Practical Book-Keeping - Advanced

Course Details

Building on the skills learnt from the Intermediate book-keeping course, this Advanced level book-keeping course teaches how to use Bookkeeping for management information purposes, ensuring that you are in even greater demand from employers as looking for professionals with accounting training in a specialist area.

Great emphasis is made on interpreting data in this advanced book-keeping course as well as understanding how businesses use financial data to assist in operational and strategic management.

Qualifications

With this course you will be able to obtain an industry recognised qualification in Practical Book-keeping through the ICB, and join past students who have taken the ICB exam who have achieved a 82.6% pass rate, which is higher than the national average.

By taking the Institute of Certified Book-Keepers Diploma in Manual Book-Keeping course you will be able to put yourself in charge of your career, to develop and grow at a pace to suit you, and stand out from other applicants when job hunting.

This advanced Book-Keeping course will add value to your CV by demonstrating your accounting training, whilst maximising your personal development, and helping you find your dream job, by showing a potential employer your commitment to the job and knowledge.

The ICB is the largest Book-Keeping association in the world with over 150,000 members. It provides many benefits for its members which you could find useful in developing a career in finance.

Tutors

We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is critical to the delivery of this service excellence. When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area and trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies.

Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available. You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to seeing you through to the successful completion of your course and beyond.

Virtual Learning Community

Students enrolling with Home Learning College will also benefit from unlimited access to our unique Virtual Learning Community, a secure online environment designed to enhance your learning experience.

Here you will be able to:

• Meet and chat with 30,000 other students
• Set up your own student profile
• Participate in online discussion boards
• Interact with your Tutor
• Access a library of user generated content relating to your course
• Submit coursework
• Access additional learning tools and content
• Watch videocasts and online tutorials
• Access anywhere and anytime

Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community.

Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you'll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.

* Please note that some aspects of the Virtual Learning Community are not yet available.

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

Assignments

At the end of each chapter of the Advanced Book-Keeping course you may complete an optional assignment and submit this to your tutor.

Study Details

Most students can complete this Advanced Book-Keeping course within approximately 120 hours of study.

Sample Course Material

All our Book-Keeping course material is written by experts. To see an example of our course material click on the link below.

• Advanced Book-Keeping course.pdf

Careers

With this Advanced book-keeping course you'll be able to apply for jobs as a Book-Keeper and could earn up £13,000 - £24,500* per annum.

*Source: Kelly Financial Services - Salary Survey 2006