The Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping provides students with a thorough understanding of bookkeeping principles and practices. Students are equipped to continue their studies to a higher qualification or to gain employment as a contract bookkeeper or employee performing bookkeeping tasks. The aim of this course is to provide students with the skills and knowledge to be gainfully employed as a bookkeeper. Nationally recognised, this program meets one of the requirements set out by the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) for registering as a Business Activity Statements (BAS) Agent. Visit www.tpb.gov.au for further information.
Where will this take me
Careers in accounting are international and cross-industry. Opening your own bookkeeping practice, working for a multinational, or somewhere in between, this qualification provides the essential fundamental building block to your career in the diverse world of accounting.
Pathways
Further Educational Pathways include Diploma of Accounting
Duration: 39 Weeks
Day: Thursday
Start Date: 6th March
Assessments:
Applicants must be 18 years and above and have the following:
Minimum academic requirement
Applicants must be 18 years and above and meet either of the following requirements;
(i) Minimum Academic requirement
OR
OR
(ii) Satisfactory completion of Pre- training interview questions related accounting and bookkeeping. Applicants who do not complete these questions appropriately will be required to enrol in and successfully completed the DVLC pre-accredited course called Introduction to Bookkeeping
Alternative entry – work experience requirement
DVLC encourages people from a culturally diverse backgrounds, and people with a disability, to apply.
You will need access to a computer, the internet and have basic computing skills. Minimum specifications for your computer are:
All users:
Windows users:
Mac OS users:
Audio Visual
To successfully complete this course, learners will require basic computing skills. This includes:
Other technology requirements
Fee:
| Basic | Concession* | Full Fee | |
| Tuition | $ 150.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 3,700.00 |
| SAF | $ 50.00 | $ 50.00 | $ 50.00 |
| Materials | $ 150.00 | $ 150.00 | $ 50.00 |
| Total | $ 350.00 | $ 250.00 | $ |
*(Full Fee: For those not eligible for government funding.) Check your eligibility here
As a Learn Local Registered Training Organisation DVLC can provide exemptions to certain funding eligibility criteria. This gives you access to more courses at the Government funded rate. A Job trainer funded places also available to eligible applicants.
This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding. Check your eligibility here
The student tuition fees as published are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment.
Payment plan: $100 upfront at the time of enrolment and $50per week for 36 weeks.
Students with a disability are encouraged to apply.
Enrolment Fee is Non-Refundable*
1 Diamond Creek Road
GREENSBOROUGH VIC 3088
5 minutes walk from Greensborough railway station
Limited free parking available on site.
CORE UNITS
| BSBTEC302 | Design and produce spreadsheets |
| FNSACC321 | Process financial transactions and extract interim reports |
| FNSACC322 | Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers |
| FNSACC412 | Prepare operational budgets |
| FNSACC414 | Prepare financial statements for non-reporting entities |
| FNSACC418 | Work effectively in the accounting and bookkeeping industry |
| FNSACC421 | Prepare financial reports |
| FNSACC426 | Set up and operate computerised accounting systems |
| FNSTPB411 | Complete business activity and instalment activity statements |
| FNSTPB412 | Establish and maintain payroll systems |
ELECTIVE UNITS
| BSBTEC402 | Design and produce complex spreadsheets |
| BSBTEC404 | Use digital technologies to collaborate in a work environment |
| FNSACC405 | Maintain inventory records |
DVLC will recognise AQF qualifications and statements of attainment issued by another registered training organisation.
DVLC will offer students the opportunity for their previous formal and informal skills to be recognised through the Recognition of Prior Learning process. Assessment for RPL will be done on a unit by unit basis. Students will need to demonstrate that they have met the assessment requirements including practical training hours.
To enroll please book an appointment for pre-enrolment interview with our course advisor.