The Purchase goods and services credential covers the skills and knowledge that assist you in understanding the procedures and best practices to be implemented in the procurement of goods and services in assisting your organisation reduce waste and avoid needless risk whilst maximising efficiency, profits, value and promoting transparency. 

The Purchase goods and services comprises of 1 micro-credential stacked courses of learning, followed by a completion of assessment tasks at the end of each skill level, to test the learner’s knowledge and understanding.

Course Series: 1 of 1

Course Award: Micro-Credential 

Course Duration: 3 Hours Course 

Complexity: Foundation

It comprises 6 lessons of learning, followed by a completion quiz to test your knowledge and understanding.  By the end of this course, you will demonstrate understanding in:

  • Purchasing strategies, policies, procedures, and contracts
  • Purchasing authority, responsibility, and principles
  • Processes to apply regarding purchase specifications and approvals
  • Best practices when selecting suppliers and making purchases 
  • Processes to implement when receiving deliveries
  • How to implement a register to record assets for storage




Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Purchase goods and services
  • 2

    Lesson 1

    • Purchasing strategy, policies, procedures and contracts
  • 3

    Lesson 2

    • Purchasing authority, responsibility and principles
  • 4

    Lesson 3

    • Purchase specifications and approvals
  • 5

    Lesson 4

    • Selecting suppliers and purchasing
  • 6

    Lesson 5

    • Receiving and checking deliveries
  • 7

    Lesson 6

    • Register and record assets for storage
  • 8

    Test your knowledge

    • Instructions before taking the test

    • Next steps
  • 9

    The boring stuff

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