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Career Opportunities & Progression

The ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course offers superb career opportunities in many different contexts. The ACCA qualification provides the knowledge and understanding required to work in accounting support roles in all aspects of the financial sector and is an ideal introduction into accountancy. Successful completion of the ACCA exams offers automatic transfer to Part 2 of the ACCA Qualification. This leads to an Oxford Brooks Honours BSc in Applied Accounting.

 

ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course

The ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course prepares students for the examinations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).  The ACCA Certified Accountancy Technician qualification is the first step in ACCA's lifelong learning path. The ACCA Certified Accounting Technician Course offers superb career opportunities in many different contexts. Graduates of this ACCA course will have shown that they are able to offer competent accounting support to business managers in all aspects of the financial sector. The ACCA CAT qualification is internationally recognised and highly regarded. 

We Provide

  • A Dynamic team of Experienced and Highly Qualified CAT Lecturers.
  • Small class sizes guaranteed with personal support.
  • Course delivered and designed to ensure students maximize their opportunity for results.
  • Excellent facilities and a unique campus atmosphere.
  • Centrally located with easy access to all transport networks.
  • The endorsement from the ACCA professional body who have awarded Dorset College “Gold Status”.
  • Our 27 Years of success in Business with thousands of successful students and many award winners at National and Worldwide levels.

Pre-requisites

Entry to the ACCA certified accounting technician course is open with no pre-requisites. Where a student has no qualifications, he/she will be expected to complete all three levels of the ACCA technician examinations.  Certain prior qualifications may entitle the student to exemptions from some or all of the ACCA papers. However, even with exemptions, the student will have to satisfy the necessary training requirement to complete the ACCA technician qualification as a whole.

Course Aim

To demonstrate the skills, knowledge and understanding of financial and cost accounting systems and processes within a departmental and business perspective.  To demonstrate the required skill and attribute set in order to undertake a wide range of roles within the accounting department.

Principal Areas of Study

Year 1: Introductory 

  • ACCA T1 Recording Financial Transactions
  • ACCA T2 Information for Management Controls

Year 1: Intermediate

  • ACCA T3 Maintaining Financial Records
  • ACCA T4 Accounting for Costs
  • ACCA T5 Managing People and Systems 

Year 2: Advanced 

  • ACCA T6 Drafting Financial Statements
  • ACCA T7 Planning, Control & Performance Management
  • ACCA T9 Preparing Taxation Computations
  • ACCA T10 Managing Finances 

Assessment

 ACCA Certified Accounting Technician course is assessed by formal examinations for all papers.  Dorset College is a registered CBE (Computer Based Exam) Centre. Students registered with ACCA may take Computer Based Examinations for Papers 1-4 in the College at scheduled times. 

Students are responsible for the payment of registration and examination fees which are made directly to ACCA. Textbooks will be required for each subject and full details will be given on enrolment.  All candidates MUST be registered with ACCA and hold a valid ACCA registration ID card prior to being entered for CBE’s.    Registration for Paper-based Examinations is made directly with ACCA.

If  you wish to take part in specific paper-based examination sessions, the following deadlines apply:
For the June ACCA examinations               Register by 31 December of the preceding year
For the December ACCA examinations     Register by 15 August of the same year

ACCA Contact details:
ACCA Connect
Tel: +44(0)141 582 2000
Fax: +44 (0) 141 585 2222
E-mail: students@accaglobal.com
Postal address: 2 Central Quay, 89 Hydepart Street, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G3 8BW

Awards

On successful completion of the ACCA Certified Accounting Technician examinations, you will receive an invitation to become a ACCA Certified Accounting Technician. In order to obtain the qualification and use the designatory letters CAT (Certified Accounting Technician) after your name, you must also satisfy the appropriate practical financial work experience requirement (1 Year).

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Code Location Start Date End Date Duration Days EU Cost Non EU Cost Exam Fee Fas %
AC0410 Dorset College 04/10/2010 19/05/2011 Academic Year Monday - Thursday 9.30 - 14.30 €3,000.00 €5,000.00 €0.00 0.00
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