PROSPECTUS

2015

The ICB was established in 1931 – which

means they’ve been around for 84 years, and

they’re still extremely passionate about what do!

Their role is to improve and maintain the quality of bookkeeping,

accounting, office management and financial management

training and qualifications in southern Africa.

With over 80 years’ experience, they really do know what’s what.

Which is why they’ve been a Quality Assurance Partner of the

Finance and Accounting Services Sector Education and Training

Authority (Fasset) for years. ICB is not a training provider – they

are an examining and certification body for several of Fasset’s

business qualifications.

ABOUT ICB

Harvest Institute of Commerce (Pty) Ltd is a company incorporate in terms of Companies Act 2008 and a subsidiary of The Harvest Group Director: Martin Mudau CA (SA) Company

Registration no: 2014/028970/07

Harvest Institute of Commerce an ICB and FASSET accredited

institution, we specialise in the following ICB distance /

correspondence learning courses:

• Accounting

• Public Sector Accounting

• Office Management

• Financial Management for Entrepreneurs

Founded by qualified Chartered Accountants and registered

Auditors, our specialty is Finance and Business Management.

We part of The Harvest Group of Companies; A reputable and

established group of companies which was established on the back

Harvest Chartered Accountants inc, (A firm of Chartered Accountants

that offers Accounting, Audit, Tax and other related financial advisory

services)

ABOUT HARVEST INSTITUTE

QAP accreditation number QAP/585/003 FASSET Accredited provider : A585000156

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Build on your qualifications at your own pace

With the ICB, after successfully completing just a few

learning areas (subjects) you’ll get your first

qualification.

You can then build on this by completing more

groups of learning areas, upgrading your

qualifications as you go.

What’s great is that you can take a short break

between qualifications

Should you choose to continue your studies later,

you can pick up where you left off.

Just don’t take too long a break, as subject material

does change, and if you leave it too long, you

might need to do some make-up courses.

Want to be able to offer indispensable

bookkeeping and accounting skills, or

become a certified accountant someday?

This is the course for you.

There are 12 learning areas – subjects –

which build on each other. You can get

your first qualification (National Certificate:

Bookkeeping) after completing just 4

subjects.

Then work your way up through the next

levels until you ultimately achieve the

National Diploma: Financial Accounting.

This programme could be right for if you are: Aiming to be

employed in a finance department, Juggling the finances of a

growing company, Running a small business, Considering

starting a business of your own someday, Thinking of opening

your own bookkeeping practice one day………………

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ACCOUNTING PROGRAMME

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: BOOKKEEPING

NQF L3 (SAQA ID: 58375)

JOB TITLES

LEARNING AREAS

PRE-QUALIFICATION

Junior Bookkeeper, Accounts Clerk, Debtors Clerk,

Creditors Clerk, Payroll Clerk, Accounts Payable /

Receivable Clerk

Bookkeeping to Trial Balance (1)

Payroll and Monthly SARS Returns (2)

Computerised Bookkeeping (3)

Business Literacy (4)

Grade 10 (Std 8) or equivalent, No prior accounting

knowledge needed, You must be at least 16 years of

age.

Monthly bookkeeping to trial balance; reconcile

suppliers, inventory and bank statements; calculate

PAYE / UIF / SDL; payroll tax and other deductions;

EMP501, IRP5, IRP6 and IT3a documents and VAT

returns.

Senior Bookkeeper, Junior Accountant, Assistant

Accountant

Financial Statements (5)

Cost and Management Accounting (6)

Successful completion of the previous learning areas

(1-4) – or be a qualified Junior Bookkeeper. Grade

11 (Std 9) or equivalent..

Monthly bookkeeping; asset disposal; year-end

adjustments; analysis of financial statements;

understand cash flow; basic cost and management

accounts.

