Matric Equivalent Certificates are achieved when completing courses that equip you with specialised skills that will be useful to you in the workplace. These courses focus on a specific stream of learning (ie. bookkeeping) that you can use to further your career.

1. Matric Equivalent Courses
You Can Study Today
Here are the Matric Equivalent
Courses you can study to achieve
a Matric Equivalent Certificate:
ICB FET Certificate: Senior
Bookkeeping
ICB National Certificate:
Small Business
Management

2. What Is A Matric Equivalent
Certificate?
Matric Equivalent Certificates are achieved when
completing courses that equip you with specialised skills
that will be useful to you in the workplace.
A Matric Equivalent Certificate is:
On the same NQF level as Matric And
A specialised Skill Set Qualification

3. What Is A
Scarce Skill?
Scarce Skills are skills that are in
high demand in South Africa.
Some of these Scarce Skills are
also in demand in other
countries. These skills are sought
after by employers as there
aren’t enough qualified
professionals in those specific
fields.

4. What Are The Benefits
Of Pursuing A Scarce
Skills Job?
Here are other benefits of
choosing a scarce skills
job:
Jobs Are plenty!
Hiring Opportunities
Increase your income
Move up the corporate
ladder!
Travel and work abroad
Local and international
accreditation

5. How Do You Identify
Critical And Scarce
Skills?
Scarce Skills and Critical Skills
may sound similar but they
have two different meanings.
Scarce Skills are the demand
for skilled people to fill
professions whereas Critical
Skills are “add on” skills that
employers look for.

6. Why You Should Choose A
Matric Equivalent Certificate?
Choosing to obtain a Matric Equivalent Certificate is a very good
option. It is for people who have not completed Matric and want
to get a qualification that specialises in a field you want to work
in.
When studying a Matric Equivalent Course you:
Gain a Scarce Skill
Work in a specialised field

7. What Courses Are
Equivalent To A Matric
Certificate?
Matric College offers two Matric
Equivalent Courses that are on
the same qualification level as
Matric. The courses are
ICB F.E.T Certificate: Senior
Bookkeeping (NQF 4)
ICB National Certificate:
Small Business
Management (NQF 4)

8. The Institute of Certified
Bookkeepers is an independent
external examination body that
offers accredited business
qualifications in South Africa.
They offer a high-quality
learning experience and are
registered with the NQF.
Who Is ICB?
Institute Of Certified
Bookkeepers

9. Are ICB Courses Recognised by
other institutions?
Yes, ICB Courses are
recognised by other institutions
that offer recognition of prior
learning. You can use your ICB
Qualification to get automatic
credits for a course you want to
study later. ICB courses are
recognised locally in South
Africa and internationally.

10. Benefits Of Studying
A Matric Equivalent
Qualification
A Matric Equivalent Certificate
is the beginning of many
academic and professional
opportunities you can take
advantage of. Benefits of a
Matric Equivalent Certificate
include: