Certified Accounting Technician (CAT)

Introductory Level

This course is the perfect starting point for a career in accounting. It is also the ideal choice if you need to develop book-keeping skills for your business, your job or to help keep track of your finances.

The study topics 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
• Payroll documentation
• Gross pay, deductions and methods of paying wages

Paper 2: Information for Management Control

• Introduction to Management Accounting
• Categories and sources of information
• Data Management
• Information storage systems
• Costing for Materials
• Costing for Labour
• Costing for Overheads

Before you start:

No previous knowledge or training is required for this course. This course will help you:

• Develop your book-keeping skills
• Prepare for ACCA Accounting Technician Introductory Level examinations
• Gain a qualification for many jobs in bookkeeping and accounts e.g. Sales ledger clerk, Purchase Ledger clerk, Payroll clerk, Bookkeeper etc.

The Complete Course contains:

• Two Comprehensive Study Manuals
• Two "i-learn" CDROMs
• Two sets of "Passcards"
• Two "i-pass" CDROMs
• Two exam-focused Revision Kits
• Six assignments with marking service
• Two Practice Examination Papers with marking service (one for each paper)
• Personalised Study programme
• Personal Tutor and tutorial telephone helpline to answer any academic queries you may have

For details of the Intermediate and Advanced Levels, Enrolment and Fees, please use the menu above-left. Enrol now.