Business Accounting Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply the basic principles of double-entry accounting to record financial transactions.
• Prepare and interpret financial statements including income statements and balance sheets.
• Analyze financial data to assess business performance and support decision-making.
• Implement internal control measures to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Demonstrate proficiency in using accounting software for transaction recording.
• Evaluate the impact of financial transactions on the accounting equation.

Target Audience

This course is designed for finance clerks, junior accountants, small business owners, and professionals seeking to enhance their accounting skills in a corporate setting.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions reinforce theoretical concepts through hands-on exercises in recording transactions, preparing financial statements, and applying internal controls. Learners use accounting software and templates to simulate real-world scenarios.

Practical Activities

• Recording Transactions and Posting to Ledgers — Learners record a set of business transactions in journals, post to general and subsidiary ledgers, and extract a trial balance. (4h)
• Adjusting Entries and Financial Statement Preparation — Learners make adjusting entries for accruals, prepayments, and depreciation, then prepare an income statement and balance sheet. (4h)
• Bank Reconciliation and Internal Controls — Learners perform a bank reconciliation and implement internal control procedures for cash and inventory. (4h)
• Integrated Case Study: Complete Accounting Cycle — Learners work through a comprehensive case study covering the full accounting cycle from transactions to financial statements and ratio analysis. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.