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Page 1: Employer On the Job Requirements...nting information, financial and accounting statements according to the requirements of different user groups. x x T2 4. Apply the main concepts,

www.accountingtechniciansireland.ie

Employer On the Job Requirementsfor the National Accounting Technician Apprenticeship

We have NUMBERS in our DNA

Page 2: Employer On the Job Requirements...nting information, financial and accounting statements according to the requirements of different user groups. x x T2 4. Apply the main concepts,
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Table of Contents

Programme Schedule for a Stage ...........................................................................................................1

Learning Outcomes Mapped to Assessment ...........................................................................................3

Example of Work-Based Assessment Task ...........................................................................................15

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Employer On the Job Requirements

1

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE FOR A STAGEN

ame

of

Pro

vid

er:

Acc

ou

nti

ng

Tec

hn

icia

ns

Irel

and

Pro

gra

mm

e T

itle

Acc

ount

ing

Tech

nici

an

Aw

ard

Tit

leA

dvan

ced

Cer

tific

ate

in A

ccou

ntin

gS

tag

e E

xit

Aw

ard

Tit

le3

N/A

Mo

des

of

Del

iver

y (F

T/P

T):

FT

Teac

hin

g a

nd

lear

nin

g m

od

alit

ies

Ass

ignm

ent,

Pro

ject

, Por

tfolio

, Ski

lls D

emon

stra

tion,

Exa

min

atio

n an

d Le

arne

r R

ecor

d

Aw

ard

C

lass

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ard

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leve

lA

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elS

tag

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, 2, 3

, 4, …

, or

Aw

ard

Sta

ge):

Sta

ge

NF

Q L

evel

2 S

tag

e E

QF

L

evel

2

Sta

ge

Cre

dit

(E

CT

S)

Dat

e E

ffec

tive

ISC

ED

S

ub

ject

co

de

Adv

ance

d C

ertif

icat

e6

4/5

N/A

N/A

N/A

Sep

tem

ber

2017

Mo

du

le T

itle

(U

p to

70

char

acte

rs in

clud

ing

spac

es)

Sem

este

r n

o w

her

e ap

plic

able

. (S

emes

ter

1 o

r S

emes

ter2

)

Mo

du

le

Cre

dit

N

um

ber

5To

tal S

tud

ent

Eff

ort

Mo

du

le (

ho

urs

)A

lloca

tio

n O

f M

arks

(fr

om

th

e m

od

ule

ass

essm

ent

stra

teg

y)

Sta

tus9

NF

Q

Lev

el1

wh

ere

spec

ifie

d

Cre

dit

U

nit

s

Total Hours

Class (or equiv) Contact Hours

Directed e-learning

Hours of Independent

Learning

Work-based learning effort10

C.A. %

Supervised Project %

Proctored practical

demonstration %

Proctored written exam %

FE

T

Cre

dits

Fin

anci

al A

ccou

ntin

gN

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N/A

2424

260

7810

40

00

100

Taxa

tion

N/A

MN

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190

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00

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and

Eth

ics

N/A

MN

/A11

112

6026

260

00

100

Bus

ines

s M

anag

emen

tN

/AM

N/A

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260

2626

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Adv

ance

d F

inan

cial

Acc

ount

ing

N/A

MN

/A24

242

6078

104

00

010

0

Adv

ance

d Ta

xatio

nN

/AM

N/A

2221

660

7878

00

010

0

Inte

grat

ed A

ccou

ntin

g S

yste

ms

N/A

MN

/A11

112

6026

260

00

100

Man

agem

ent A

ccou

ntin

gN

/AM

N/A

2424

260

7810

40

00

100

Sp

ecia

l Reg

ula

tio

ns

(Up

to 2

80 c

hara

cter

s)

Fu

rth

er n

ote

s o

n c

om

ple

tin

g t

he

Pro

po

sed

Pro

gra

mm

e S

ched

ule

Tem

pla

te f

or

a S

tag

e

1 T

his

leve

l may

onl

y be

def

ined

if th

e in

tend

ed m

odul

e le

arni

ng o

utco

mes

hav

e be

en in

depe

nden

tly a

sses

sed

(at v

alid

atio

n) a

s be

ing

at a

par

ticul

ar N

FQ

fram

ewor

k le

vel.

2 T

his

leve

l may

onl

y be

def

ined

if th

e in

tend

ed s

tage

lear

ning

out

com

es h

ave

been

spe

cifie

d ex

plic

itly

and

inde

pend

ently

ass

esse

d (a

t val

idat

ion)

as

bein

g at

a p

artic

ular

N

FQ

fram

ewor

k le

vel.

