On completion, you can successfully undertake a role in finance. It can also be a stepping-stone into further education, with students progressing to Level 4 Diploma in Professional Accounting. It may be suited to individuals studying part-time alongside employment or to those already working in finance.
This qualification will also suit those looking to gain the skills required to move into a career in finance as it provides a clear pathway towards a successful career in accounting and finance.
This qualification will usually take around 6-12 months to complete, but this will depend on the study method and course timetable.
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Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
The session begins with a lecture delivered by a tutor and moves on to discussions and group activities, ensuring you understand the material.
If you are a student with Sepera Membership, log in to your account before you buy a course or webinar to get a 10% discount.
Our distance learning programme allows you to acquire all relevant knowledge from specialists at the comfort of your own home.
The session begins with a lecture delivered by a tutor and moves on to discussions and group activities, ensuring you understand the material.
This qualification is a progression route for students who have achieved the Level 2 Certificate in Accounting.
It’s also suitable for those who have already started their journey studying a related subject and are looking to develop their skills in accounting, or for those who have already started working in finance and who have a need and desire to attain formal recognition for their skills.
The Level 3 Diploma in Accounting is suitable for adult students, career changers and 16–19 year old students in full-time education seeking to develop their knowledge and skills in this occupational area.
This qualification comprises four mandatory units:
Students will develop an understanding of business and its structure and purpose, as well as appreciate the wider business environment. Students will develop skills supporting complex financial processes, such as final accounts, reports and returns, use of technology to provide management accounting information, and completion of VAT returns. The purpose of this qualification is to ensure that students are well prepared to progress into a career in business, finance or professional accountancy, or into further education. Students will learn and develop skills needed for financial processes, including accounting principles and concepts, advanced bookkeeping and preparing financial statements Students will be expected to take responsibility for initiating and completing tasks and procedures, as well as exercising autonomy and judgement within limited parameters, such as awareness of different perspectives or approaches within an area of study or work. Students will need to use a variety of data and information about a business to visualise and communicate key information needed for business decision-making.
AAT does not set any entry requirements for this qualification. However, for the best chance of success, we recommend that students begin their studies with a good standard of English and maths. Accountants work at the very heart of a business and are expected to be able to communicate information clearly and appropriately to a given audience. Ideally, students should have completed the Level 2 Certificate in Accounting and/or the Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping. Prior attainment of other business or finance studies would also be beneficial.
The accountancy and business skills developed by studying this qualification will enable a student to seek employment with confidence and/or to progress to the next level of learning. This qualification is part of a suite of AAT qualifications available to students that offer both horizontal and vertical progression channels. Completion of this qualification can provide progression onto the Associate Bookkeeping membership, where students will gain professional recognition with the designatory letters AATQB. Students may also progress onto the Professional level and become a full members of AAT upon achieving the associated membership criteria. The Level 3 Diploma in Accounting also provides the skills required to support the establishment and operation of a healthy business.
Skills developed through this qualification could lead to employment as:
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