ICB Level 3 Diploma in Manual and Computerised Bookkeeping
Course Details
The Professional Bookkeeping course is the next step up from the intermediate bookkeeping course. The purpose of the course is to teach you how to utilise bookkeeping for management information purposes. On successful completion of the course you will be in even higher demand from employers looking for people with accounting in specialist fields.
The advanced bookkeeping course places a lot of importance on the interpreting of data and learning how businesses use data to aid in operational and tactical management.
The ICB (Institute of Certified Bookkeepers) is the largest bookkeeping organisation in the world. ICB are focused on promoting and maintaining the principles of bookkeeping. They achieve this through a series of appropriate qualifications and awards that recognise academic attainment.
The ICB’s objectives are:
- To promote bookkeeping as a profession.
- To enable bookkeeping to gain recognition as an integral part of the financial profession.
- To promote training in the principles of bookkeeping.
- To develop personal study skills and improve confidence of those persons who undertake a course in bookkeeping.
- To enable the achievement of a qualification, which may be used to enhance prospects for progression into higher levels of study.
- To improve the career prospects of its members.
Qualifications
Upon successful completion of the course materials and exams you will be awarded the following qualifications:
- ICB Diploma in Manual Bookkeeping Level 3
- ICB Diploma in Computerised Bookkeeping Level 3
In order to sit any ICB exams you need to be a registered student with the institute. Once you commence your ICB course you can apply to become a registered student of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. This will enable you to submit an application to sit an exam at the end of your course.
You will be required to sit one of your exams at an external exam centre. There are 5,200 exam centres around the world. Eligible students need to book their own exam seats and dates at a time to suit them and subject to availability at the chosen exam centre.
The ICB has over 150,000 members and is the largest recognised bookkeeping association in the world so potential employers will be in no doubt about your experience and knowledge of accounting.
Study Plan
- Control accounts
- Manufacturing accounts
- Methods of stock valuation
- Calculating and interpreting accounting ratios
- Partnerships
- Limited Liability companies
- Ledger entries for special transactions
- Producing Accounts from Incomplete Records
- Preparation of Final Accounts in Vertical and Horizontal Format
- Accounting training practice question
Study Details
The course has been designed in a logical order so not only can you learn at a pace comfortable to you, you can also build on the knowledge you have already gained when you move onto the next topic.
During your studies there will be 20 assignments to complete. You will send your completed assignments to your personal tutor who will assess your progress and provide you with important feedback and advice.
In order to complete the Practical Bookkeeping course you will be required to sit one exam at home and one exam at a centre local to where you live:
- Level 3 Manual Bookkeeping - taken at an external assessment centre
- Level 3 Computerised Bookkeeping – taken at home
The duration of the Professional Book-keeping course should amount to approximately 300 hours of study time.
Note: The minimum computer hardware requirements for this course are:
- Your operating system must be at least Windows 2000(SP4), WindowsXP(SP3), Windows 2003 or Windows Vista.
- 1GHz or faster processor
- 512MB RAM or higher
- 400MB of available hard disk space for installation
- DVD-ROM drive
Careers
With this advanced bookkeeping course you'll be able to apply for jobs as a Bookkeeper and could earn up to £48,260* per annum.
*Source: www.Payscale.com - May 2011
Other example roles include:
Accounts Clerk Accounts Manager
£20,527 £48,260
Source: www.Payscale.com - May 2011Source: www.Payscale.com - May 2011