FURTHER EDUCATION CERTIFICATE:

BOOKKEEPING NQF L4 (SAQA ID: 58376)

WHAT YOU WILL BE

ABLE TO DO

ACCOUNTING PROGRAMME (cont…)

NATIONAL DIPLOMA: FINANCIAL

ACCOUNTING

NQF L6 (SAQA ID: 20366)

JOB TITLES

LEARNING AREAS

PRE-QUALIFICATION

Financial Accountant, apply to SAIBA to become an

Accounting Officer

Corporate Strategy (9)

Management Accounting Control Systems (10)

Financial Reporting & Regulatory Frameworks (11)

Accounting Theory and Practice* (12)

*By dissertation

Successful completion of the previous learning areas (1-

8) – or be a qualified Technical Financial Accountant.

National Diploma: Technical

Financial Accounting NQF L5 - or equivalent

Support management in finance and accounting;

become a SAIT tax practitioner (once you meet

their

requirements); know the ins and outs of

accounting, taxation (individuals and companies),

auditing and business law.

Technical Financial Accountant, Accounting

Technician, Tax Technician

Income Tax Returns (7)

Business Law and Accounting Control (8)

Successful completion of the previous learning

areas

(1-6) – or be a qualified Senior Bookkeeper.

Compile annual financial statements; register with SAIBA

as an Accounting Officer (once you meet their

requirements); work with Chartered Accountants and

Auditors; have a thorough knowledge of accounting

theory and practice, corporate strategy and regulatory

frameworks.

NATIONAL DIPLOMA: TECHNICAL

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

NQF L5 (SAQA ID: 36213)

WHAT YOU WILL BE

ABLE TO DO

If you want to work in finance and

administration in government or

municipalities, these are the courses to

study.

This programme consists of 8 subjects, but

you can get your first qualification

(National Certificate:

Public Sector Accounting) after completing

just four. Build on these first four subjects

with the remaining four and you’ll qualify

with the Diploma: Public Sector

Accounting..

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PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING PROGRAMME

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE:PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING_ NQF L4 (SAQA ID: 20352)

JOB TITLES

LEARNING AREAS

PRE-QUALIFICATION

Public Accounts

Administrator

Bookkeeping to Trial Balance (1)

Public Accounting

Administration (2)

Computerised Bookkeeping (3)

Business Literacy (4)

Grade 11, NQF 3 or equivalent. You

must be at least 16 years of age.

No prior accounting knowledge

needed.

Administer public accounts. Help

improve public sector financial

management by adding value,

efficiency and productivity to

government departments.

Technical Public Accountant,

Accounting Technician in the public

sector

Financial Statements (5)

Cost and Management

Accounting (6)

Technical Public Accounting (7)

Business Law and Accounting

Control (8)

National Certificate: Public Sector

Accounting, which consists of the

previous 4 learning areas.

Work as a qualified accounting

technician in the public sector.

Make a positive contribution to the

country by improving public finance

management, adding value,

efficiency and productivity to

government departments

DIPLOMA:PUBLIC SECTOR ACCOUNTING_ NQF L5 (SAQA ID: 20353)

WHAT YOU WILL BE

ABLE TO DO

Easy conversion to the

ICB’s Accounting

Programme: Take your

studies further by switching

to the Accounting

Programme by completing

just 1 or 2 extra subjects:

If you hold the National

Certificate: Public Sector

Accounting, you can attain

the National Certificate:

Bookkeeping by

completing the Payroll and

Monthly SARS Returns

learning area (subject).

If you have qualified with

the Diploma: Public Sector

Accounting, you can get

the National Diploma:

Technical Financial

Accounting by completing

the Payroll and Monthly

SARS Returns learning area,

and the Income Tax

Returns learning area

(subjects).

DID YOU KNOW?

This is just the ticket if you want to learn

about finances and how these can

contribute to a small business’s stability and

success. Or if you want to learn how to

manage your own business’s finances

without studying a formal accounting

qualification.

This programme encompasses three

learning areas (subjects) that lead to you

achieving the National Certificate: Small

Business Financial Management.

If you have entrepreneurial plans, a great

idea or product to sell but need financial

knowledge, the ICB’s Financial Management

for Entrepreneurs programme is perfect for

you.