3 A

sta

ge e

xit a

war

d m

ay o

nly

be e

stab

lishe

d if

the

inte

nded

Pro

gram

me

lear

ning

out

com

es h

ave

been

spe

cifie

d ex

plic

itly

for

an e

mbe

dded

Pro

gram

me

lead

ing

to th

at

awar

d an

d cu

lmin

atin

g w

ith th

at s

tage

and

that

Pro

gram

me

has

been

val

idat

ed u

sing

the

rele

vant

aw

ards

sta

ndar

ds.

4 A

war

d cl

ass

is e

ither

Maj

or o

r M

inor

or

Spe

cial

-pur

pose

or

Sup

plem

enta

l and

it m

ay b

e P

rofe

ssio

nal (

beca

use

a pr

ofes

sion

al c

lass

aw

ard

may

be

in tw

o cl

asse

s)

5 S

tude

nt le

arni

ng e

ffort

is r

epre

sent

ed b

y H

ET

or

FE

T C

redi

t for

HE

T a

nd F

ET

Pro

gram

mes

res

pect

ivel

y. If

EC

TS

is u

sed

lear

ner

effo

rt m

ust b

e at

leas

t 25

hour

s of

lear

ner

effo

rt p

er c

redi

t.

9 M

anda

tory

(m

) or

ele

ctiv

e (E

)

10

Wor

k-ba

sed

lear

ning

effo

rt i

s no

t th

e nu

mbe

r of

hou

rs i

n th

e w

orkp

lace

. F

or e

xam

ple,

a p

erso

n m

ight

spe

nd 3

5 ho

urs

in t

he w

orkp

lace

as

a tr

aine

e an

d th

is m

ight

inv

olve

7

hour

s of

lear

ning

effo

rt.

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Learning Outcomes Mapped to Assessment

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Employer On the Job Requirements

4

Acc

ou

nti

ng

Tec

hn

icia

n A

pp

ren

tice

ship

Le

arni

ng O

utco

mes

Map

ped

to A

sses

smen

t

Pro

gra

mm

e M

od

ule

sA

sses

smen

t M

eth

od

sE

xam

inat

ion

Po

rtfo

lio

Co

mp

eten

cy

Ass

essm

ent

Wo

rkp

lace

Ta

sks

1 an

d 2

Ref

lect

ive

Lea

rnin

g

Jou

rnal

Mo

du

le L

earn

ing

Ou

tco

mes

Fin

anci

al

Acc

ou

nti

ng

Sta

ge

1

1.R

evie

w th

e fu

nctio

ns o

f fin

anci

al a

ccou

ntin

g an

d m

anag

emen

t acc

ount

ing,

and

the

diffe

renc

esbe

twee

n th

e tw

o.x

2.A

naly

se th

e ro

le o

f the

acc

ount

ant i

n di

ffere

nt ty

pes

of b

usin

ess

entit

ies

incl

udin

g so

le tr

ader

s,pa

rtne

rshi

ps, l

imite

d co

mpa

nies

.x

3.S

uppl

y ac

coun

ting

info

rmat

ion,

fina

ncia

l and

acc

ount

ing

stat

emen

ts a

ccor

ding

to th

e re

quire

men

tsof

diff

eren

t use

r gr

oups

.x

x T

2

4.A

pply

the

mai

n co

ncep

ts, p

rinci

ples

and

pur

pose

s of

acc

ount

ing

prac

tice

with

in th

e w

orki

ngen

viro

nmen

t to

incl

ude

unde

rlyin

g as

sum

ptio

ns, a

ccou

ntin

g eq

uatio

ns, a

ccru

al b

asis

, goi

ngco

ncer

n.

x T

1,

T2

5.E

valu

ate

the

key

elem

ents

of t

he A

ccou

ntin

g Te

chni

cian

s Ir

elan

d C

ode

of E

thic

s.x

6.Id

entif

y op

port

uniti

es fo

r en

gagi

ng w

ith a

com

mun

ity o

f pra

ctic

e w

ithin

the

wid

er a

ccou

ntin

gco

mm

unity

, inc

ludi

ng in

tera

ctio

n w

ith W

orkp

lace

Men

tor

and

links

and

net

wor

king

pos

sibi

litie

s.x

T1

7.R

ecor

d fin

anci

al tr

ansa

ctio

ns in

the

book

s of

orig

inal

ent

ry, a

ccor

ding

to th

e co

nven

tions

of f

orm

and

cont

ent o

f acc

ount

ing

reco

rds

xx

T1

8.U

se th

e do

uble

ent

ry s

yste

m o

f boo

kkee

ping

to p

repa

re a

tria

l bal

ance

: for

m a

nd c

onte

nt o

fac

coun

ting

reco

rds;

boo

ks o

f orig

inal

ent

ry; l

edge

r ac

coun

ting

and

doub

le e

ntry

.x

x T

1

9.R

evie

w th

e fe

atur

es o

f cap

ital a

nd r

even

ue e

xpen

ditu

re a

nd th

e di

ffere

nces

bet

wee

n th

em.

