This Unit is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills for further study or employment in an administrative or IT/Accounting environment. It is a Unit within the PDA Book Keeping and the HNC/HND Administration and Information Technology courses, but is also included within other HN Group Awards and can be taken as a stand-alone Unit.
The focus of the Unit is using a commercial accounting software package to process financial transactions and preparing accounting reports for a small business. It is primarily intended for those who expect to take up a career or further study in accounting and/or financial administration, those who wish to extend their manual book-keeping skills to cover computerised accounting systems and those with appropriate work experience who wish to formalise their skills.
Credit points and level: 1 HN credit at SCQF level 7: (8 SCQF credit points at SCQF level 7)
You will cover a range of topics in relation to accounting software, and on completion of the Unit should be able to:
You will be assessed through three separate assessments. In order to complete this unit successfully, you will be required to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in all assessed work. This Unit may be assessed by one practical assignment which covers all the outcomes or each outcome may be assessed separately. The assessments will be carried out under open book supervised conditions. This means that you will be able to bring with you to the assessment any software manual or other notes or teaching materials. You may also access help menus during the assessment.
For further information on this course, please visit the SQA website.
Everything you need to know before applying to this course.
Access to this Unit is at the discretion of the centre. However, candidates would normally be expected to have some prior knowledge of manual book-keeping. This could be demonstrated through successful completion of the HN Unit F7JV 34: Recording Financial Information or a similar qualification at SCQF level 6/7 (prior to undertaking this course).
Pre-entry guidance is required before booking a place on this course. Please contact our Distance Learning Co-ordinators for more information.
This course requires some attendance at College, often for assessment purposes only. Please enquire about expectations for your specific course when booking.
Attendance is usually at the Aberdeen City Campus or Fraserburgh Campus.
Your course may be free if you are not a full time student with NESCol and you are : in receipt of benefits; or care-experienced; or your household taxable income falls below defined levels.
This course is eligible for ITA funding which offers up to £200 towards the cost of training. Conditions apply.
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