Designed for:

 

Those who wish to develop a comprehensive range of manual and computerised book-keeping and payroll skills together with spreadsheet knowledge skills.

 

Objectives:

 

To provide you with the essential skills for a rewarding career in financial accounting

 

Course Content

 

Core Subjects

 

  1. Basic Book-keeping – gain a clear understanding of the basic principles of book-keeping. Learn how to maintain a cash book, petty cash book and reconcile a bank statement
  2. Purchase Ledger – become proficient at maintaining a manual purchase ledger
  3. Sales Ledger – become proficient at maintaining a manual sales ledger
  4. Manual Payroll – learn to calculate wages and salaries using Inland Revenue tables, understand tax codes, Inland Revenue forms, and how to complete them. Covers holiday pay, Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay
  5. Final Accounts I – learn the principles of double-entry book-keeping in order to maintain a nominal ledger and extract a preliminary trail balance
  6. Final Accounts II – learn how to extend the trial balance in order to prepare the final accounts of a business (profit and loss accounts and balance sheet)
  7. Sage Line 50 – convert your manual book-keeping skills to computerised accounts using the most popular software
  8. Sage Payroll – convert your manual payroll skills to computerised skills using this most popular program including Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay
  9. Microsoft Excel Proficient – introductory and intermediate spreadsheet skills to a good employable standard. This will enable you to create a spreadsheet, entering text, numbers and formulas and creating charts
  10. Microsoft Excel Expert – learn advanced spreadsheet skills, covering areas such as importing and exporting data, creating and using templates, linking workbooks, data management, using analysis tools and pivot tables
  11. Numeric Data Entry – learn efficient use of the numeric keypad

 

Recommended Electives – choose one

 

  1. Introduction to Computers
  2. Microsoft Word
  3. Microsoft Word Expert
  4. Microsoft Powerpoint
  5. Microsoft Access
  6. Microsoft Outlook

 

The above are recommended electives for this Diploma. Alternative subjects may be chosen. Please discuss the options with your Course Advisor.

 

Benefits

 

  1. Equip you to start a new career
  2. The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace
  3. Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training
  4. On successful completion of this diploma it is possible to gain a Certificate in Basic Book-keeping from the Institute of Certified Book-keepers (ICB) and the opportunity to become an affiliated member of the ICB
  5. The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers

 

Duration

 

  180 Hours Flexi-Study