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Assistant Accountant – Level 3

Study Area: Apprenticeships

Duration: 12 – 18 Months

Attendance: Part Time

Course Overview

Assistant Accountant L3 Apprenticeship

The purpose of the AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting is to provide students with the specialist knowledge and skills required for progressing either to employment in an accounting or finance role, or to enable progression to further study in accountancy and finance.

The AAT Advanced Diploma in Accounting covers a range of complex accounting tasks, including maintaining cost accounting records and the preparation of reports and returns. It comprises six mandatory units:

Advanced Bookkeeping
Final Accounts Preparation
Management Accounting: Costing
Indirect Tax
Ethics for Accountants
Spreadsheets for Accounting.

Students will learn and master financial processes including accounting principles and concepts, advanced bookkeeping and final accounts. They will also understand business issues regarding value added tax (VAT), which may be known by another name in other countries) issues in business, management accounting costing techniques and ethical practices for accountants. This qualification further delivers software skills through spreadsheet training for accounting.

Start Date

Various Start Dates

Entry Requirements & Interview Process

AAT Foundation Certificate in Accounting or previous qualifications will all be taken into account.

Grades of C/ Grade 4 and above are required for this qualification.

However, if you do not have the grades above you will be required to complete Functional Skills as part of the apprenticeship.

Progression

Skills developed through this qualification can lead to employment as:

an accounts assistant
an accounts payable and expenses supervisor
an accounts payable clerk
an assistant accountant

Assessment Methods

Your training officer will come and visit you in the work place and conduct reviews and onsite observation for you NVQ

Functional skills (if required) will be completed on your college day release with the functional skills tutors.

During your apprenticeship you will build a portfolio of evidence and knowledge. This is a mandatory requirement for your end point assessment.

Your training officer will guide you through your qualification and plan delivery to work around you and your job role.

You will still be expected to submit work during any school holiday and your training officer will still be available then.

It is important that your employer is supportive of you on your learning journey and we will need some feedback from them in the form of reviews.

Course Fees

This course is free for students age 16 – 18. For students 19+ please contact our Student Services Team on 01422 399367 for more information.

Awarding Body

AAT

Career Opportunities

This qualification provides you with the knowledge, understanding and skills to work in a variety of finance and accountancy roles such as:

an audit trainee
a credit controller
a finance assistant
a finance officer
a payroll supervisor
a professional bookkeeper
a senior bookkeeper
a tax assistant