x

10. U

se c

ontr

ol a

ccou

nts,

ban

k re

conc

iliat

ion

stat

emen

ts a

nd s

uspe

nse

acco

unts

as

part

of t

hein

tern

al c

ontr

ol o

f an

orga

nisa

tion

xx

T2

1 1.D

escr

ibe

the

lay-

out,

pres

enta

tion

and

key

feat

ures

of f

inan

cial

sta

tem

ents

for

diffe

rent

type

s of

busi

ness

ent

ities

, inc

ludi

ng s

ole

trad

ers

and

not-

for-

prof

it or

gani

satio

nsx

x T

2

12. P

repa

re fi

nan c

ial s

tate

men

ts c

ompr

isin

g ap

prop

riate

ly fo

rmat

ted

repo

rts/

docu

men

ts, w

hich

incl

ude

all t

he e

lem

ents

req

uire

d by

diff

eren

t typ

es o

f bus

ines

s en

titie

s.x

T1

13. U

se a

n on

line

syst

em (

bank

ing

or a

ccou

ntin

g so

ftwar

e) to

pro

cess

tran

sact

ions

or

carr

y ou

tre

conc

iliat

ion

task

s.x

T1

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Employer On the Job Requirements

5

Pro

gra

mm

e M

od

ule

s

Ass

essm

ent

Met

ho

ds

Exa

min

atio

n

Po

rtfo

lio

Co

mp

eten

cy

Ass

essm

ent

Wo

rkp

lace

Ta

sks

1 an

d 2

Ref

lect

ive

Lea

rnin

g

Jou

rnal

Mo

du

le L

earn

ing

Ou

tco

mes

Ad

van

ced

F

inan

cial

A

cco

un

tin

g

Sta

ge

2

1.D

escr

ibe

the

acco

untin

g st

anda

rd s

ettin

g pr

oces

s.x

2.R

evie

w th

e in

fluen

ce o

f leg

isla

tion

and

acco

untin

g st

anda

rds

on th

e pr

oduc

tion

of p

ublis

hed

acco

untin

g in

form

atio

n fo

r or

gani

zatio

ns.

x

3.C

ritic

ally

ana

lyse

spe

cifie

d ac

coun

ting

stan

dard

s.x

4.P

repa

re a

set

of a

ccou

nts

for

the

wor

kpla

ce, t

o in

clud

e an

inco

me

stat

emen

t, st

atem

ent o

f fin

anci

alpo

sitio

n an

d ca

sh fl

ow s

tate

men

t acc

ount

s w

ithin

the

wor

king

env

ironm

ent,

appl

ying

app

ropr

iate

acco

untin

g st

anda

rds.

x T

2

5.E

xam

ine

issu

es o

f pro

fess

iona

l eth

ics

rele

vant

to b

usin

ess

owne

rs, m

anag

ers

and

acco

unta

nts.

x

6.P

repa

re a

ccou

nts

for

limite

d co

mpa

nies

for

inte

rnal

and

ext

erna

l pur

pose

s, o

utlin

ing

the

impa

ct o

fle

gisl

atio

n an

d ac

coun

ting

stan

dard

s on

the

publ

icat

ion

of fi

nanc

ial s

tate

men

ts.

x

7.P

repa

re c

ash

flow

fore

cast

s an

d st

atem

ents

pro

ject

ions

and

sta

tem

ents

with

in th

e w

orki

ngen

viro

nmen

t, to

incl

ude

an a

naly

sis

of th

e im

port

ance

of c

ash

to a

bus

ines

s.x

x T

2

8.P

repa

re fi

nan c

ial s

tate

men

ts fo

r pa

rtne

rshi

ps th

at d

iffer

entia

te th

e ca

pita

l and

cur

rent

acc

ount

s fo

rin

divi

dual

par

tner

s.x

9.P

repa

re a

ccou

nts

from

inco

mpl

ete

reco

rds

usin

g ju

dgm

ent a

nd a

ccou

ntin

g es

timat

es w

ithin

the

wor

king

env

ironm

ent.

x T

2

10. U

se r

atio

ana

lysi

s as

a te

chni

que

to in

terp

ret f

inan

cial

sta

tem

ents

sup

plie

d or

gen

erat

ed in

the

wor

kpla

ce a

nd s

uppo

rt d

ecis

ion

mak

ing,

com

mun

icat

ion

and

perf

orm

ance

eva

luat

ion.

