SFEDI Awards

SFEDI Awards is The Awarding Organisation for Enterprise and Entrepreneurs. Their qualifications are built on extensive research and are designed to enable both those who wish to start and grow their own business and the business support professionals who work with them.

SFEDI recognises that individuals wanting to go into self-employment don’t always have the generic business skills such as sales and marketing, managing finance and business planning. The research also tells us that those who invest time learning about business knowledge and skills have a significantly increased chance of their business succeeding. 

SFEDI Awards provides accreditation, products and services based on the SFEDI National Occupational Standards for Business Enterprise and Business Support.

SFEDI have been providing business support accreditation against qualifications and endorsed awards for several years and several thousand business advisors have been accredited via us under the ‘SFEDI Enterprises’ banner. Now operating as a formal Awarding Organisation they have developed existing qualifications to meet the changing demands of the sector.

emqc is a  SFEDI Centre of Excellence and provides easy access to small business friendly qualifications based on the SFEDI National Occupational Standards.

How it works…

Business advisers are assessed against a range of standards for the business support profession. Those who are successful in demonstrating competence receive the nationally recognised certificate which not only endorses their skills and knowledge as a high-calibre business adviser but also accredits their commitment to continuing professional development.

emqc offers a full range of SFEDI Business Support Qualifications as described below:

• Level 5 Certificate in Business Support
  The Level 5 Certificate in Business Support focuses on the broad base of skills, knowledge and understanding needed by business advisers.
• Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise Training
  The SFEDI Awards Practitioner Certificate in Enterprise Training is designed to enable trainers to deliver appropriate training to small business owners and managers.
• Practitioner Certificate in Providing Business Information
  The SFEDI Awards Practitioner Certificate in Providing Business Information is specifically designed to enable business information advisers to help small businesses access information to develop and improve their business.
• Practitioner Certificate in Social Enterprise Support
  The SFEDI Awards Practitioner Certificate in Social Enterprise Support is designed to enable Social Enterprise Advisers to advise, develop and improve small businesses through changes to the business. It involves specialist knowledge in the area of Social Enterprise. Those likely to undertake this qualification are individuals who operate as business support professionals and is also applicable to those operating as managers and consultants to Third Sector organisations.