The Level 1 Award in Bookkeeping offers students the opportunity to develop practical bookkeeping skills. This qualification may help students to move on to further study in either accountancy or bookkeeping with AAT offer a route into employment or be of interest to those already in employment. This qualification will particularly suit those students who have had minimal work experience or those who need some additional support to progress. This may include younger students seeking tangible and finance specific skills adults seeking to validate their existing skills to enter into or progress in their career or students who would like to test their abilities before progressing further with AAT. This qualification may also interest those who are self-employed or working in small businesses who wish to do their own bookkeeping.
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Entry Requirements
Level 1 in both English and Maths
Assessment Method
The assessment in this qualification: • is set and marked by AAT • is computer based • is time-limited • is scheduled by us as a certified training provider and assessment venue • under controlled conditions.
Aims of the course
Students should choose to study the Level 1 Award in Bookkeeping if they wish to develop an understanding of the basics of manual bookkeeping. Students completing this qualification may wish to pursue careers in finance or business in either the private or public sectors. This qualification may be combined with the Level 1 Award in Business Skills to lay a strong foundation for further study with AAT in either accountancy or bookkeeping. Students completing this qualification will develop an understanding of the role of the bookkeeper including the need to produce timely and accurate work and to follow ethical principles. Students will learn underpinning theory including how to identify assets liabilities income expenses capital profit or loss and the differences between trading for cash and trading on credit. Students will also develop the skills to process customer and supplier transactions to enter receipts and payments into the cash book and check amounts against the bank statement in preparation for bank reconciliation. Students will be introduced to the dual effect of transactions. This is a fundamental underpinning concept for double-entry bookkeeping and will support students who go on to study bookkeeping at Level 2.
Progression Opportunities
The skills developed by studying this qualification will give students a solid base from which to seek employment with greater confidence or enable them to progress to the next level of learning. The skills developed in this qualification may also underpin those developed further in the following Level 2 qualifications: • Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping • Level 2 Certificate in Accounting
Facilities
IT equipped classrooms and a well-resourced Learning Centre.
Career Options
The skills developed in this qualification can lead to employment in junior or supporting administrative roles in companies across a wide range of sectors as a: • Trainee bookkeeper • Accounts administrator • Billing/payments administrator/coordinator • Accounts junior • Accounts receivable/payable assistant • Procurement and finance assistant • Assistant cashier.
