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Course overview
The AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting provides grounding in the core accounting topics needed to develop the knowledge and skills required to progress into an accounting-related role. This course also develops transferable business and personal skills, alongside core accountancy skills.
Job outcomes
- Accounts Administrator
- Accounts Assistant
- Accounts Payable Clerk
- Purchase/Sales Ledger Clerk
- Trainee Accounting Technician
- Trainee Finance Assistant
Recognition
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class
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Duration study load
- 225 Total guided learning hours (GLH)
- 6 months of unbeatable support
Course features
- Unrivalled support package
- Fully flexible study options
- First-class study materials and resources
- Structured, Constructive Tutor feedback
- Fully Accredited Professional Qualifications
Assessment
You will be assessed via examination, for this course you will need to sit four exams. The exams for Introduction to Bookkeeping, Principles of Bookkeeping Controls and Principles of Costing have a duration of 1 hour and 30 minutes each. The Business Environment Synoptic Assessment has an exam duration of 2 hours. Exams are computer-based and can be sat remotely or at an AAT exam centre.
Who's it for?
The Level 2 AAT Certificate in Accounting is perfect for those looking to move into an accountancy role for the first time. You do not need prior experience or qualifications to complete this course. Skills development through this qualification can lead to employment in roles such as:
- Accounts Administrator
- Accounts Assistant
- Accounts Payable Clerk
- Purchase/Sales Ledger Clerk
- Trainee Accounting Technician
- Trainee Finance Assistant
If you’re taking that first step onto the accountancy career ladder, an online AAT course is the best route to give you that professional advantage. AAT courses are recognised by employers worldwide as practical and technical qualifications that prepare students for roles specifically in finance.
What support will I receive during my studies?
When you have enrolled on your course you will be allocated your own support advisor and tutor, who you can contact as often as required throughout your studies. Your support advisor and tutor will be available to speak via telephone, zoom, email, or messenger on the DLC Learning Hub.
Subjects
- Understand how to set up bookkeeping systems
- Process customer transactions
- Process supplier transactions
- Process receipts and payments
- Process transactions into the ledger accounts
- Use control accounts
- Reconcile a bank statement with the cash book
- Use the journal
- Produce trial balances
- Understand the cost recording system within an organisation
- Use cost recording techniques
- Provide information on actual and budgeted costs and income
- Use tools and techniques to support cost calculations
- Understand the principles of contract law
- Understand the external business environment
- Understand key principles of corporate social responsibility (CSR), ethics and sustainability
- Understand the impact of setting up different types of business entity
- Understand the finance function within an organisation
- Produce work in appropriate formats and communicate effectively
- Understand the importance of information to business operations
About DLC Training
We provide unrivalled support to our students, ensuring their successful completion of their distance learning online training, to achieve their professional qualification.
As the UK’s No.1 Distance Learning College, we have a dedicated student and business advisory team – committed to guiding, supporting and delivering employee and workforce improvements.
Our friendly team of course advisors provide clear and focused recommendations ensuring that students select the most beneficial course from our wide portfolio of professional qualifications to ensure each learner is able to improve their skills and develop their knowledge, regardless of their existing abilities. From entry-level through to strategic management, whatever stage of their career development we are able to help individuals in a wide range of industries and roles.
