Thinking about trading under your own name? The course walks through structures, a plan, the books and Xero. Marketing comes after the core work.
Structure, GST and a plan are what trip people up in year one. Get them right before you trade.
Xero from the chart of accounts to reconciliation, so the books are not a job you dread.
Around eighty hours. Most people get through it while the idea is still fresh.
Most of this points at your own ABN rather than someone else's payroll. The skills also travel into setup and systems work for other small businesses.
Your own small business, set up the right way.
Setting other businesses up on the software.
Writing the plan behind someone else's idea.
Getting a new business seen in its first year.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. The training here is not nationally recognised. Starting a business carries its own cost and risk, and tax advice belongs with a registered agent.
Set it up, plan it, then run the numbers.
This is the paperwork half of starting up, done once and done right. Structures, a plan, the ledger and Xero, with an AI marketing module waiting behind the core.
Access to Xero's own certification comes alongside the course, through the college's Xero partnership.
Google and Meta ads, content with AI, and conversion work, once the core modules are done.
It assumes no degree, no prior ownership, and no knowledge of GST or bookkeeping.
Awarded by the college on completion
From the college, on completion. It is not nationally recognised, and the college is not a registered training organisation.
Xero's own certification, run through Xero rather than the college.
Shared through a link in the learning platform rather than through SEEK.
One form, and nothing to pay to send it.
An advisor checks the course suits what you are building.
Upfront or weekly, then access opens.
Sole trader or company, decided on module one.
You do not. Working out the shape of it is what the first modules are for.
Neither. Both are taught from the beginning, with no bookkeeping assumed.
Six months of access, and around eighty hours of work.
From $29 a week on a payment plan. Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay upfront. No deposit and no credit check.
Yes, and it unlocks once the core modules are finished. Google ads, Meta ads and content with AI.
It teaches you to read your own numbers and set up GST correctly. Advice on your own tax position belongs with a registered tax agent.
You finish with a Certificate of Achievement, and the college is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a registered training organisation, so the training is not nationally recognised. For your own business, what matters is the setup being right.
There is a ten day cooling off period with a money back guarantee. Ask an advisor how it works first.
The Career Academy is an online college with over fifteen years behind it. It works with more than twenty five thousand students a year. It is a Xero Partner and an MYOB Approved Education Partner.
Picture the first invoice you send under your own business name.