Accounting Technicians - Level 4 Certificate (Accounting Technicians Ireland - ATI)

Essentials

Duration: 1 Year Part-time
Start date: 17th September 2024
End date: 5th June 2025
Day: Multiple Days Tue (online) Thu (on-campus Ballymena)
Information Event: Yes

Course fees for each year.

Additional fees: Please note there are additional fees that must be paid directly to ATI for registration, books and exams. For more details visit ATI website.

This course is delivered through blended learning. Tuesday night online (6pm - 9pm) and Thursday 1.30pm - 4.30pm in Ballymena (Trostan Avenue)

Course Content

Accounting Technicians Ireland provides an accounting qualification that is recognised by industry as one of the leading accounting qualifications in Ireland. Certificate modules provide students with the key skills which are required in a business/finance environment.

You will study 4 modules:

• Financial Accounting
• Taxation
• Business Law
• Business Management

As part of the ATI qualification, you will have the opportunity to gain a Certificate of Completion in Excel.

Please note this course will be delivered fully online in September. More information will be provided at an interview/information session.

ATI offer exemptions in Level 4 Certificate. If you think you are eligible for exemptions, you will need to contact ATI directly.

To progress into Level 5 Diploma, students will need to pass Financial Accounting, Taxation and either Business Law or Business Management (3 out of 4 modules)

This qualification includes an element of work experience, which can be completed either during or after the two years of study.

The syllabus has been carefully designed to equip graduates with an array of transferable business skills, as well as technical skills for finance and accountancy practice. Ultimately, the qualification increases employment opportunities for a broad range of accounting and finance roles and could enable you to progress to senior financial management at a later stage in your career.

Course Aims

Accounting Technicians are qualified accounting professionals that work at all levels of finance. They can work in all types of organisations and are widely employed throughout the public sector, industry and commerce as well as accountancy firms.

Special Features

Prior to applications being processed, all applicants are required to attend an online information session.  This information session provides details about the structure of the course, and gives applicants the opportunity to ask questions directly to the Course Coordinator.

Invitations to the Information Sessions are sent out to those who have registered their interest via the Online Portal.  Information Sessions are held via Teams, and the link to the session is generally sent out the week before the event.

It is planned that the online information sessions will be held on the following dates and times:

29/02/2024 at 7pm
28/03/2024 at 7pm
25/04/2024 at 7pm
30/05/2024 at 7pm
13/06/2024 at 7pm
15/08/2024 at 7pm
29/08/2024 at 7pm
05/09/2024 at 7pm

Assessment Methods

Assessment is 100% exam based with an online exam for each module to be undertaken in May/June. Students will have the opportunity to resit modules in August.  Students register for exams via the ATI online portal.

Course Update

Please note that due to ongoing major campus construction projects courses at Ballymena may be relocated to alternative suitable locations as required.

Students from Northern Ireland should possess:

• Either 1 A-level or 2 AS-levels

• With grades in English, and Maths or Accounting, no lower than Grade C at GCSE level

If you are over 21 years of age but don’t possess the minimum educational requirements, you can still register as a mature learner, based on age and experience.

Prior Learning may also provide an entry route for applicants who do not meet any of the above criteria. Those who have successfully completed a nationally recognised qualification such as a QQI award in the Republic of Ireland, or QCA and BTEC National Diploma in Northern Ireland, may be eligible to register.

Students from Republic of Ireland should possess one of the following:

• 5 Ordinary level Leaving Certificate grades (including an O6 in English, and Maths or Accounting)

• 2 Higher level and 2 Ordinary Leaving Certificate grades (including an O6 in English, and Maths or Accounting)

Upon successful completion, as an accounting technician you may apply to work for many types of organisations such as banks, insurance companies, accountancy firms or local government, or you many continue your studies on the Level 5 Diploma in Accounting Technicians.