Business Administration & Records
The administrative spine of an organisation: correspondence, records, scheduling, procurement support and basic financial documents.
- Award
- Occupational Certificate
- Level
- Level 3
- Duration
- 16 weeks · 300 hours
- Delivery
- 75% online · 25% in person
- Units
- 7 units
- Intake
- Phase 01 · Kampala
Overview
Administration is the work that makes everyone else's work possible, and it is judged almost entirely on accuracy and retrievability.
This programme covers professional correspondence, records management, meeting and diary control, procurement support and the financial documents an administrator is expected to handle without supervision.
What you study
7 units · 300 notional hours. Hours shown are the notional allocation used for planning and progression.
Organisational structures, confidentiality, professional conduct and prioritisation.
Letters, emails, memos and reports written to a professional standard.
Filing systems, naming conventions, version control, retention and data protection.
Agendas, minute taking, action tracking, scheduling and travel arrangements.
Requisitions, quotations, purchase orders, goods received and supplier files.
Invoices, receipts, petty cash, reconciliation and preparing documents for accounts.
Documents, spreadsheets, shared drives and collaboration tools used competently.
How you are assessed
Practical competence is assessed in person by a qualified assessor against written criteria. No practical competence is assessed online.
Real correspondence, minutes, orders and reconciliations produced at work
A filing or records system built and audited for retrievability
A real meeting supported, minuted and actioned
Procedure, data protection and financial documents, invigilated
Entry requirements
- 18 years or older at the start of the programme
- Senior Four (UCE) or equivalent
- Confident written English
- Computer literacy and access to a computer for online delivery
Certification
Learners receive the ASIEA award and the evidence behind it. External certification is being sought: the units, notional hours and assessment on this page are written so a certification body can map them to its own qualifications.
Where it leads
Roles shown are indicative of the sector this course is designed for, not guaranteed placements.
Next steps
Two minutes. No documents needed yet.
A guided call on fit, schedule and prior experience.
Entry evidence reviewed and a placement matched to you.
Enrolment, induction date and your learner record opened.
Phase 01 fees are published at admission. Payment plans and employer-sponsored places form part of the intended Phase 01 model.