Accounting Technician Diploma

Learning these skills
is easy with Pitman Training. Our tried and trusted methods
are the best available and are designed for speedy results.

You work at your own pace
in our comfortable premises, helped by experienced tutors as required. The
atmosphere is relaxed and non-competitive.

You choose your own hours,
working when it suits you ? and keep the reference books and training manuals
when the course is over.

The subjects covered are
shown below. Together, they will equip you to start a secretarial career with
complete confidence.

On completion of your
final exams, you will receive a Pitman Training Diploma that
is recognised nationally and internationally by employers.

Invest in yourself

Acquiring these vital
business skills ? and your Pitman Training Diploma to prove it ? will repay
the cost in improved employment opportunities and job advancement potential.
What better investment in your own future?

The sooner you start,
the sooner you will benefit.

Why Pitman Training?

No-one has helped more
people gain valuable business skills than Pitman Training. That unbeatable
experience is your guarantee of success.

Our teaching methods are
proven; our course materials are the best of their kind.

There are no hidden costs.
The Diploma package includes certification fees and all training.

A Pitman Training Diploma
is an industry standard; your passport to a better career.

Designed for individuals
who wish to develop a comprehensive range of manual and computerised book-keeping
and payroll skills together with spreadsheet knowledge.

Core Subjects

Basic Book-Keeping

Gain a clear understanding
of the basic principles of book-keeping. Learn how to maintain the cash book,
petty cash books and reconcile the bank statement.

Purchase Ledger

Become proficient at maintaining
a manual purchase ledger.

Sales Ledger

Become proficient at maintaining
a manual sales ledger.

Manual Payroll

Learn to calculate wages
and salaries using Inland Revenue tables, understand tax codes, Inland Revenue
forms, and how to complete them. Covers holiday pay, Statutory Sick Pay and
Statutory Maternity Pay.

Final Accounts
I

Learn the principles of
double-entry book-keeping in order to maintain a nominal ledger and extract
a preliminary trial balance.

Final Accounts
II

Learn how to extend the
trial balance in order to prepare the final accounts of a business (profit
and loss account and balance sheet).

Sage Line 50

Convert your manual book-keeping
skills to computerised accountancy using the most popular software.

Sage Payroll

Convert your manual payroll
skills to computerised skills using this most popular programme including
Statutory Sick Pay, and Statutory Maternity Pay.

Microsoft Excel
Proficient

Introductory and intermediate
spreadsheet skills to a good employable standard. This course will enable
you to create a spreadsheet, entering text, numbers and formulas and creating
charts.

Microsoft Excel
Expert

Learn advanced spreadsheet
skills, covering areas such as importing and exporting data, creating and
using templates, linking workbooks, data management, using analysis tools
and pivot tables.

Data Entry

Learn efficient use of
the numeric keypad. Windows Operating System

This course is for complete
beginners and will teach basic computer skills from using a mouse to file
management; using the internet and email, creating and printing a document
in WordPad.

Recommended
Electives - choose 1

Microsoft Word
Proficient

Introductory and intermediate
word processing skills to a good employable standard. This course will enable
you to create professional looking documents, produce tables, insert pictures
and much more.

Microsoft Outlook

Learn how to share, manage
and schedule information electronically. Covers the use of email, electronic
calendar, scheduling meetings and appointments, creating and assigning tasks,
creating address lists.