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Advanced Diploma of Accounting

Who is This Accounting Course for?

Broaden your accounting knowledge and enhance your career prospects with the Advanced Diploma of Accounting. This course provides more specialised skills for those already working in the industry in areas such as financial accounting, company accounting, management accounting, internal control, taxation law and computer accounting.

This course has been especially designed for employees who are working in the accounting industry and are seeking professional identification.

Quick Course Guide
Qualification Advanced Diploma Student support Yes: Expert teacher & online support
Study time Self-paced
Eg: 1.5 yrs = 17 hrs/week
Pre-requisites Year 12 (HSC) or industry experience preferred
Delivery method Flexible delivery: Online + correspondence Course materials All course materials are provided
Enrolment dates Enrol anytime - start now! Assessment By assignments + tests + exams
Delivered by OTEN - #1 distance education TAFE provider Resources required VET FEE-HELP available

Career-relevant and Accredited Accounting Course

Because OTEN TAFE vocational courses are developed in consultation with relevant industry and community groups, you can rest assured that your qualification is highly valued by industry employers, education and training providers and the wider community.

This advanced accounting diploma has been developed under the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF), so it's government-accredited as well as a nationally recognised course.

Once you've completed this TAFE advanced diploma course, you can further your studies with an undergraduate degree course. Receive credit for your TAFE advanced diploma through an articulation arrangement with the University of Newcastle and University of Wollongong. You may also receive credit at a number of other Australian universities.

The Advanced Diploma of Accounting is recognised by the National Institute of Accountants (NIA).

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) allows five exemptions from their exams for graduates of this course who have completed the tax elective. This course may fulfill the requirements for tax agent registration in your state. Please check the specific registration requirements with the Tax Agents' Board in your state.

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Affordable Study

Almost every Australian citizen is eligible for Government assistance through the VET FEE-HELP program. This means you do not have to pay anything upfront, but can pay for your course as you earn. Contact a SEEK Learning consultant to find out more about how you can study now and pay as you earn with VET FEE-HELP.

This course is also Austudy and Abstudy-accredited.


What You'll Learn with the Advanced Diploma of Accounting

This course aims to give you knowledge and skills required to work in a non-professional accounting role. Among other things, you'll learn how to:

  • Prepare financial reports, operational budgets and income tax returns
  • Manage budgets and forecasts
  • Administer accounts payable
  • Establish and maintain accounting information systems
  • Implement and maintain internal control procedures
  • Monitor corporate governance activities

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Flexible Study with Distance Learning

Fit your learning around your lifestyle - because the course is delivered online, you have the flexibility of when and where you wish to complete your accounting training.

Complete the course faster depending on the time you have available! This diploma course of 30 units is typically completed within 2 years, but you can finish earlier by increasing the time you dedicate to your studies.

Study Hours Time to complete
17 hrs/wk = 1.5 years
13 hrs/wk = 2 years
8 hrs/wk = 3 years

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Course Units

There are 30 units to be completed in this accounting course.

  • Communicate in the workplace
  • Use technology in the workplace
  • Apply health and safety practices in the workplace
  • Work in the financial services industry
  • Maintain daily financial/business records
  • Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry
  • Process business tax requirements
  • Produce job costing information
  • Prepare operational budgets
  • Make decisions in a legal context
  • Prepare financial statements
  • Maintain asset and inventory records
  • Prepare financial reports
  • Maintain financial records
  • Prepare and bank receipts
  • Process journal entries
  • Set up and operate a computerised accounting system
  • Prepare income tax returns
  • Manage budgets and forecasts
  • Prepare financial reports for a reporting entity
  • Implement and maintain internal control procedures
  • Provide management accounting information
  • Monitor corporate governance activities
  • Prepare complex tax returns and lodgements
  • Evaluate organisation's financial performance
  • Evaluate financial risk
  • Prepare and analyse management accounting information
  • Develop and use complex spreadsheets
  • Establish and maintain accounting information systems
  • Develop an operational plan
Course modules
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