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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENTREPRENUERS

JOB TITLES

LEARNING AREAS

PRE-QUALIFICATION

WHAT YOU WILL BE

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Small Business

Financial Manager

Essential Business Finance (1)

Computerised Bookkeeping (2)

Business Literacy (3)

Grade 11 (Std 9), NQF L3

or an equivalent.

Manage the finances of a small or medium-sized

business, using your basic skills in accounting,

reporting, finance and costing. Read and

understand business financial documentation so

that you can ask your bookkeeper the right

questions to keep your business on track.

NATIONAL CERTIFICATE: SMALL BUSINESS

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

NQF L4 (SAQA ID 48736)

Small business owner or opening a

small business

Determined to help a small business

grow and increase profits

Driven to run your company’s

operations economically Looking to

understand how finances influence a

small business’s success

Keen to improve your small business’s

chances of securing loans and

finance.

THIS PROGRAME IS IDEAL FOR YOU IF

YOU ARE:

This programme is perfect for those of you

who want to learn a little bookkeeping, and

a lot of all-round office knowledge.

As you work your way through this

programme’s 12 learning areas (subjects),

you’ll move up from the Certificate: Office

Administration to the Higher Certificate and

ultimately to the Diploma: Office

Administration.

This is a great choice if you believe in the

huge benefits of running any company in

an organised way. The knowledge you gain

in each successive qualification builds on the

last, allowing you to take on key functions

and increased responsibility in your

workplace

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OFFICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME

CERTIFICATE: OFFICE

ADMINISTRATION

NQF L5 (SAQA ID: 23618)

JOB TITLES

LEARNING AREAS

PRE-QUALIFICATION

WHAT YOU WILL

BE ABLE TO DO

Junior Office Administrator, Receptionist, Office

Assistant, Public Relations Officer, Marketing

Administrator

Office Communication (1)

Business and Office Administration 1(2)

Bookkeeping (3)

Marketing Management & Public Relations (4)

Business Law and Administrative Practice (5)

Cost and Management Accounting (6)

Grade 12 (Std 10) or equivalent – and you must be

at least 16 years of age. No prior accounting

knowledge needed.

Business communication; bookkeeping up to trial

balance; knowledge of cost and management

accounting and computing; basic marketing and

public relations, business law and administrative

practice.

HIGHER CERTIFICATE: OFFICE

ADMINISTRATION

NQF L5 (SAQA ID: 23619)

Senior Office Administrator, Secretary, General

Office Manager, Human Resources Administrator,

Labour Relations Administrator

Business and Office Administration 2 (7)

Human Resources Management and Labour

Relations (8)

Economics (9)

Certificate: Office Administration NQF L5, which

consists of the previous 6 learning areas.

Office management techniques, knowledge of

human resources, labour relations and economics.

OFFICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME (cont..)

DIPLOMA: OFFICE

ADMINISTRATION

NQF L5 (SAQA ID: 35958)

JOB TITLES

LEARNING AREAS

PRE-QUALIFICATION

WHAT YOU WILL

BE ABLE TO DO

Office Manager,

Public Relations Officer

Business and Office Administration 3 (10)

Financial Accounting (11)

Management (12)

Higher Certificate: Office Administration, which

consists of the previous 9 learning areas..

Use your advanced knowledge of management

techniques, financial accounting and reporting skills,

and office administration techniques.

Looking to land your first job Wanting skills

that make you employable in any business

Ambitious and want to be top of the list for

promotions Keen to move up into

management Eager to learn the basics of

marketing, bookkeeping, human resources

and public relations

THIS PROGRAMME IS FOR YOU IF YOU ARE:

Harvest Institute ICB courses are currently

only offered on a correspondence basis,

meaning that you will study at the comfort

of your own home or any other chosen

place of study.

Your assessment/exams will be written at

preselected venues, please see ASSESMENT

CENTRES (next page) to identify your

preferred assessment center.

