Accounting Technician Diploma

Pitman Training Guildford

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Inhouse

  • Class hours

    180h

Those who wish to develop a comprehensive range of manual and computerised book-keeping and payroll skills, together with spreadsheet knowledge. To help someone to become an independent bookkeeper. Suitable for: To provide you with the essential skills for a rewarding career in financial accounting.

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Course programme

Accounting Technician Diploma

Designed for: Those who wish to develop a comprehensive range of manual and computerised book-keeping and payroll skills, together with spreadsheet knowledge.

Objectives: To provide you with the essential skills for a rewarding career in financial accounting.

Course Content
Core Subjects


  • Basic Book-keeping – Gain a clear understanding of the basic principles of book-keeping. Learn how to maintain a cash book, petty cash book and reconcile a bank statement.


  • Purchase Ledger – Become proficient at maintaining a manual purchase ledger.


  • Sales Ledger – Become proficient at maintaining a manual sales ledger.


  • Manual PAYE – Learn to calculate wages and salaries using Inland Revenue tables, understand tax codes, Inland Revenue forms, and how to complete them. Covers holiday pay, statutory sick and maternity pay.


  • Final Accounts I – Learn the principles of double-entry book-keeping in order to maintain a nominal ledger and extract a preliminary trial balance.


  • Final Accounts II – Learn how to extend the trial balance in order to prepare the final accounts of a business (profit and loss accounts and balance sheet).


  • Sage Line 50 – Convert your manual book-keeping skills to computerised accounts using the most popular software.


  • Sage Payroll – Convert your manual payroll skills to computerised skills using this most popular program, including statutory sick and maternity pay.


  • Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard. This will enable you to create spreadsheets, enter data, formulas and functions, create charts and more.


  • Microsoft Excel Expert – Learn advanced spreadsheet skills, covering areas such as importing and exporting data, creating and using templates, linking workbooks, data management, using analysis tools and pivot tables.


  • Numeric Data Entry – Learn efficient use of the numeric keypad.

    Recommended Electives – choose ONE:·

    Book-keeping Level 2 – A Study Guide




  • Microsoft Word


  • Microsoft Word Expert


  • Microsoft Access


  • Microsoft Outlook


    The above are recommended electives for this Diploma. Alternative subjects may be chosen. Please discuss options with your course advisor
    Benefits



  • Equip you to start a new career.


  • The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace.


  • Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training.


  • On successful completion of this diploma and the Book-keeping Level 2 Study Guide, plus IAB practice papers, students will be eligible to take the IAB Certificate in Book-keeping Level 2. Alternatively, students may opt to take the OCR certificate in Accounting Level 2 qualification or IAB Computerised Book-keeping Level 2 qualification.


  • The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers.

    Guideline Learning Time:

    6 weeks full-time* (180 hours flexi study) *based on 20-30 hours a week

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