Certificate in Accounting AAT - Level 2

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.

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.

The table below shows you when the course starts. You may be charged a fee for your course depending on your age and circumstances.

Start DateDay/TimeWksDurationCodeAnnual Fee (Age) 16-18over 19 13/09/2016Tue, Thu
TBC - TBC351 yr(s)1761A103Free£1085.00* 15/09/2016Thu
TBC - TBC351 yr(s)1761A102Free£1085.00*

*Course fees shown are for guidance only and are the fees charged for courses running this year. Fees for courses starting in September 2016 will be confirmed in spring 2016.

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.

Location

• Derby Road

How will I be assessed?

External assesment on each of the units.

What does the course lead to?

Upon completion, you will be able to gain employment as a trainee accountant, purchase ledger clerk or sales ledger clerk.

What will I study?

Basic accounting 1

• 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.

Basic accounting 2

• 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.

Working effectively in accounting and 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.

Basic 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.

Computerised accounting

• 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.

What can I go on to study?

Progression onto the Intermediate Level 3 AAT qualification.