In the near future we will be offering faces

to face classes in the following provinces:

Gauteng_ Johannesburg

Limpopo_ Thohoyandou

Limpopo_ Polokwane

North West_ Mafikeng

For more information regarding our face to

face classes please feel free to send your

enquiry to info@harvestinstitute.co.za

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CAPE TOWN

Rhodes High School

Montreal Avenue

Mowbray

MSC College - Bellville

5 Church Street

Cnr Durban & Church Street

Bellville, 7535

DURBAN

NG Kerk Port Natal

455 Esther Roberts Road

Umbilo, Durban

MOSSEL BAY

Jesua Consultants

Diaz Office Park

Block B, Unit 21

Beach Boulevard West

Diaz Beach, 6506

POLOKWANE

Boston Polokwane

1st Floor, Penur Building

52 Landdros Mare Street

Polokwane, 0700

VEREENIGING

Profin

42 Donald Road

Glen Donald

Meyerton

1929

You can chose to write your exams at any of the following assessment

centers

EAST LONDON

MSC College - East London

14 St Matthews Road

Southernwood

East London

5201

JOHANNESBURG

MSC Benoni

54 Woburn Avenue

Benoni

1501

NORTH WEST

MSC College - Klerksdorp

91 Anderson Street

Klerksdorp,2571

GAUTENG

Lite Campus

The Piazza Centre, 2nd Floor

Cnr Jan Smuts & Republic

Roads, Randburg, 2196

MPUMALANGA

MSC College - Witbank

Harest House

Cnr Haig & Rhodes Street

Witbank

1035

GAUTENG

MSC College - Braamfontein

165 Cnr Smith & Melle Street

Braamfontein

2001

NELSPRUIT

Damelin Nelspruit

34 Ferreira Street

Nelspruit

PORT ELIZABETH

MSC College - Port Elizabeth

71-76 Parliament Street

Central

Port Elizabeth

PRETORIA

Boston - Pretoria North

1st Floor, Republic Leasing

Cnr Gerrit Maritz & Burger

Streets

Pretoria, 0182

SA Academy of Applied

Competence

Kutlwanong Democracy

Centre

357 Visagie Street

Pretoria, 0054

NEWCASTLE

Qualitas Career Academy -

Newcastle

The Edu Centre, Off

Sutherland Street

Opposite Checkout

Newcastle

2940

BLOEMFONTEIN

MSC College - Bloemfontein

2nd Floor, Allied Building

98 Charlotte Maxeke Street

Bloemfontein

9301

RUSTENBURG

Centurion Academy -

Rustenburg

39 Heystek Street

Rustenburg

0299

QUEENSTOWN

MSC College - Queenstown

11 Ebden Street

Queenstown

5319

WHEN TO WRITE EXAMS?

ASSESSMENT TIMETABLE

The are important for when you’ll write your final assessments and submit your Portfolio of Evidence. It is quite important that you

register for each assessment by the closing date.

IMPORTANT

These assessment timetables are subject to change and the ICB reserves the right to cancel any assessment at its own discretion.

Results will be released on the due date on condition that PoEs are received at the ICB's offices by their due dates.

Late entries will only be accepted at the discretion of ICB Management and late entry fees will be levied.

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SO…..HOW ARE YOU ASSESED AS AN ICB LEARNER??

It’s pretty simple. 30% of your final mark comes from the

activities and evaluations you undertake during your course.

Your Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) is a folder given to you at the

start of the course, once you’ve registered for an assessment

with the ICB. You’ll need to put any assignments given to you

as well as the tests you take in it. Your PoE is complete when

your final assessment is added to it at the end of your course.

When you sit down to write your final assessment – which

counts for the remaining 70% - you’ll include it in your PoE,

which an ICB registered assessor will then check to see the

levels of competencies you have achieved. The activities and

evaluations are essential, as they prepare you for the final

assessment, and also provide evidence of the hard work and

effort you’ve put in leading up to it.

MAKING THE GRADE

A passing grade (‘competent’) needs to be at least 60% for the

overall course, and you need to get a minimum of 50% for the

final assessment.

If you’re assessed as ‘not yet competent’, you still have a

chance to write one (just one) supplementary assessment,

which has a pass mark of 60%. You must do this within 12

months of your original summative assessment date. We do

recommend that re-assessments are written ASAP, as subject

content will change and it’s your responsibility to make sure

you are aware of what’s changed.

