Aims to offer individuals the opportunity to explore enterprise - its purpose, functions and operations, and recognise the basic personal knowledge and skills required to work effectively and successfully within an enterprise.

There are no formal entry requirements, but participants will:

• Have a background that will enable them to benefit from the programme - which is likely to be Level 1 Key Skills Literacy and Numeracy or their equivalent.
  
  
• Centres may provide support to intending learners who do not have this level of literacy and numeracy.
  
  
• Learners who are sponsored by their employers and those without such sponsorship are equally eligible.
  

Successful candidates may benefit from career enhancement and/or progress to any of the further qualifications listed, according to their circumstances:

• L2 Award or Certificate in Preparing for Business Enterprise
• L3 Award or Certificate in Starting Your Enterprise

Other programmes leading to various enterprise, leadership or management qualifications at the same or higher levels according to individual requirements.