x T

1

11.C

ritic

ally

ana

lyse

spe

cifie

d fin

anci

al s

tate

men

ts.

xx

T1

12. E

xpla

in th

e r a

tiona

le fo

r se

lect

ed a

ppro

ache

s to

pro

blem

-sol

ving

and

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g in

rel

atio

n to

the

dem

ands

of t

he w

ork

carr

ied

out.

xx

T1

x T

2

13. C

omm

unic

ate

outc

omes

of a

naly

ses,

eng

age

with

sta

keho

lder

s on

taxa

tion

issu

es a

risin

g fr

om th

ew

orki

ng e

nviro

nmen

t, to

incl

ude

the

prep

arat

ion

of r

epor

ts b

ased

on

the

inte

rpre

tatio

n of

fina

ncia

lst

atem

ents

to s

uppo

rt d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

xx

T1

x T

2

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Employer On the Job Requirements

6

Pro

gra

mm

e M

od

ule

s

Ass

essm

ent

Met

ho

ds

Exa

min

atio

n

Po

rtfo

lio

Co

mp

eten

cy

Ass

essm

ent

Wo

rkp

lace

Ta

sks

1 an

d 2

Ref

lect

ive

Lea

rnin

g

Jou

rnal

Mo

du

le L

earn

ing

Ou

tco

mes

Taxa

tio

n

Sta

ge

1

1.D

escr

ibe

the

oper

atio

n of

the

Rev

enue

Aut

horit

ies,

the

sour

ces

of ta

x le

gisl

atio

n an

d pr

oced

ures

of

tax

adm

inis

trat

ion,

incl

udin

g th

e ra

isin

g of

ass

essm

ents

.x

2.A

dvis

e on

the

oper

atio

n of

sel

f-as

sess

men

t, in

clud

ing

the

cons

eque

nces

of n

on-c

ompl

ianc

e.x

x T

2

3.R

epor

t on

the

tax

impl

icat

ions

of b

usin

ess

and

com

mer

cial

dec

isio

ns w

hich

rel

ate

to In

com

e Ta

x,V

AT

and

PA

YE

.x

4.S

umm

aris

e th

e fu

nctio

ns o

f a b

ook-

keep

ing

syst

em in

the

com

plet

ion

of a

ccur

ate

and

com

preh

ensi

ve ta

x re

turn

s.x

5.C

omm

unic

ate

with

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s on

the

oper

atio

n of

all

tax

retu

rns

and

amou

nts

due

usin

gap

prop

riate

met

hods

and

tool

s, in

clud

ing

wor

d pr

oces

sing

and

spr

eads

heet

sof

twar

e.x

T2

6.M

aint

ain

accu

rate

rec

ords

and

doc

umen

ts r

equi

red

for

com

plet

ion

of in

com

e ta

x an

d/or

VA

T a

ndP

AY

E/ N

IC r

etur

ns, i

n lin

e w

ith r

elev

ant r

ules

and

reg

ulat

ions

.x

T1

T2

7.C

arry

out

a p

erso

nal s

kills

aud

it of

pro

gres

s in

ach

ievi

ng to

pic

outc

omes

.x

T1

T2

8.P

repa

re in

com

e ta

x co

mpu

tatio

ns fo

r in

divi

dual

s in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

rele

vant

allo

wan

ces:

pers

onal

allo

wan

ces,

exp

ense

s, p

ensi

on c

ontr

ibut

ions

, ben

efit-

in-k

ind

and

soci

al w

elfa

re p

aym

ent.

xx

T2

9.A

dvis

e on

the

taxa

tion

of b

usin

ess

prof

its in

clud

ing

the

adju

stm

ent o

f acc

ount

ing

prof

its fo

r ta

xpu

rpos

es, b

ased

on

a cr

itica

l eva

luat

ion

of r

elev

ant f

acto

rs s

uch

as s

ourc

es o

f inc

ome,

rel

iefs

and

char

ges

due.

xx

T2

10. A

naly

se th

e sc

ope

of P

RS

I and

the

Uni

vers

al S

ocia

l Cha

rge

(US

C)

and

the

amou

nts

due,

on

issu

es a

risin

g fr

om b

usin

ess

tran

sact

ions

, inc

ludi

ng c

ompl

ianc

e an

d ta

x cl

eara

nce

x

11.A

naly

se th

e sc

ope

of a

pplic

atio

n of

PA

YE

, PR

SI a

nd U

SC

.x

12. O

pera

te a

pay

roll

acco

untin

g sy

stem

, to

incl

ude

com

plet

ion

of P

AY

E/P

RS

I ret

urns

for

an e

mpl

oyer

.x

13. A

naly

se th

e re

spon

sibi

litie

s an

d co

nseq

uenc

es o

f diff

eren

t em

ploy

er o

blig

atio

ns a

nd e

mpl

oym

ent

mod

els,

incl

udin

g em

ploy

men

t vs.

