City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Computerised Accounts

Course Content

There are six learning outcomes to this unit. The learner will be able to:

• create accounts using computerised software

add new accounts to the purchase ledger

add new accounts to the sales ledger

create accounts in the nominal ledger

• edit details of records

add accounts to the nominal ledger

• process accounting transactions using computerised accounts

process information in respect of the sales ledger

process information in respect of the purchase ledger

allocate supplier payments

allocate customer payments

process transfers between bank accounts and cash accounts

process nominal journal entries

process a wages journal from given data

process cash and cheque payments and receipts involving discounts

calculate and reconcile batch totals

• produce customer documentation using computerised accounts

produce customer invoices from given data

produce customer statements of account

• produce supplier documents using computerised accounts

produce remittance advice for suppliers

• select and print accounting reports for management purposes

produce purchase day book summaries

produce sales day book summaries

produce aged debtor analysis

produce aged creditor analysis

produce a trial balance

produce supplier activity reports

produce customer activity reports

produce supplier details reports

produce customer details reports

produce nominal ledger account reports

Assessment

This unit will be assessed by a two hour question paper, which will be externally marked.

The examination paper will take the format of a number of practical tasks. All areas of the syllabus
will be tested on every paper.

Benefits

n Learn Sage Line 50 in order to keep routine computerised accounting records

n This unit is linked to the Level 2 and 3 NVQ in Accounting

n The flexibility of a self-study course with tutor support at a Pitman Training Centre designed to enable you to work at your own pace

n The opportunity to gain widely recognised Pitman Training and City & Guilds certificates