AAT Accounting Level 3, part time evening
1. Business Awareness
This unit provides students with an understanding of the business, its environment and the influences that this has on an organisation’s structure, the role of its accounting function and its performance. Students will examine the purpose and types for businesses that exist and the rights and responsibilities of the key stakeholders, as well as gain an understanding of the importance of professional ethics and ethical management within the finance function.
Percentage contribution of this unit to the overall qualification grade: 15%.
2. Financial Accounting: Preparing Financial Statements
This unit provides students with the skills required to produce statements of profit or loss and statements for financial position for sole traders and partnerships, using a trial balance. Students will gain the double-entry bookkeeping skills needed to record financial transactions into an organisation’s accounts using a manual bookkeeping system.
Percentage contribution of this unit to the overall qualification grade: 40%.
3. Management Accounting Techniques
This unit provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to understand the role of management accounting in an organisation, and how organisations use such information to aid decision making. Students will learn the principles that underpin management accounting methodology and techniques, how costs are handled in organisations and why organisations treat costs in different ways.
Percentage contribution of this unit to the overall qualification grade: 30%.
4. Tax Processes for Businesses
This unit explores tax processes that influence the daily operations of businesses and is designed to develop students’ skills in understanding, preparing and submitting Value Added Tax (VAT) returns to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The unit provides students with the knowledge and skills that are needed to keep businesses, employers and clients compliant with laws and practices that apply to VAT and payroll.
Percentage contribution of this unit to the overall qualification grade: 15%.
In this qualification, you will master more complex accounting disciplines including financial processes, advanced bookkeeping, final accounts and ethical practices for accountants. It is suited to students studying part time alongside employment or to those already working in finance.
This qualification is ideal for 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.
You are expected to have achieved GCSE Maths Grade 4 or above and a Level 2 accountancy qualification, or have substantial industry experience; GCSE English Language at grade 4/C or above is desirable.
When you're studying an AAT qualification your knowledge and skills will be tested via computer-based assessments (CBAs).
All AAT qualifications are evaluated through externally marked exams conducted at our AAT exam centre.
They are marked in one of three ways:
● Wholly computer marked, and so results will be available automatically
● Partially computer marked and partially human marked, and so results will be available within six weeks
● Wholly human marked, and so results will be available within six weeks.
The accountancy skills developed by studying this qualification will enable a student to seek employment with confidence and then progress to the next level of learning which is the Level 4 Professional Diploma in Accounting.
1 Year
(Tue 5:00pm-9:00pm & Thu 5:00pm-9:00pm)
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