AAT Foundation Stage NVQ2

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT)

The Foundation Stage (NVQ2) of the AAT Qualification covers the following topics:

Foundation Stage / NVQ2

There are no formal entry requirements to join the Foundation stage and students can join regardless of age, education and employment status. Students will however need reasonable numeracy skills as well as a good understanding of the English language as assessments will include a certain amount of report writing.

If you feel that you are weak in either of these areas this need not prevent you from joining the course. Please contact us for details of how we can help you to improve these skills in readiness for starting the course.

To complete the Foundation stage you must complete seven units of competence as follows:

AAT Foundation Units of competence

• Unit 1 - Recording income and receipts
• Unit 2 - Making and recording payments
• Unit 3 - Preparing ledger balances and an initial trial balance
• Unit 4 - Supplying information for management control
• Unit 21 - Working with computers
• Unit 22 - Monitor and maintain a healthy, safe and secure workplace
• Unit 23 - Achieving personal effectiveness

Topics covered include:

• Double entry book-keeping to trial balance
• Checking, banking and recording receipts
• Authorising, making and recording payments
• Petty cash transactions
• Bank reconciliations
• Sales and Purchase day books and ledgers
• Control accounts
• Introduction to the office
• Office equipment (e-mail, facsimile, computers etc)
• Categories and sources of information
• Data Management
• Information storage systems
• Business communications
• Working relationships
• Health and safety within the office workplace

Course Content

Premier Training will provide each student with:

• Textbooks and Workbooks for each unit
• Assignments
• Practice Examinations
• Practice Simulations/Mock skills tests
• Telephone helpline
• Personal study programme
• Personaltutor
• Portfolio builder

Important Note regarding Computerised Accounts

Please note that we offer two versions of the Foundation stage course, depending on whether or not you have access to a computerised package such as Sage.

If your job does not provide sufficent opportunity to gather all the required evidence, you will need access to a computer running accounting software on which you can produce invoices, statements etc.

If this software is not presently available to you, it will be necessary for Premier Training to supply a version of the course which includes your own copy of Sage software.

If you are unsure which of these situations applies to you, or if you are unsure whether you can complete this part of the course, please feel free to call without obligation and speak to one of our tutors on 01469 515444 and we will be happy to advise you on the best option. Enrol now.