Course and Training Overview

Creativity, Innovation, Flexibility, Initiative, Autonomy

EXI's accredited courses are nationally recognised qualifications that meet industry needs. The extreme skill-shortage that we are now currently facing needs to be addressed and EXI can help!

EXI's training is hands on, experiential, "real-world" and comprehensive - all critical factors in the successful implementation of enterprise education and sustainable entrepreneurship.

Students graduate with a nationally recognized qualification, a business concept proposal and a support network that can include industry and community supports (networks), as well as a student alumni. It is not unheard of for students to graduate with a small amount of cash from their new business!

Accredited Courses

Non-Accredited Courses

Train the Trainer Training
Teacher Training and Student Resources

The courses teach students to turn a passion or a hobby into a small venture e.g., a student who loves fixing bikes can renovate and sell old bikes The courses and training methodology are based on PhD research that looked at the similarities between successful entrepreneurs and marginalised youth. The study found that both groups shared characteristics that are best described as "Chutzpah"! Chutzpah is Yiddish for cheek, audacity, guts and gall, in other words, an entrepreneur! The research found that the three key factors critical to sustainable entrepreneurship are the same as factors that characterise resilience;

A Vocation based on passion
- Consistent with vocation based on passion framework, the certificates are proving to be able to stream young people into industry vocations, based on their identified passions.
Lifelong learning
- Consistent with the lifelong learning framework, students can then be directed into further studies and into work experience, traineeships and/or apprenticeships.
The Healthy Person
- The "healthy person" framework encourages mentoring to support well-being

Industry and Enterprising Skills

Whilst the entrepreneurial process can unleash hidden potential and refocus a career path, not everybody wants to run their own business. Skills and insights developed through EXI courses can direct students towards trades and the vocational education sector by supporting students to identify and commercialise their passions. Vocational pathways are identified during their new venture creation; if a student loves bikes, he or she can renovate old bikes thus eliciting an interest in trades such as mechanics, painting or sheet metal work.

In short, the courses are designed to unlock all student potential and develop

Enterprising skills in those who need want direction vocationally and the skills to put their goals into action
Entrepreneurial skills in those who want to start and run a business
Intrapraneurship for innovation in the workplace
Educational options for lifelong learning
Vocational pathways