Whether you keep books or run payroll, this is your step up. You add costing, budgeting, audit and tax to what you know. Tutor support comes by phone and email, whenever you need it.
Move past data entry into costing, budgets and reporting.
The pathway heads toward Certified Accounting Technician status.
Nothing is timetabled. Log in when the day allows it.
Practices and finance teams across Ireland need technician level help. Think month end, payroll runs, cash flow and client files.
Run a full set of books with confidence.
Handle the work below the accountant.
Own the pay run start to finish.
Keep client files moving in a practice.
Build the monthly numbers for managers.
Keep cash coming in on time.
Be the finance person a small firm leans on.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Bookkeeping first, then the Diploma in Accounting.
Three things worth a look.
The Diploma earns exemptions from three AAT assessments.
The college funds one attempt on each remaining exam.
Free for twelve months once you finish the Diploma.
Plus CPD credits and AAT membership
Issued by the college once you finish.
Credits you can put toward your own record.
Knowledge Hub, events and networking, free for twelve months.
Tell us where you are in your bookkeeping now.
An advisor maps the AAT exams against your plan.
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly, or pay it upfront.
Your first topic opens the same day.
Enough to be comfortable with ledgers. The early topics still cover the basics again.
About 400 hours of work, spread across eighteen months of access.
Five assessments in total. Finishing the Diploma waives three, leaving two to sit.
The college covers one attempt on each. You book them with Pitman Training using a code from the Student Success Team.
Yes. They must be done within twelve months of finishing the Diploma in Accounting.
AAT assessments need Windows 11 from 14 October 2025, with Microsoft Office installed on the machine.
It is accredited by ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, and the college is an AAT Approved Training Provider. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. The value here is the AAT route: three assessments waived and two paid for.
Yes. A 14 day money back guarantee applies, less the administration fee.
This course is delivered by The Career Academy.
It is an AAT Approved Training Provider with the provider code OO01000627, a Xero Partner and an IAB Accredited Training Provider. It has run for over 15 years and helps more than 25,000 students a year.
Imagine the day the management accounts are yours to build, not just to file.