Final assessments are held at ICB-approved assessment centers

around southern Africa.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

Get credits: Recognition for work experience and prior studies:

If you have previously picked up registered qualifications or part

qualifications; Or have acquired solid experience working in a

relevant field then you might be able to get credit for these

towards an ICB qualification. All you need to do is follow the

ICB’s procedure to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning

(RPL).

To apply for RPL you’ll need to submit the relevant form and

pay an RPL administration fee. Submit these along with your

detailed CV and transcripts of any formal registered

qualifications you hold. ‘

The ICB will review your application and offer you credits based

on subjects you’ve already passed, or they may ask you to

complete a Portfolio of Evidence (PoE), which we they supply.

If you wish to accept these credits, you will need to pay

another fee to be granted full or conditional exemptions, and

remember: you must be registered with the ICB too.

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The CORRESONDANCE study package includes the following

Text book

Study guide

Solutions guide

Workbook (select subjects only)

Tutor support

CORRESPONDACE

CORRESPONDACE PLUS

CORRESPONDANCE Package (as per above)

PLUS

Video lectures (6 months online access)

DVD (to watch the video offline)

Handbook with assessment questions, answer templates

and solutions

The Plus package comprises of concept videos relevant to

your study module, it also includes revision videos for your

assessment preparation. It includes a collection of revision

questions related the selected study module. These revision

questions are provided, with the answer templates, on a pdf

within the playlist. Once you have completed these questions,

we encourage you to watch the Revision Videos so that you

can check your answers against those provided in each

video.

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R 1800.00 per learning area

CORRESPONDACE CORRESPONDACE

PLUS

R 2800.00 per learning area

Option 1: Register 4 or more modules at the same

time and qualify for a 15% discount and a flexible

payment plan (Option 3 below)….If you pay cash as

per Option 2 below you receive an additional 5%

discount.

Option 2: 100% Cash payment on registration and

receive a 10% discount (5% discount if Option 1 has

been selected)

Option 3: If you cannot afford Option 1 and 2 you

can opt for our interest free payment plan where

your fees will be payable as follows:

On registration: 50%

Month 1-5: 10% per month

TIPS for SAVING fees

Assessment fee per subject

Re- Assessment fee per subject

Assessment postponement fee per subject

Assessment late entry fee per subject

Assessment re-mark and Examiners Report

Private invigilator admin fee

Duplicate Transcript of Results

Certificate Re-print (Postage)

Re-Issue of PoE (including postage)

RE-post/Re-delivery Fee

R 610.00

R 410.00

R 210.00

R 450.00

R 850.00

R 950.00

R 100.00

R 200.00

R 340.00

R 90.00

The following fees are payable

directly to the ICB

Account Name: Harvest Institute of Commerce

Bank: First National Bank

Account no: 62458965088

Branch name: North Rand Road

Branch code: 252605

Reference: Per Invoice or Student name

Our Banking details:

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GAUTENG:

Head Office:

Office 1001 Block 1

East Rand Junction Office Park

23 Frank Road

Bardene

Boksburg

(We are next to VW Lindsay Saker East Rand Mall)

Postal Address:

P.O Box 26875

East Rand Mall

Bartlett

1459

Tel: +27 (0) 861 111 251

Alternative Number: +27 (0)11 826 2008

Fax: +27 (0) 86 613 2961

Email: info@harvestinstitute.co.za

WHERE to find US OUR BRANCH OFFICES:

Johannesburg Branch:

Marble Towers

2nd Floor

Cnr Jeppe and Von Veilligh

Johannesburg

Limpopo Branches:

Polokwane

No 15 Rhodesdrift

Bendor

Polokwane

Thohoyandou:

Office No G2

Sabina Plaza

Mphephu Street

Thohoyandou

Limpopo, 0950

North West:

Mafikeng CBD Branch:

Shop 11

Cnr of Robinson and Main Street

Mafikeng

2745