Professional Development Award

What will I learn?

This qualification provides you with personal and professional development opportunities and will enable career progression and job mobility.

You will develop technical and administrative knowledge relevant to book-keeping and financial accounting practice, manual book-keeping skills.

You will also develop skills using commercially produced financial accounting software to record accounting transactions, prepare accounting reports and process the payroll, develop skills in basic payroll procedures using manual and computerised systems.

This course will prepare you for employment in a book-keeping or financial administration role.

What qualifications do I need?

There are no formal entry requirements, although core skills in Numeracy at SCQF 5 or 6 and IT are highly desirable.

What can I do after?

On completion of this course, you may be able to seek employment as:

Accounting Assistants

Financial Administrators

Payroll Clerks

You may also be able to progress to HNC Accounting; HNC Administration or other similar courses.