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The structure leads you through an introduction to the modern business environment and how they work within it. It encompasses practical skills, knowledge, and guidance on how to focus on working methods to improve capabilities.
ABE LEVEL 3
Advancing Business Education
“All my success in my business is because of my qualifications from ABE. I could not have built up strong brand name only in five years. I found myself fully equipped whenever I had to attend meetings with highly professional managers or executives in order to get new customers on board or if I had to deal with tough suppliers,” Syed Imran Iqbal, Business owner
Why study Business Start-Up?
This practical course is designed to help you develop your business idea into a robust business plan. It encompasses practical skills and best practice in order to give you the knowledge and confidence you need. Not only will you learn the foundations of starting up a business, you will also learn the mechanics of running it day-to-day.
For success in today’s business environment, the skills and capabilities needed have changed significantly from those required even five years ago. With constantly changing aims and goals in business, the way in which we achieve success is also different. For many employees, these changes will affect their career path and progression.
This unit develops skills for the modern business professional, who is looking to progress, and for newly employed staff starting their career in business.
What you'll learn
On completing this programme, you will be able to:
Your learning will be supported by a printed study guide.
Accredited Programme
ABE’s framework of Business Management qualifications runs from Level 3, right through to Level 6. You can enter at Level 3 and progress all the way up to Level 6, enabling you to accumulate the credits needed for a university top-up, or you can enter onto the framework at any point depending on your prior qualifications. Click on the Entry Requirement tab for more details.
As the ABE qualifications framework is structured to allow you to progress from one level to the next, you must ensure to fully complete the initial level in order to be awarded the next level.
Progression
The ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-Up course gives you the grounding you need to help you successfully complete the next ABE academic level. The course will also help to prepare you for a junior business role, such as an administrator, marketing and assistant or HR assistant.
ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Essentials
Number of Units: 1
Gain an introductory understanding of how businesses are run and develop contemporary workplace skills which will enable you to add value to your organisation or future employer.
ABE Level 4 Foundation in Business Management
Number of Units: 4
A good general grounding in core aspects of business, designed for those who wish to go quickly onto the next ABE Level and into employment. If you wish to progress to a university degree, the eight unit - 120 credit - Diploma provides more favourable progression options.
ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-Up
Number of Units: 1
An innovative idea might not be sufficient to ensure the success of a new venture. Any new business should be underpinned by thorough research, planning and business know-how.
This course develops your ability to reduce risk and improve the probability of success for a business start-up.
Qualification Title
ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-Up
Qualification Objective
The objectives of the ABE Level 3 Certificate in Start-up are as follows:
Who should enrol?
This qualification is for learners that are 16 and over.
The ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to run a successful business and learn the mechanics of running a business day-to-day.
Who regulates this qualification?
The qualification is regulated in the UK by:
Progression & Recognition
On completion of the ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up you will be able to progress to another qualification in the ABE suite, or use what you have learned to seek employment within entrepreneurial set up.
Entry Guidance and Criteria
There are no formal entry requirements to study an ABE Level 3 Certificate; however, the admissions office will ensure that you have a reasonable expectation of success on the programme by assessing your previous qualifications and or related work experience. Hence, it is the admissions assessors' responsibility to use their professional and academic judgement when assisting you in making the decision at which level you should enter the ABE programmes.
In order to successfully study for an ABE qualification, you should have an appropriate level of spoken and written English language skills. To ensure success rates are maximised, for all ABE qualifications, we recommend the following standards are met:
IELTS 5.5 | Cambridge ESOL - Preliminary PET or BEC | Pearson Test of English (PTE) 36-41 | Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) B2 | or other English language test equivalent.
Before Qualification Can be Assessed & Awarded
To be awarded the ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up learners are required to successfully achieve the one mandatory unit. There are no optional pathways as part of this qualification.
