Level 6 - Entrepreneurial Skills
The Entrepreneurial Skills programme is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, skills and competencies to screen and develop an enterprise idea.
If you aspire to start your own business, if you want to set effective strategic direction for your businesses, this programme is suited to you. It is structured to provide the learner with the ability to create a Business and Marketing Plan - the cornerstone for any new enterprise venture.
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Programme Aims
Learners who successfully complete this module will:
- - Identify the key process for successfully marketing a product/service.
- - Appreciate the integral role of finance in an Enterprise venture
- - Recognise the critical importance of a good marketing and business plan for a small enterprise
- - Appreciate the processes which transform an idea into an opportunity
- - Understand the options available in state and private support services.
Programme Content
The programme is delivered in five units as follows:
- - Unit 1 - Marketing a potential opportunity
- - Unit 2 - Business Finance
- - Unit 3 - Innovation & Opportunity
- - Unit 4 - Business Plan
- - Unit 5 - Support Services
Programme Duration
This programme comprises a minimum of 110 learning hours, of which 36 hours will be tutor led, delivered over a period of six days or 12 evenings.
Programme Certification
On successful completion of the programme, learners will receive the FETAC Level 6 Minor Award, N32616 – Entrepreneurial Skills.
Learner Assessment
To achieve certification learners will complete the following assessments:
- - Marketing Plan - 40% of overall mark
- - Business Plan - 60% of overall mark
Learner Progression
N32616 - Entrepreneurial Skills is a component of:
- - BBMXX - FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Business Management
- - BMANX - FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Management
Learners who successfully complete the programme may use the associated credits towards these awards
Certain Higher Education Institutions reserve a quota of places on specific programmes for applicants who have attained any FETAC Levels 5 or 6 awards. In 2010, a total of 408 such awards were listed on the Central Applications Office website (www.cao.ie).
Certain programmes of higher education identify specific FETAC Modules as part of their entry requirements, e.g. learners with BMANX - FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Management or with BBMXX - FETAC Level 6 Advanced Certificate in Business Management, may apply to the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown for access to the Honours Bachelors Degree (Level 8) in Business Studies and Arts Management or for access to the Honours Bachelors Degree (Level 8) in Sports Management and Coaching.
Entry Requirements
To access the programme, learners should possess a FETAC Level 5 Certificate, Leaving Certificate or equivalent qualifications. Applicants who do not have these formal educational qualifications may apply for access to the programme based on their relevant life and work experience, achievement and learning.