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Bookkeeping Course outline (Domestic)

Course Code: FNS40222

Course Description

This course is part of the Financial Services Training Package and satisfies the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) guidelines. This qualification reflects the job roles of contract bookkeepers and employees performing bookkeeping tasks for organisations in a range of industries.

This may include:

  • Establishing and maintaining manual and computerised accounting systems
  • Completing Business Activity Statements (BAS) and other office financial statements
  • Developing bookkeeping management systems for organisations
  • General administration.

Under certain conditions, successful students may meet requirements for registration with the Tax Practitioners Board.

This qualification is suitable for candidates currently working in bookkeeping roles who are seeking a formal qualification to enhance and confirm their existing knowledge and skills.

Entry requirements

There are no set requirements for this course. It is recommended that domestic students would meet one of below requirements:

  • Satisfactory numeracy and literacy skills to undertake this course, or
  • Mature age and have sufficient work experience to successfully undertake this course, or
  • Satisfactory complete year 11.
  • Domestic applicants will undertake the language, literacy and numeracy test and the digital skill test as part of the Pre-Training Review.

Material requirement:

Students are required to bring their own laptop with Microsoft Office 2007 or a later version installed for face to face classes. Students will be required to work on MYOB throughout the course. MYOB educational version will be provided by GBCA.

Course duration

This course is delivered over a maximum of one year, including public holidays and term break. Fastrack learners may complete the course in a shorter duration.

Schedule: Two (2) sessions per week

Delivery mode

Blended learning between face -to-face and online

Assessment methods

A variety of assessment methods will be used throughout the course, including: Written Questions, Practical Activities, Role Plays, Case Studies, Project, Assignment, Integrated Practical Activities or Verbal Questioning.

Unit CodeUnit Name
BSBTEC302Design and produce spreadsheets
FNSACC321Process financial transactions and extract interim reports
FNSACC322Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers
FNSACC412Prepare operational budgets
FNSACC414Prepare financial statements for non-reporting entities
FNSACC418Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry
FNSACC421Prepare financial reports
FNSACC426Set up and operate computerised accounting systems
FNSTPB411Complete business activity and instalment activity statements
FNSTPB412Establish and maintain payroll systems
FNSACC323Perform financial calculations
BSBTEC301Design and produce business documents
BSBPEF501Manage personal and professional development

Course Factsheet

You May Be Eligible For Victorian Government Funding*

To do subsidised training, you have to meet eligibility criteria, if you are eligible, you pay less for your training. Domestic Students Only.

Course Accreditations

Nationally Recognised Training
Australian Qualification Framework

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Bookkeeping courses are designed to train bookkeepers the activity if classifying business transactions into debit, credit, sales andpurchase. This course develops ones basic understanding of monetary transactions, rules and regulations of accounting thereby providing sufficient knowledge in for making primary documents such as trail balance and ledgers.

The bookkeeping course Melbourne aims to impart ample knowledge to bookkeepers to accurately interpret data, draw logical conclusions out of the data and prepare primary books of accounts. Bookkeepers are usually called upon to complete the primary task of recording financial records, sales and receipts on which the accountants perform the secondary task.

The bookkeeping course form the corner stone of accounting that help to develop and enhance the technical abilities of a bookkeeper. Bookkeeping covers all the tasks of recording, classifying and analyzing data in a systematic way.

Advanced accounting operations are performed on special accounting topics for which separate discussions take place. Advanced accounting includes methods such as simple equity method, home and branch accounting method and other such methods. The advanced accounting enables a person to get learn in details about the smart ways and techniques of accounting.

After learning the advanced accounting, one will be able to distinguish between dynamic data classification and simple data classification. Advanced accounting consists of mainframe technology and features interval accounting. It comes a step after the simple accounting system and is vital for big organizations where complex data analysis take place.

All accounting professional, Business owners, Admin and anyone who is related to accounts.

Students typically develop skills in financial reporting, budgeting, using accounting software, understanding taxation principles, and other essential competencies for accounting and bookkeeping roles.

While not always mandatory, the Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping can provide a strong foundation for further studies in accounting and bookkeeping at higher levels.

A Certificate IV in Bookkeeping and Accounting makes a graduate more marketable on the labour market and opens doors to a variety of employment prospects in enterprises, accounting firms, or as independent book-keepers.