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Jas
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1st Jan 08 at 22:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

looking to start a course soon if theres any going..

so far i've found the following?

Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) - NVQ2/3/4 in Accounting

any help would be appreciated
Tommy L
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you won't start on technician. You need to start on foundation or intermediate depending on what qualifications you already have?
Tommy L
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This is who i will be learning with this year BBP

[Edited on 01-01-2008 by corsa_tomtom]
Jas
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where is bbp located?

I'm looking to start so i prob wont be doing the above then
Tommy L
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BBP is all over the country
Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
BBP is all over the country


all at least 100miles from me
Tommy L
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really? oh

was going to suggest going on the bookkeeping course. Its supposed to be really good to get an understanding of accountancy. First year (foundation) is really easy and i studied that at college. Get to your local college to see what courses they are offering.
Jas
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grrrr cant find much
Jas
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AAT Foundation NVQ 2 Accounting



is there no nvq 1?
Matt H
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Whats the starting pay like on these type of things?
Tommy L
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas
AAT Foundation NVQ 2 Accounting



is there no nvq 1?

No, thats the starting point
Tommy L
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
Whats the starting pay like on these type of things?

really depends on who you work for...if its a soletrader (small business) it will be a lot less than working for a big business but it varies from 8k to 12k
Craig W
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Robbo?
Jas
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My mrs mum is head accountant of the university of aberystwyth, i'd like to have a word with her about it but i don't want to look like im suck up

would it be possible to do nvq 2 on a Monday and nvq 3 on a Tuesday say?

or would 2 need completing before progressing to the third module?
Tommy L
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no, you have to pass nvq 2 before you can do nvq 3. Nvq 2 will take you 1 year on a part-time course. NVQ 3 will take 2 years iirc
swedge
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wev got an accountant at my work and she gets £30 p/h obviously shes dosent work here 40 hours p/w
Jas
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quote:
Originally posted by swedge
wev got an accountant at my work and she gets £30 p/h obviously shes dosent work here 40 hours p/w


alright for some i suppose... im not quite hitting a 3rd of that when i teach
Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Craig W
Robbo?
Yarp!

NVQ2 is the foundation level of AAT... I think if you have A Levels you can go straight to intermediate level, I did but then I have an A Level in Accounting...

Its a great place to start, I'ma fellow member of the AAT and also now a member of the ACCA and would defof recommend AAT.

Starting pay, well I started working for a small local partnership in 1999 straight from college with my a levels and did AAT night school and I was on £9,500 so tot on some inflation and youre maybe looking at £12-14k perhaps? Depends on your previous experience etc...

AAT is easily doable by majority of people IMO and Accy itself isnt really that hard, its as hard as you want it to be tbh, you might be quite happy working AP/AR all your life or you might wanna go FD... obviously that depends on how tricky it becomes

HTH
Robbo
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Natalie is also an AAT Member

Fad and BigSte are also Accountants both doing ACCA (which Natalie also is) but I'm not sure if they went down the AAT route... I think BigSte did
Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
no, you have to pass nvq 2 before you can do nvq 3. Nvq 2 will take you 1 year on a part-time course. NVQ 3 will take 2 years iirc
Nope each level takes a year on a p/t basis
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
quote:
Originally posted by Craig W
Robbo?
Yarp!

NVQ2 is the foundation level of AAT... I think if you have A Levels you can go straight to intermediate level, I did but then I have an A Level in Accounting...

Its a great place to start, I'ma fellow member of the AAT and also now a member of the ACCA and would defof recommend AAT.

Starting pay, well I started working for a small local partnership in 1999 straight from college with my a levels and did AAT night school and I was on £9,500 so tot on some inflation and youre maybe looking at £12-14k perhaps? Depends on your previous experience etc...

AAT is easily doable by majority of people IMO and Accy itself isnt really that hard, its as hard as you want it to be tbh, you might be quite happy working AP/AR all your life or you might wanna go FD... obviously that depends on how tricky it becomes

HTH


Thats moi

Robbo, what systems have you used?
Robbo
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All sorts mate lol, Coda, SAP, Oracle, AS/400, Sage Instant/Line 50/Line 100, IRIS, TASBooks, Quicken ( ), Microsoft Money, Excel, scraps of paper written in stables smeared in horse shit... the lot

On top of that Ive used things like Hyperion and Business Objects etc... "business planning tools"

[Edited on 02-01-2008 by Robbo]
Natalie
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
really? oh

was going to suggest going on the bookkeeping course. Its supposed to be really good to get an understanding of accountancy. First year (foundation) is really easy and i studied that at college. Get to your local college to see what courses they are offering.

I loved Foundation level
Robbo
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Foundation level is like how to write a cheque isnt it?
Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Jas
quote:
Originally posted by corsa_tomtom
BBP is all over the country


all at least 100miles from me
Theres one in Cardiff IIRC, or deffo Bristol.

Failing that try a company called FTC who do a similar thing.

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