Introduction

The horticulture industry includes many small business and franchise owner/operators who are not employed by major horticulture contractors or employers. While the NZHITO has an active and growing apprenticeship and training scheme running, we acknowledge there is also a need to support businesses involved in horticulture.  These are often the small companies where the infrastructure of the business is often dependent on the key working people.
This particular group are often referred to as the ‘mum and dad’ businesses with often one spouse/partner working in the trade and the other spouse/partner managing the office administration, compliance issues, marketing, staff and personal salaries, taking orders face to face or via phone and/or email.

It requires a level of, IT, communication skill, problem solving and financial understanding that may also be termed ‘financial literacy’... It is a commonly held view of many bankers and other professionals that small businesses can struggle if they are not supported in his area.

Topics Covered

• ICT – using computers to improve their reporting and accounting, understanding office language, improving computer package skills such as MYOB, Word, or Excel

• Health and Safety – everyone has it as part of induction but it is important for this group to be very sure of what both employer and employee responsibilities are.

• Reading documents for business understanding

• Processing financial transactions

• General literacy, writing, spelling, and communication skills for office administration

• Understanding the basic principles of bookkeeping

• Using a calculator to maximum benefit

It is the employees and employers’ commitment and enthusiasm for this opportunity that will guarantee the success of this project.
 
This is an exciting project as it will be the first project in New Zealand offering this kind of MYOB support focusing on financial knowledge that will be delivered using distance learning package utilising computer based training and on-line support.
 
There is no cost to the employees or employees the delivery material is provided through MYOB NZ, and McGirr Training. McGirr Training will provide the on-line and phone tutorial support and do the assessments for any of the unit standards that trainees may want to earn (NZQA assessments are not compulsory).  The opportunity to achieve an MYOB NZ certificate of achievement is also available to every trainee.

Programme Details

The cost of the program to the first 80 people is Free of charge (FOC)

The program is for any small business of fewer than 20 employees
The program is approximately 40 hours of on line learning program
You do not require to complete a NZHITO training agreement however credits earned can contribute to credits towards the National Certificate in Horticulture Level 4.
It does not require having the software program MYOB however it is useful to have it.
MYOB is available it a special rate to companies on the program if required.

How to enrol

To enrol in this course please click here to download the enrolment form, then complete it attaching the required information, and send it to the address on the form.