss resulting from negligence or criminal conduct of either themselves or other officers
- (ix) Participate in both internal and external audit by giving relevant information as and when it is demanded by the auditors
Job opportunities
Officers who pursue this course will be attached to accounts department. In Ministry of Education, not all schools have accounting officers. Hence, teachers once trained, can assist in running the school accounting system.
(x) Public Procurement
As at now, in the Ministry of Education (MOE) qualified procurement officers are only at MOE HQs and Provincial Education Offices. The DEBS office, colleges of education and Secondary and Primary Schools have no qualified procurement officers but have appointed on administrative convenience general workers, office orderlies and at times teachers to work as procurement officers. This has resulted in main audit queries.
The reality is that as long as schools are financed, (and no school in Zambia has a Zambia Institute of Purchasing and supply (ZIPS) recognised procurement officer), teachers will procure goods and services on behalf of government. Hence forth, this skills certificate will bring forth decency in the procurement section. The end result is prudent financial management because audit queries will reduce.
Entry qualifications
Direct entry, 6 months programme: G12 certificate with 5 passes with a credit or better in Mathematics and English.
Mature age entry 3 months programme: This is for people who are already working in government or public institutions especially those working under Ministry of Education and Health or any other government department. They have to be exempted from subjects that they deserve.
- • Must have a recognised professional Certificate, Diploma or Degree in teaching or management related field and must have passed Grade 12 with a credit or better in Mathematics and English.
- • G12 certificate with 5 passes with a credit or better in Mathematics or English and must be already in employment in government as a general worker, driver, secretary, Office orderly, etc.
OTHER SHORT COURSES
(y) Certificate in Psychosocial Counselling ZCC/TEVETA (3 Months)
This Skills Certificate Course in counselling will contribute to the improvement in the levels of service, quality and improve on health life style. Through this programme the nation will be provided with competent counselling skills, which will contribute effectively to its development. After pursuing this course, you should be able to:
- (i) Introduce counselling
- (ii) Apply counselling skills: Basic HIV/AIDS facts Communication
- (iii) Practice Counselling
- (iv) Psychosocial Counselling for OVC and HIV/AIDS
- (v) Counsel patients with special needs
- (vi) Practice group education
Job opportunities
Nearly every organization be it private or public sector need a psychosocial counsellor. SMEs are required to have a HIV/AIDS policy in workplace and a counsellor is needed to help employees who are affected or infected with HIV. Local and international NGOs employee psychosocial counsellor and deploy them in hospitals. Hospitals, schools, colleges and universities also employee counsellors. Get empowered with this course and be irresistible with employers.
(z) Skills Award in Paralegal Studies TEVETA (3 Months)
After pursuing this course, you should be able to:
- (i) Apply basic knowledge on the law
- (ii) Apply paralegal practice skills and ethics
- (iii) Apply entrepreneurship skills
- (aa) Skills Award in NGO Management TEVETA (3 Months)
Although there are many NGOs operating in the country at the moment, most of the staff have not undergone any recognised training to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them competently carry out planning, resource mobilization and communication to the required standard.
This programme has been developed to enhance capacities of programme implementers in civil society organisations in order for them to acquire practical skills, knowledge and positive attitudes so as to cope with the challenges of the ever increasing cases of the diseases, OVC, poverty, injustice, etc.
On completion of the programme, trainees will be able to:
- (i) Effectively manage an NGO
- (ii) Communicate effectively and efficiently
- (iii) Apply computer skills in NGO management
- (iv) Establish and run an enterprise profitably
- (v) Manage a project effectively
- (vi) Manage finances prudently
Job opportunities
There are over 400 registered NGOs in Zambia. All of them wanting to employee qualified manpower who have skills in managing NGO projects. Get empowered with this course and be irresistible with employers with the NGO world or get knowledge on how to run your own NGO.
TUITION FEE
See attached tuition fee schedule Tuition Fees