sel

f-em

ploy

men

t.x

14. A

naly

se th

e ge

nera

l prin

cipl

es, a

dmin

istr

atio

n pr

oced

ures

and

sco

pe o

f the

VA

T s

yste

m a

nd h

owth

ese

appl

y to

com

mer

cial

tran

sact

ions

.x

x T

1

15. Q

uant

ify th

e am

ount

of V

AT

due

to th

e R

even

ue u

nder

a r

ange

of c

ondi

tions

, bas

ed o

n a

criti

cal

eval

uatio

n of

ret

urns

sup

plie

d.x

T2

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Sta

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2

1.R

evie

w th

e op

erat

ion

and

proc

edur

es o

f tax

legi

slat

ion

and

prac

tice

incl

udin

g: m

etho

ds a

ndtr

eatm

ent o

f tax

col

lect

ion

mec

hani

sms,

com

plia

nce

issu

es a

nd th

e ro

les

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

of th

eR

even

ue A

utho

ritie

s, th

e A

ccou

ntin

g Te

chni

cian

and

the

tax

paye

r.x

2.E

xpla

in th

e fe

atur

es o

f the

Rev

enue

Cha

rter

, Rev

enue

pow

ers

and

audi

t pro

cedu

res.

x

3.C

omm

unic

ate

with

indi

vidu

als

and

Rev

enue

aut

horit

ies

on is

sues

aris

ing

from

bus

ines

str

ansa

ctio

ns, i

nclu

ding

com

plia

nce

and

tax

clea

ranc

e ce

rtifi

cate

s.x

T1

4.C

ompl

ete

appr

opria

te R

even

ue fo

rms,

usi

ng R

even

ue O

n-lin

e S

yste

m to

file

ret

urns

.x

T1

5.C

ompl

ete

tax

retu

rns

rele

vant

to th

e w

orki

ng e

nviro

nmen

t suc

h as

VA

T a

nd/o

r co

rpor

atio

n ta

x an

d/or

PA

YE

and

/or

NIC

and

rec

onci

liatio

n of

tax

retu

rns

with

fina

ncia

l sta

tem

ents

.x

T1

6.D

escr

ibe

the

impa

ct o

f res

iden

ce, o

rdin

ary

resi

denc

e an

d do

mic

ile o

n th

e ta

x af

fairs

of i

ndiv

idua

ls.

x

7.Q

uant

ify th

e ta

x lia

bilit

y of

indi

vidu

als,

taki

ng a

ccou

nt o

f the

full

rang

e of

rel

iefs

, allo

wan

ces,

bene

fits

and

char

ges

appl

icab

le, b

ased

on

a cr

itica

l eva

luat

ion

rele

vant

fact

ors

such

as

sour

ces

ofin

com

e, r

elie

fs a

nd c

harg

es d

ue.

x T

2

8.A

naly

se th

e pr

inci

ples

and

sco

pe o

f the

cha

rge

to C

apita

l Gai

ns T

ax fo

r Ir

ish

resi

dent

indi

vidu

als

incl

udin

g ap

prop

riate

rel

iefs

and

exe

mpt

ions

.x

9.D

escr

ibe

the

prin

cipl

es a

nd s

cope

of t

he c

harg

e to

PR

SI a

nd U

nive

rsal

Soc

ial C

harg

e un

der

Cla

ssA

and

Cla

ss S

.x

x T

1 xT

2

10. E

valu

ate

the

impl

icat

ions

of e

mpl

oym

ent v

sel

f-em

ploy

men

t and

an

abili

ty to

mak

e a

dete

rmin

atio

nus

ing

the

‘Bad

ges

of T

rade

.’x

T2

11.R

epor

t on

the

cons

eque

nces

of r

econ

cilia

tion

of fi

nanc

ial s

tate

men

ts w

ith s

ubm

itted

tax

retu

rns,

toin

clud

e ca

lcul

atio

n of

the

tax

liabi

litie

s du

e.

