Foundation Certificate in Accounting AAT - Level 2
Overview
AAT accountancy courses are designed to teach you practical skills that you can transfer directly to your workplace or aid your career progression.
An AAT qualification offers you a professional status that reflects the skills you’ve worked so hard to gain. So when employers see the letters MAAT after your name, they’ll know they’re dealing with a credible, up-to-date professional.
As a member of the AAT, you’ll have the support of the largest professional body for accounting technicians worldwide.
On the Level 2 course, you will learn how to use manual and computerised accounting systems for purchase ledger, sales ledger and the general ledger.
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Entry requirements
Learners are required to have achieved GCSE English and maths at grade C or above prior to joining this course however this will be assessed on an individual basis at interview.
Start dates and fees
On top of the course fees, you will also be required to join the AAT professional body, which may incur a charge.
*Total fee is cost of one year of a two-year programme of study.
| Start Date | Day/Time | Wks | Duration | Code | Annual Fee | Actions |
| 09/09/2021 | Thu
TBC - TBC | 35 | 1 yr(s) | 1761A102 | £1250.00** E | Apply |
E You may be eligible for fee exemption depending on your circumstances. Please see our adult finance and funding page for more information.
How long is the course?
This is a part-time course that runs over one year as either a full day or two evenings per week.
How will I be assessed?
External assessment on each of the units.
If you are an external student and want to sit the Using Accounting Software Assessment (SAGE) at the college you are required to attend an assessment preparation class. Please email donna.johnson@wnc.ac.uk or call 01623 627191 ext 8569 for more details.
What does the course lead to?
The Foundation Certificate in Accounting can lead to employment as:
- Accounts administrator
- Accounts assistant
- Accounts payable clerk
- Purchase/sales ledger clerk
- Trainee accounting technician
- Trainee finance assistant
What will I study?
Bookkeeping Transactions
- Principles and procedures related to processing business transactions, financial documents and payments for customers and suppliers.
- Developing skills in processing ledger transactions and preparing an initial trial balance.
Bookkeeping Controls
- Maintenance and reconciliation of a cash book by accurately entering receipts and payments, balancing off the book and reconciling with bank statements.
- Knowledge and understanding of the UK banking system and related organisational activities.
- Petty cash transactions and the importance of the Journal as a primary accounting record.
- Maintain control over debtors and creditors, aided by preparation and use of debtor and creditor control accounts.
- Non-standard bookkeeping transactions and double-entry bookkeeping records.
Work Effectively in Finance
- Developing transferable skills and effective working in an accounting environment.
- Teamwork skills and the ability to work independently.
- Demonstrating workplace-ready standards of literacy and numeracy.
Elements of costing
- Cost recording systems within an organisation and how best to respond to requests for information relating to costs and expenditure.
- Recording and extracting information, and using a costing system to provide information for management.
Using Accounting Software
- Selecting and using computerised accounting or bookkeeping software to input and process data for orders, invoiced, receipts and payments.
- Preparing management and period-end reports.
Study programmes
It is an entry requirement for some courses to have gained GCSEs A*-C in English and maths (see entry requirements). If the entry requirements to a course do not require A*-C in these subjects, and you haven’t already gained GCSEs A*-C in English and maths before joining us, you will continue to study English and maths as part of your programme and take appropriate qualifications in these subjects with the aim of achieving A* to C grade. In addition, to help you gain essential skills for employment, every student aged under 19 and studying a full-time course at college will take part in our study programmes alongside their main subject qualification. Find out more.
What can I go on to study?
Progression onto the Intermediate Level 3 AAT qualification.
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