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Certification-First Skilling · Certiport Authorized PartnerBe your own boss. Then prove you can run it.
The Independent Contractor pathway stacks the two credentials that turn a freelancer into a business: the skill to communicate like a professional and the skill to run the operation, in one certification pathway.
Training for both certifications is included with your bundle. Learn at your own pace, mapped to the official exam objectives, then certify when you're ready.
An independent contractor wears both hats.
Going independent means there's no team to lean on. You win the client and you deliver the work, which takes two very different skills. This Certiport My Pathway certifies both: Professional Communication and Entrepreneurship & Small Business.
Win the client
Write the proposal that wins the contract, run the call that keeps it, and negotiate scope without burning the relationship.
Run the business
Price your work, manage cash flow, evaluate opportunities and market yourself: the difference between a side hustle and a sustainable business.
Two credentials, one independent career.
This pathway mirrors the official Certiport My Pathway structure. Training for both is included with your bundle, and exams can be taken in any order.
Professional Communication
Proves you can write, present, collaborate and resolve conflict at work: verifiable, not just "excellent communicator" on a CV. Valid for 5 years.
Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Proves you can execute, from spotting an opportunity to managing the money that keeps you in business.
Five problems graduates face, and how proof of skill fixes them.
Clients can't see how you work until the job goes wrong. A certification pathway gives them proof before they hire you.
“Excellent communicator” proves nothing
Every CV says it, so employers ignore it.
Interns kept away from clients
Nobody lets an untested trainee speak for the business.
Good at the work, bad at the business
Many freelancers can deliver but can't price, invoice or plan.
Winning work, then losing it
Poor communication turns good jobs into disputes.
Local skills, invisible abroad
Remote employers need a standard they recognize.
Two ways to learn. One proof of skill.
Learn on your own with OneSkillAway or with a trainer at EdgePoint. Both paths lead to OneCertificationAway.
Self-paced bundle
LearnKey training for both certifications, plus vouchers, retakes and GMetrix practice tests.
EdgePoint Guided
The same pathway with a trainer and career coaching. Cohorts start 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October, with a minimum of 10 candidates. Switch from self-paced by paying the difference.
Certify both
Sit the official exams in any order at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, or online where there's no center nearby, and become a certified graduate.
Book your exam →Both paths lead to OneCertificationAway, and both unlock SkillUp Pro. Not every pathway runs as a guided class, so check available classes first.
Everything in, one price.
Independent Contractor · Self-paced
Planning to certify well beyond this pathway?
SkillUp Pro has no annual fee. Buying any pathway bundle (self-paced or guided) or any Mastery Challenge unlocks it automatically; à -la-carte purchases don't. Once you're a member, every additional à -la-carte voucher you buy that year is 25% off. It doesn't discount the bundles themselves, and discounts don't stack.
Available in 10 countries.
Sit your exams at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, or online if there's no center near you.
At a testing center
Sit your exams at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center (CATC) near you, with the workstation and connection provided.
Live online exam
Available only where there's no Certiport Authorized Testing Center nearby. Exams are live-proctored through Certiport Compass Cloud, and you need a full workstation with a webcam and a fast, stable connection. You earn the same certificate and badge.
Your independent career is one certification pathway away.
Get the bundle today. Train both certifications on OneSkillAway or with an EdgePoint trainer, then certify when you're ready to prove it.
Your ESB Certification Is Your Way Into EPCON 2027
EPCON is Zimbabwe's National Student Technology Skills Championship. Certification is the first stage: get certified, build a capstone project, then pitch it.
Registrations open 1 November 2026, and the national finals take place on 3–4 December 2027.
Qualifies you for
Entrepreneurship & Small Business qualifies you for the Entrepreneurship track. Professional Communication strengthens your pitch but doesn't qualify for a track on its own.
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