12. C

ompu

te ta

x lia

bilit

ies

of Ir

ish

resi

dent

com

pani

es, i

n ac

cord

ance

with

the

prin

cipl

es a

nd s

cope

of

the

char

ge to

Cor

pora

tion

Tax

x

13. C

ompu

te ta

x lia

bilit

ies

aris

ing

from

Rel

evan

t Con

trac

ts T

ax a

nd V

AT

liab

ilitie

s fr

om in

tra

EU

tran

sact

ions

, im

port

s an

d ex

port

sx

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an

d

Eth

ics

1.

Exp

lain

the

role

of v

ario

us s

ourc

es o

f law

, div

isio

ns o

f law

, the

str

uctu

res

and

juris

dict

ions

of t

he

Cou

rts

x

2.

Sum

mar

ise

the

key

elem

ents

and

prin

cipl

es o

f a v

alid

con

trac

t and

em

ploy

men

t law

.x

3.

Cla

rify

the

gene

ral p

rinci

ples

of t

ort,

agen

cy a

nd c

onsu

mer

law

x

4.

Ana

lyse

the

char

acte

ristic

s of

var

ious

bus

ines

s en

titie

s an

d th

e di

ffere

nces

bet

wee

n th

emx

5.

Illus

trat

e th

e pr

oces

ses

invo

lved

in th

e fo

rmat

ion

of a

com

pany

, inc

ludi

ng r

egis

trat

ion

proc

edur

e of

le

gal e

ntiti

es.

x

6.

Pre

dict

the

cons

eque

nces

of i

ncor

pora

tion

in a

ran

ge o

f situ

atio

ns.

x

7.

Ana

lyse

the

role

s, r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s an

d po

wer

s of

com

pany

offi

cers

, inc

ludi

ng d

irect

ors,

man

ager

s,

audi

tors

.X

T2

8.

Exp

lain

the

key

elem

ents

of c

ompa

ny fi

nanc

e, s

uch

as th

e co

ncep

t of c

apita

l and

the

diffe

rent

m

etho

ds b

y w

hich

a c

ompa

ny c

an r

aise

sha

re c

apita

l and

loan

cap

ital.

x

9.

Des

crib

e th

e st

atut

ory

requ

irem

ents

of s

peci

fic b

usin

ess

scen

ario

s co

ncer

ning

fina

ncia

l st

atem

ents

, rep

orts

and

ret

urns

sce

nario

s.X

T1

10. D

istin

guis

h be

twee

n di

ffere

nt ty

pes

of m

eetin

gs a

nd m

eetin

g pr

oced

ures

incl

udin

g re

solu

tion

and

requ

irem

ents

to v

alid

ate

a m

eetin

g.X

T2

11. I

llust

rate

the

proc

esse

s of

com

pany

con

clus

ion,

incl

udin

g th

e co

ncep

ts a

nd th

e ef

fect

s of

re

ceiv

ersh

ips

and

liqui

datio

ns.

x

12. A

naly

se th

e et

hica

l obl

igat

ions

on

peop

le d

ealin

g w

ith fi

nanc

ial i

nfor

mat

ion,

pro

duct

s an

d se

rvic

es,

espe

cial

ly c

ompa

ny d

irect

ors.

X T

1

13. D

escr

ibe

the

impa

ct o

f eth

ical

issu

es w

ithin

the

wid

er a

ccou

ntin

g te

chni

cian

s co

mm

unity

of

prac

tice.

xx

14. E

xpla

in th

e m

ain

tene

ts o

f cor

pora

te g

over

nanc

e th

at a

pply

to b

oth

liste

d an

d un

liste

d co

mpa

nies

, in

clud

ing

the

ethi

cal o

blig

atio

ns im

pose

d un

der

the

volu

ntar

y co

de.

X T

2

15. D

escr

ibe

the

oblig

atio

ns o

n an

org

aniz

atio

n un

der

Dat

a P

rote

ctio

n le

gisl

atio

n co

ncer

ning

the

stor

ing

and

proc

essi

ng o

f per

sona

l dat

a an

d da

ta a

cces

s re

ques

tsX

T1

16. D

escr

ibe

the

role

of t

he D

ata

Com

mis

sion

er.

x

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Bu

sin

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Man

agem

ent

1.A

naly

se th

e m

ain

func

tion

area

s of

bus

ines

s, in

clud

ing

finan

ce, o

pera

tions

, HR

, mar

ketin

g an

d IT

,an

d th

e co

ntrib

utio

n of

eac

h to

the

orga

nisa

tion

x

2.R

evie

w th

e ke

y el

emen

ts o

f Hum

an R

esou

rce

man

agem

ent i

nclu

ding

rec

ruitm

ent,

trai

ning

and

deve

lopm

ent,

perf

orm

ance

app

rais

alx

3.M

ake

use

of g

roup

dyn

amic

s to

faci

litat

e in

nova

tion

and

chan

ge.

