Small Software Training Classroom

Adults changing careers, newcomers building job skills, students, and local employers who send staff on courses.

Course fees per student, private group bookings, and room hire to other trainers during quiet times.

• Teaching groups of mixed ability
• Managing a small venue and bookings
• Local marketing and partnerships

• Private career college rules in your province, which may require registration or approval for vocational programs, so check before you advertise
• Commercial lease terms, municipal zoning and signage rules
• Software licensing for classroom computers, so check vendor education or commercial terms
• Commercial general liability and contents insurance
• Quiet periods over summer and holidays, which can affect enrolment

Startup costs are estimated at typically around $5,000 to $25,000, depending on room rent and fit-out, whether you supply computers or students bring laptops, and your software licences.

Check your province's private career college rules, which may require registration or approval for vocational programs, before you advertise. Also check commercial lease terms, municipal zoning and signage, software licensing for classroom computers, and liability and contents insurance.

Monthly revenue is estimated at typically around $2,000 to $10,000, depending on course fees and class sizes. Plan for at least about 15 hours a week, and for quieter enrolment over summer and holidays.