Diploma of Accounting
Course Overview
This qualification reflects accounting job roles in financial services and other industries, including tax agents, accounts payable and accounts receivable officers, payroll service providers, and employees performing a range of accounting tasks for organisations in a range of industries. Individuals in these roles apply solutions to a range of often complex problems, and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply initiative to plan, coordinate and evaluate their own work and provide guidance to others within defined guidelines.
Course Structure
The units have been chosen as per the packaging rules set out by ASQA. The course consists of 7 core units and 4 elective units, all of which are relevant to the business work environment and the qualification, align with the AQF and contribute to a valid, industry-supported vocational outcome.
Entry Requirement
| Admission Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Minimum Age to Apply | 18 years |
| Academic Entry Requirements | FNS40222 Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping |
| Language Requirement | |
|---|---|
| IELTS Score (Minimum) | Have scored overall 5.5 in IELTS equivalent or above |
| English Language Requirements | If one of the following applies, you do not need to provide evidence of an English test score with your visa application: You are enrolled in full-time school studies as a principal course including in a secondary exchange programme, a postgraduate research course, a standalone English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS), and Foreign Affairs or Defence sponsored students. You have completed at least five years' study in one or more of the following countries: Australia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, or the Republic of Ireland. You are a citizen and hold a passport from UK, USA, Canada, NZ or Republic of Ireland. In the two years before applying for the student visa, you completed, in Australia and in English language, either the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV or higher level, while you held a student visa |
| PTE Score (Minimum) | Students must have an overall score of: 42 |
| TOEFL-IBT Score (Minimum) | Students must have an overall score of: 46 |
Pathway
- Cert IV Acc BK + Dip Acc + Ad.Dip Acc
Career Opportunities
- Assistant Accountant
- Accounting Manager