x

4.P

ract

ise

usin

g di

ffere

nt a

ppro

ache

s to

faci

litat

ing

inno

vatio

n an

d m

anag

ing

chan

ge.

x

5.E

xam

ine

the

evol

utio

n an

d ce

ntra

l con

cept

s in

the

func

tion

of m

arke

ting.

x

6.A

naly

se th

e ke

y el

emen

ts in

pla

nnin

g, m

anag

ing

and

exec

utin

g th

e se

rvic

es m

arke

ting

mix

,in

clud

ing

the

func

tions

of s

ervi

ce a

nd s

ales

.x

7.O

utlin

e th

e us

es o

f a r

ange

of s

ecur

ity c

ontr

ols

to p

rote

ct In

form

atio

n S

yste

ms

and

data

, inc

ludi

ngC

loud

tech

nolo

gy, i

n a

busi

ness

env

ironm

ent.

x

8.C

ritiq

ue k

ey p

rinci

ples

and

theo

ries

unde

rpin

ning

cur

rent

man

agem

ent p

ract

ice,

def

initi

ons

and

cont

empo

rary

mod

els

of m

anag

emen

t.x

9.A

naly

se th

e in

terr

elat

ed fu

nctio

ns o

f the

man

agem

ent r

ole

and

cont

ext:

plan

ning

, org

anis

ing,

staf

fing,

lead

ing

and

cont

rolli

ng.

x

10. P

ract

ise

a ra

nge

of le

ader

ship

str

ateg

ies

and

mot

ivat

ion

theo

ries

and

tech

niqu

es r

elev

ant t

obu

sine

ss s

ituat

ions

.x

11.U

se a

ran

ge o

f ski

lls a

nd s

trat

egie

s su

itabl

e to

man

age

com

mun

icat

ion

with

and

bet

wee

n st

aff i

ndi

ffere

nt o

rgan

isat

iona

l con

text

sx

12. A

naly

se th

e pr

actic

al im

pact

of t

he e

xter

nal e

nviro

nmen

t on

busi

ness

pra

ctic

e in

clud

ing

busi

ness

and

stak

ehol

der

obje

ctiv

es a

nd g

oals

.x

13. P

ract

ise

usin

g co

mm

on b

usin

ess

anal

ysis

tech

niqu

es e

g S

WO

T, P

ES

T.x

14. C

reat

e an

Act

ion

Pla

n fo

r co

llege

and

wor

kpla

ce a

ctiv

ities

, to

incl

udes

sig

npos

ts o

f ach

ieve

men

tan

d tim

e sc

ale

for

own

and

othe

rs’ w

ork.

x T

2

15. E

xam

ine

the

role

of c

orpo

rate

gov

erna

nce,

soc

ial r

espo

nsib

ility

incl

udin

g gr

een

man

agem

ent,

in a

busi

ness

con

text

.x

16. A

naly

se th

e ke

y el

emen

ts a

nd c

halle

nges

faci

ng m

anag

ers

in b

usin

ess

in c

onte

mpo

rary

wor

ld,

incl

udin

g so

ciet

al e

xpec

tatio

ns, g

loba

lisat

ion,

cha

ngin

g w

orkf

orce

x

17. C

arry

out

a p

erso

nal s

kills

and

atti

tude

s au

dit o

f ow

n pa

rtic

ipat

ion

and

enga

gem

ent w

ith to

pic.

x T

2

18. P

ract

ise

a ra

nge

of s

trat

egie

s fo

r ha

ndlin

g co

nflic

t and

impr

ovin

g re

silie

nce

in le

arni

ng a

ndw

orkp

lace

inte

ract

ions

.x

T2

x

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Sys

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1.U

se a

com

pute

rized

pay

roll

syst

em to

man

age

data

, inc

ludi

ng e

nter

ing

and

editi

ng a

var

iety

of p

ayel

emen

ts s

uch

as p

ensi

on c

ontr

ibut

ions

and

ben

efit-

in-k

ind.

xx

T1

2.M

aint

ain

empl

oyee

rec

ords

on

a pa

yrol

l sys

tem

, in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith c

urre

nt R

even

ue a

dvic

es, t

oin

clud

e up

datin

g an

d co

rrec

tion

of e

rror

s.x

x T

1

3.P

roce

ss ti

mes

heet

info

rmat

ion

for

a re

quire

d pa

yrol

l fre

quen

cy.

xx

T1

4.U

se a

ran

ge o

f str

ateg

ies

and

tool

s to

sec

ure

data

and

saf

egua

rd p

ayro

ll in

form

atio

n.x

x T

1

5.G

ener

ate

payr

oll r

epor

ts.

