Accounting & Bookkeeping

Do you aspire to own your own business? Learn the foundational skills to create a business plan, budget, inform yourself on legislation and much, much more! Whether you want to formalise your industry knowledge with a qualification, start your own business or want to gain entry into the world of accounting, our Certificate and Diploma courses can provide you with practical industry skills.

This qualification is aimed those seeking to build on their Certificate III qualification and experience and gain an accounting support role involving: business activity statements, operational reporting, non-complex management reports, maintaining inventory records, small office management and supervising the operation of computer-based financial systems.

• International Students: IELTS score of 5.5 with no band less than 5.0 (or equivalent)
• and high school certificate

• accounting assistant
• payroll officer

Students must complete the 8 core units and 5 elective units are to be chosen from the listed below. Students who have completed any eligible units of competency may credit those units towards this qualification via the Recognition of Prior Learning process (RPL).

Core Units

• Prepare financial reports
• Introduce cloud computing into business operations
• Process financial transactions and extract interim reports
• Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers
• Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry
• Set up and operate a computerised accounting system
• Complete business activity and instalment activity statements*
• Establish and maintain payroll systems*

* Units required for FNSSS00004 BAS Agent Registration Skill Set.

Electives

• BSBCUS301 Deliver and monitor a service to customers
• BSBCUS403 Implement customer service standards
• BSBITU306 Design and produce business documents
• BSBITU402 Develop and use complex spreadsheets
• BSBSMB401 Establish legal and risk management requirements of small business
• BSBSMB402 Plan small business finances
• BSBSMB405 Monitor and manage small business operations
• BSBWOR501 Manage personal work priorities and professional development
• BSBWRT301 Write simple documents
• FNSACC313 Perform financial calculations
• FNSACC405 Maintain inventory records
• FNSACC407 Produce job costing information
• FNSACC411 Process business tax requirements
• FNSACC412 Prepare operational budgets
• FNSACC413 Make decisions in a legal context
• FNSACC414 Prepare financial statements for non-reporting entities
• FNSACM401 Evaluate and authorise payment requests
• FNSORG505 Prepare financial reports to meet statutory requirements
• FNSORG506 Prepare financial forecasts and projections
• FNSPAY501 Process salary packaging arrangements and additional allowances in payroll
• FNSPAY502 Process superannuation payments in payroll
• FNSPAY503 Process complex employee terminations in payroll
• FNSPAY504 Interpret and apply knowledge of industrial regulations relevant to payroll
• FNSPAY505 Interpret and apply knowledge of taxation systems relevant to payroll

* Please note that elective unit availability is subject to enrolment numbers.