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Course Descriptions – Atlantic Trades Blue Seal
Financial Management
- Accounting definitions
- Financial Tools- deposit book, sales invoices, payment devices, online storage, log book, online payroll calculator
- Role of the auditor and audit proofing
- Financial Organization- controlling, protecting, organizing paper flow, storage
- Basic Bookkeeping- debits, credits, journal entries, different options for accounting systems
- Basic financial statement –income statements and how to read, prepare and improve them
- Government Reporting- requirements, process of completing
- Tax issues and the process of filing taxes
- Computerization Options- Sage 50, QuickBooks, mobile applications
- Pricing of products and services
- Budgeting A-Z- personal requirements, budget for business, excel spreadsheet introduction (prepare manually)
- Cash Flow projection
- Financial Analysis –liquidity, solvency, turnovers and comparison to industry standards
- Accounting Activity- review of all concepts
This course is for businesses, especially trades-based businesses, to help them improve the overall financial management of their business. This course forms part of the certification for the Atlantic Trade Business Skills Certification for journeypersons.
Human Resource Essentials
- Building a staffing strategy
- Identify HR needs
- Develop organizational chart
- The Hiring Process
- Create Job Analysis, Job Specification, and Job Description
- Develop recruitment strategy
- Design job postings, interview and selection process
- Design Performance Management System – goals, appraisals, disciple, termination, exit interviews
- Human Resource Best Practices
- Create and design personnel files, employee policies, procedures, training practices
- Create employee friendly work cultures
- Lead and manage meetings
- Design a Succession Planning process – goals, role of record keeping and key questions and decisions
This course is for businesses, especially trades-based businesses, to help them develop efficient and effective human resource strategies that will directly impact their ability to attract, manage and retain employees. This course forms part of the certification for the Atlantic Trade Business Skills Certification for journeypersons.
Marketing for Business
- Define & Identify core components of a marketing strategy
- Identify the USP (unique selling proposition)
- Create a positioning statement
- Develop target markets
- Create a value proposition
- Develop marketing objectives
- Gathering and analyzing data using the four main primary research methods
- Develop pricing strategies for each product in the product line
- Define costing terminology
- Identify components of a promotional campaign
- Determine the marketing budget
This course is for businesses, especially trades-based businesses, to help them define strategies to market their business. This course forms part of the certification for the Atlantic Trade Business Skills Certification for journeypersons.
Business Skills 101 (Achieve Business Growth and Profitability)
- Define your strategic position
- Complete SWOT analysis
- Identify your guiding principles
- Define your positioning statement
- Cultivate a safety culture throughout your business
- Define key elements of a marketing strategy
- Assess the competitive landscape
- Define your product/service offerings
- Develop & strengthen distribution channels
- Assess your promotional strategy
- Understand fundamental pricing terminology
- Identify profitable pricing strategies
- Assess your Cost of Goods Sold and profit margin
- Define team building and characteristics of high functioning teams
- Define fundamental HR practices
- Principles of running an effective meeting
- Prioritizing, delegating and effective time management
- Define the project planning cycle
- Develop work breakdown schedule
This course is for businesses, especially trades-based businesses, to help them define strategies to help their businesses grow. This course creates stronger and more resilient businesses and forms part of the certification for the Atlantic Trade Business Skills Certification for journeypersons.