Recognition/Accreditation of Prior Learning RPL/APL
If you hold a qualification from either another professional body or university which is similar in content and level to the ABE Level 4, 5 or 6 qualifications, you might qualify for RPL, APL or an exemption from some ABE examinations or units.
Localisation
It is very important when studying for your ABE qualification that you consider your local business environment and try to apply what you are learning to relevant scenarios in your local business context. Doing this will help you to put your learning into practice and use it in your professional day-to-day activities.
Qualification Structure
ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up
The ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up consists of one mandatory unit. To be awarded this qualification you must achieve a minimum of a Pass in the mandatory unit.
The credit value is 36
Mandatory Unit
3BSU Business Start-Up - 36 Credits
Knowledge, skills and understanding to be assessed
The knowledge, skills and understanding being assessed in this qualification is as follows:
Assessment
ABE’s assessments are specifically designed to fit the purpose and objective of the qualification. The ABE Level 3 Certificate in Business Start-up is assessed by a mixture of formative and summative assignments, and a pitch.
Assignment
The assessment for this qualification is an assignment, which will ultimately take the form of a business plan.
In order to prepare your business plan, you are required to successfully complete tasks that relate to the first five elements of the course; your centre will give you feedback on these tasks. These tasks will feed into your business plan, which is the assessment for Element 6. The summative assignment is externally set and marked by ABE.
There are six briefs, one for each element of the course. Templates are provided for most tasks within the Template Document, but Template M (a, b and c) and the Business Plan Template are included separately within this folder, as Template M is an Excel spreadsheet and the Business Plan is the final template, which we recommend you use as the basis for your final assignment submission.
You can use the individual templates as they are, adapt them to better meet the needs of your business start-up, or devise your own, but the tasks associated with the first five elements are intended to be short and the use of templates should help limit the time you need to spend on each of them. The recommended word counts will help to ensure that you write concisely, which is important as any potential investors will not want to plough through lengthy documents.
Marking and moderation
ABE has a broad and varied external academic team with a breadth of experience across the qualification areas and levels. Our external assessment team is very familiar with ABE students and the format of ABE exams and assignments. ABE has a very robust marking and moderation process: assessments are marked and standardised by our external team. The results are ratified by our senior assessment team, prior to publishing.
QAA Benchmarking
As well as ensuring that each qualification level offers the appropriate credit values for progression to higher education university programmes, ABE has also aligned the qualifications against sections of the QAA Framework, which applies to all degree-awarding organisations, such as UK universities.
Modes of Study
When studying for your ABE qualification, you will learn both with supervision from your tutors in-class and through your own self-study time.
Range of course delivery methods
Suggested reading and resources
We will provide the following learning materials:
Open for Enrolment
ANALYSE ENTREPRENEURIAL & MARKET POTENTIAL | BUILD THE BUSINESS IDEA | DEVELOP THE MARKET APPROACH | PLAN THE OPERATIONS | PLAN THE BUDGET | CREATE THE BUSINESS PLAN & PITCH
Business Start-Up
The influence of technology, globalisation, and environmental issues mean that, in order to be successful and to progress in a career, the skills of the modern professional need to be relevant and adaptable, to cope with a new way of working.
This unit develops skills for the modern business professional, who is looking to progress, and for newly employed staff starting their career in business.
For new entrants into employment, it introduces them to an understanding of how businesses are run and how to contribute to that success.
For experienced employees, this unit will refresh, update, and introduce modern concepts of working to improve their skills. The programme focuses on the key capabilities required for you to work in a way that adds value to their organisation by developing practical working skills. The elements of learning enable you to develop these skills. Application of these skills is encouraged in suggested activities and formative assessments.
Business Start-Up
This course unit has a particular focus on how the employee can become an asset to an organisation by looking at the role of the employee, how employees fit in within an organisation and how they can add value to their role. It therefore supports new employees, those already working, and those seeking to change jobs or gain promotion and need to understand contemporary working methods.
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