Tel: 01372 841100
Book-keeping and accounts
Up to 39 weeks training plus an Employment Development Placement
Course description
The course work and qualifications achieved provide the opportunity to enter into and aspire within a variety of financial occupations across many employment sectors.
Pre-entry Requirements
A College assessment of Arithmetic and English will be required. You will need to be able to add, subtract, multiply and divide. (Open learning is availabe to brush up these skills if they're rusty).
What skills will I learn?
- Business accounts Computerised accounts (Sage)
- Manual and computerised payroll (Sage Payroll)
- Spreadsheet processing (Excel)
- Communicating for accounting (Word)
- Time management
- Team working and independent working
Practical Experience
You will have a selection of practical tasks and assignments, which will encourage development of your time and resource management skills.
What Qualifications can I get?
OCR Level 2 Certificate (3 units) or OCR Level 2 Diploma (5 units) in Accounting.
- Units 1-3: Books of Prime Entry to Trial Balance
- Units 4-5: Computerised Accounts & Stock Control
City and Guilds 8970 - Spreadsheet Processing - Essential and Intermediate levels available.
Employment Opportunities:
You could expect to work in a variety of organisations as Sales & Purchase Ledger Clerks, Accounts Assistants Payroll Assistants & Book-keepers etc, undertaking a wide variety of financial administrative duties.
Your Employment Development Manager will help you make the right choice.
How do I get on the course?
- Are you unemployed and have a disability? If YES, then…
- Make an appointment to see your Disability Employment Adviser (DEA) at your local Jobcentre Plus office.
For an invite to an Open day call Shirley.Clark@qetc.org
Marketing Coordinator 01372 841152
Success Story
Jane - now happily self-employed at home in accounts work...
*Qualifications may change to keep in line with current industry requirements
