Students can start with any qualification depending on existing skills and experience. For the best chance of success, we recommend that students begin their studies with a Level 2 Bookkeeping or Accounting qualification and a good standard of English and maths.
The Level 3 Certificate qualification comprises the following units:
Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements
Tax Processes for Businesses
Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements
This unit provides students with the skills required to produce statements of profit or loss and statements for financial position for sole traders and partnerships, using a trial balance. Students will gain the double-entry bookkeeping skills needed to record financial transactions into an organisation's accounts using a manual bookkeeping system.
Tax Processes for Businesses
This unit explores tax processes that influence the daily operations of businesses and is designed to develop students' skills in understanding, preparing and submitting Value Added Tax (VAT) returns to HM Revenue & Customs. The unit provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to keep businesses, employers and clients compliant with laws and practices that apply to VAT and payroll.
Once you have completed the course, you can go on to apply for and complete the two additional units to achieve the full Level 3 Diploma in Accounting then to the AAT Professional Diploma in Accounting or the Chartered Professional Qualifications
This qualification can be used as a route to professional AAT bookkeeping member (AATQB) status.
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Possible careers with this range of skills would include:
Accounting Administrator
Finance assistant
Professional bookkeeper
Senior bookkeeper
Accounts manager
Ledger manager