To be eligible for Self-Employment Assistance, you must:

• Be at least 15 years of age (noting that a person must be 18 years of age to access Small Business Coaching).
• Be allowed to legally work in Australia.
• Be available to participate in the program and work the required hours in your proposed business.
• Not be engaged in education and/or employment for more than 25 hours per week.
• Not be an overseas visitor on a working holiday or an overseas student studying in Australia.
• Not be an undischarged bankrupt.

To be eligible for Self-Employment Assistance, your Business or Business Idea must be either:

• A new business, or;
• A business which is operated by an Eligible Business Owner;
• Have an independent business structure;
• Be lawful and capable of withstanding public scrutiny;
• Be, or is, established, located, and operated solely within Australia; and
• Be, or is, structured so that the Participant has and will maintain a controlling interest over the business throughout the duration of the Participant’s time accessing the Services.

You can enrol into Self-Employment Assistance by lodging an online application with us here.

We will check your eligibility and may contact you for further information before confirming your enrolment and pathway.

However, before lodging your application, we would suggest you read through the fact sheet here for some basic information.

Yes, you can access Self-Employment Assistance as a partner in your business. You will be required to submit a partnership agreement before starting the program. You will need to have equal or greater share and control over the business if partnering with a non-Self-Employment Assistance business partner.

You can have an equal controlling interest if partnering with another applicant.

Our training is online and self-paced, delivered through a series of learning modules and additional resources to help you through the business journey.

Once your application is approved, you will be provided with login details to our training platform. You will also have a business trainer check in with you on a weekly bases in case you have any questions.

Over the course of your training, you will complete a business plan and financial plan, which also forms part of your BSB30220 Certificate III in Entrepreneurship and New Business qualification requirements.

You will have four weeks to complete the self-paced training.

At the end of the four weeks, you will be expected to complete your business plan, financials and case study assessments.

Once you are ready to start your business (usually by the eighth week), you will commence onto the Small Business Coaching for 12 months where you will be mentored by a business advisor. After the initial six months of running your business, you will submit your last assessment to obtain your qualification.

It will take approximately at least eight months to complete the full qualification.

Our self-paced online training is delivered via modules, which can be accessed via a pc, tablet or phone. Although, we highly recommend that you use a desktop computer or laptop as it is easier to view and complete the modules.

A reliable internet connection is also essential.

This training forms part of the BSB30220 Certificate III in Entrepreneurship and New Business qualification requirements. You will need to complete four assessments to be issued with a Certificate.

These assessments include a Business Plan and Business Financial Projections (which are required in order to be accepted into the Business Coaching), as well as a Third-Party report and Case Study financial projections. These assessments should not take too long to complete as they are based on the experience of running your own business.

Yes, you will need to conduct some market research outside of the online training.