Papua New Guinea Seasonal Workers Business Start-up Training - Stage 2: Re-integration

This Business Start-Up Reader is part of a business training package for seasonal workers. The training is a two stage process:
Stage 1: Half day training undertaken before departure for seasonal worker placement, which introduces the basic concept of starting a business (Business Awareness Training)
Stage 2: Two to three day training undertaken after the workers’ return from their seasonal worker placement, which provides more detailed information on how to start a business (Business Start-Up Training).

This Business Start-Up Reader booklet builds on the information covered during the Business Awareness Training. During that training, workers learn:
- What a business is and the characteristics and challenges of running a business
- Reviewing the steps to developing good business ideas
- Assessing an individual’s business characteristics and skills
- Identifying skills and contacts can be developed during seasonal work to help develop a business idea
- Setting personal and financial goals to help start your own business

The objectives of this Business Start-Up Reader are to help participants to:
- Assess the market and develop a marketing plan
- Understand how to do tasks like pricing, record keeping and keeping a cash flow plan
- Understand the types of legal obligations as a small business owner
- Think about whether, and how, to apply for a loan