xx

T1

6.E

valu

ate

the

appl

icat

ion

of a

spec

ts o

f em

ploy

men

t law

, pol

icie

s an

d pr

oced

ures

in th

e w

orkp

lace

from

a p

ayro

ll pe

rspe

ctiv

e.x

7.O

pera

te a

n in

tegr

ated

acc

ount

s pa

ckag

e in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

theo

ry a

nd p

rinci

ples

of d

oubl

een

try

book

-kee

ping

.x

8.M

aint

ain

a co

mpu

teriz

ed n

omin

al le

dger

and

cha

rt o

f acc

ount

s.x

9.M

aint

ain

a va

riety

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T2

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repo

rts,

incl

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anci

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tate

men

ts.

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se s

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to c

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, int

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naly

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ata

thro

ugh

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.x

x T

2

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Example of Work-Based Assessment Task

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STAGE 1: WORK-BASED ASSESSMENT TASK

Module: Financial Accounting

TASK 1: DOUBLE-ENTRY TRANSACTION

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Assessment Task 1: Double-Entry Transaction

Specifications:

Activity Description:

• Perform Double-Entry transactions to complete a set of cash control accounts.

Conditions:

• Given all appropriate documentation necessary to complete the accounts.

Apprentice(s) will be assessed under the following headings:

Standards:

1. Accounts set up correctly

2. All documentation prepared correctly

3. Correct accounting principles applied

4. Correct accounting procedures applied

5. All accounts information balanced on presentation

Preparation:

• The apprentice will already have completed similar activities to the required standard(s)

• The apprentice and workplace mentor will plan/select a suitable opportunity/work project to carry outthe competence assessment and ensure all materials are available prior to assessment

Practical Skills:

• Use of the Double-Entry system of bookkeeping to prepare a trial balance.

Technical Knowledge:

• Cash lodgements

• Petty cash

• Reconciliation

• Debtors and creditors control

Personal Skills:

• Communication

• Planning

• Working independently

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Assessment Task 1: Double-Entry Transaction

Assessment Methods:

• Observation

• Visual inspection of Accounts

Mapping:

Module Learning Outcomes Covered

Financial Accounting LOs 7, 12.

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Assessment Task 1: Double-Entry Transaction

Marking Scheme Time Allowed:

Point: Achieved 3 Not Achieved 7

No. Attempt > 1 2 3 4 5 6

1. Cash lodgements correct

2. Petty cash expenses correct

3. Debtors & creditors control account completed correctly

4. Reconciliation to bank lodgements completed correctly

5. Appropriate discussion/notes on cash lodgements attached

6. Examples of errors identified and corrected

7. Notes on measures taken to identify and correct errors attached

RESULT: P/R

P - Pass = ALL Points achieved R - Referred = ALL Points NOT achieved

All Points must be achieved to obtain a Pass in this Assessment

Apprentice Name(Block Capitals) ____________________________________________________________________

(Signature) _____________________________________________ Date ____________________

Workplace Mentor Name(Block Capitals) ____________________________________________________________________

(Signature) _____________________________________________ Date ____________________

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Assessment Task 1: Double-Entry Transaction

Performance Feedback Sheet

The purpose of this form is to provide an opportunity for the work-based mentor to give feedback to the apprentice(s) on their performance and to log the outcome of their performance:

Apprentice’s Name: (Block Capitals): ___________________________________________________________________

Workplace Mentor’s Name: (Block Capitals): ___________________________________________________________________

Assessment Location

______________________________________________________ Date ____________________

Workplace Mentor’s Feedback:

Apprentice’s Response:

I certify that the assessment was performed by me and the feedback given to me by the workplace mentor is a true reflection of my performance:

Apprentice (Signature): ____________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Workplace Mentor Name: ___________________________________________________________________________

(Signature): ____________________________________________ Date: __________________

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Workplace Mentor Assessment Report

This form provides the opportunity for the workplace mentor to provide feedback on the assessment event.

The form should be completed online by the workplace mentor.

Employer’s name: Contact number:

Assessment Location Address:

Yes No Comment

Q1. Did the assessment location have all the necessary materials, and resources to conduct the assessment effectively?

Q2. Were there any issues with the workplace mentor’s and/or apprentice’s instructions for this assessment?

Q3. During the assessment event did any issue arise, or unforeseen event occur?

Q4. Did any breach/suspicion of breach of assessment regulations occur?

Please record any comments, recommendations, corrective or preventive actions:

Workplace Mentor’s Name: (Block Capitals): ___________________________________________________________________

(Signature): ____________________________________________ Date: ___________________

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