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. 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 the 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.