Course Title: Business Management for the Building Industry 2

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5016

Course Title: Business Management for the Building Industry 2

Portfolio: SET

Nominal Hours: 40.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM5024	City Campus	TAFE	130T Infra, Electrotec & Build Serv	Face-to-Face

Course Contact: Warwick Brewster

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4334

Course Contact Email: warbrew@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

To provide the learner with the knowledge and practical skills necessary for the financial management of a building firm engaging in residential scale projects

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

ABC092 Business Management for the Building Industry 2

Learning Outcomes

This course provides the learners the following knowledge and skills to:
• Record business transactions in a general journal and transfer entries to the general ledger.
• Accurately record and maintain wages and employment records.
• Comply with the various taxes and insurances that affect the small building company/sole trader.
• Undertake basic financial administration tasks and duties.
• Prepare a Business Plan and its essential elements.
• Identify customer requirements
• Apply principles of business management to service customer needs.
• Prepare and implement a marketing plan.

Overview of Assessment

The assessment is done through a combination of:
• Assignment
• Learning outcome test
• Written exam.