MCAST Foundation Certificate
or
2 SEC/O-Level passes
Preferred: Business Studies

This course closely examines the various basic business functions giving an overview of the most important areas by looking at the way business organisations operate.

You will learn how to deal with customers and with people within the organisation itself, how to communicate within and outside the organisation. and so on.

The programme therefore prepares you to understand better the different aspects of business operations. It offers you the opportunity to become more familiar with those areas of business and commercial studies you may wish to embark upon in the future.

The course will be assessed as follows:
§ Assignments
§ Tests
§ Presentations

× Understand the functions and purposes of business organisations
× Understand the role of people in business organisations, and how these communicate and provide support to the organisation
× Apply basic skills to manage personal finances and to keep basic financial books of a business organisation
× Understand basic concepts of branding and retailing as well as customer relations in a business organisation.

Business Purposes
Financial Forecasting for Business
Business Organisations
People in Organisations
Business Improvement Tools & Techniques
Business Communication Through Documentation
Providing Business Support
Bookkeeping for Business
Promoting & Branding in Retail
Customer Relations in Business
Personal Development
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS:
English
Mathematics
Maltese
Science
IT
Entrepreneurship
Culture

MCAST-BTEC Extended Diploma in Business

Clerical assistant
Customer care assistant
Front office assistant
Office assistant