Duration: 18 months + EPA
This apprenticeship requires you to attend 1 day a week at our Chesterfield/Derby campus.
Entry requirements
- Candidates will typically hold GCSE grades C/4 or above in English and Maths, as well as a Level 2 AAT qualification, or equivalent experience.
- You will need to sit the exams for Functional Skills L2 prior to your End Point Assessment (EPA) in Maths and English if you do not have an exemption or equivalent grade.
How you'll be assessed
You’ll have exams throughout the year, you must pass these to continue the course. You will then sit your End Point Assessment.
• Professional review on portfolio of evidence
• Knowledge Test
Progression
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you could progress onto further qualifications or study such as: • Level 4 Professional Accounting Technician
You could also progress into employment in the following job roles:
• Finance Assistant
• Bookkeeper
• Accounts Clerk
• Finance Advisor
• Juinor Analyst
Throughout the apprenticeship, the apprentice is supported by their work-based tutor, employer mentor and class-based tutor to ensure that they are progressing at the right pace and developing the skills and knowledge expected. This apprenticeship requires you to attend 1 day a week at our Chesterfield/Derby campus.
Workplace behaviours development
- Embracing change
- Adding value
- Ethics and integrity
- Accountability
- Productivity
Skills and knowledge development
- Awareness of the business and industry
- Understanding IT systems and processes
- Working as part of a team to collaborate on projects
- Improving communication skills
- Undertaking financial accounting and reporting tasks
- Managing accounts
- Improving problem solving ability
Off-the-job training
Every apprenticeship must include off-the-job training – equivalent to one day per week. This takes place during time normally spent at work but does not include the usual daily duties and responsibilities carried out as part of their normal role. It can consist of work and tasks ranging from projects, lectures and seminars to day release, blended learning and training to use specialist equipment.
It can form part of regular weekly sessions or be combined for larger blocks of time, depending on the approach that works best for the employer.
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