The Accounting Technician apprenticeship trains you to understand the structure and functions of different businesses, giving you the knowledge to support financial planning.
The apprenticeship focuses on real-life work scenarios and uses the latest technologies to ensure that you are ready for the workplace. You’ll also develop transferable skills including English and Maths to progress your career.
It draws on the early units of our world-class professional qualification.
You’ll study and be examined on three subject areas:
You'll also take ACCA’s Foundations in Professionalism online module. It will help you understand what it means to act professionally and ethically in your job.
Along with accounting knowledge, you’ll also gain invaluable skills in the following areas:
To get an idea of how our apprenticeship is structured, download our diagram (PDF, 24 KB)
You’ll work, study and take exams, and be assessed and mentored by an experienced professional, and keep a log showing what you’ve learned.
The apprenticeship:
Once you've passed, you’ll be a qualified Level 4 Accounting Technician.
The Level 4 syllabus includes the ACCA Diploma in Accounting and Business, which is a separate qualification on top of the apprenticeship award itself.
At the end of the apprenticeship, when both you and your employer feel you are ready, you’ll sit the Technician Role Simulation exam.
Your training portfolio, which is a separate assessment, and comprising of a training log and written statement, will be also reviewed and assessed.
Once you've completed your apprenticeship, you could choose to go on to gain:
That means that in just five years, you could become a chartered certified accountant, avoided student debt and earned a salary from day one.
You won’t just be level with people who went to university - you’ll be well ahead of them.