GOTAFE
Diploma of Accounting
Nationally Recognised Vocational Education and Training (VET)Use your analytical mind and problem-solving skills with this qualification and attract accounting roles in financial services and other industrieS.
If you enjoy solving a range of often complex problems and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources, this qualification is perfect for you. Students get to apply initiative to plan, coordinate and evaluate their own work and provide guidance to others within defined guidelines.
Delivery mode
GOTAFE offers this course through the following delivery modes:
Online
Set your own study schedule and balance study with your other commitments.
Entry requirements
Domestic Students
- There are no mandated entry requirements.
- Complete a Basic Key Skills Builder (BKSB) online test to ensure the required literacy and numeracy levels for the course are met.
- Undertake a Pre-training Review by interview to ensure the course suits their needs and aspirations, and that they are likely to complete the course successfully.
- Students applying for the Diploma at GOTAFE must have completed FNS40222 Certificate IV in Accounting & Bookkeeping (or superseded equivalent FNS40217).
- This ensures students have all required Diploma pre-requisite units FNSACC321, FNSACC322, FNSACC418, FNSACC421, or their equivalents.
- At GOTAFE, 2-3 Certificate IV units are listed as electives in the Diploma course, so for those students who have completed the Certificate IV, FNSACC412, FNSACC414 & BSBTEC402 will be credit transferred, and only the remaining 8-9 units in the Diploma will be delivered.
- Where students did not complete their Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping with GOTAFE a copy of their academic qualification and transcripts must be provided before enrolment, as evidence they have completed the above required units. (If under particular circumstances, students do not have these units - as negotiated with a trainer before enrolment, arrangements will be made to deliver on an individual basis).
Course fees
- VIC Subsidised Training This training may be subsidised by the VIC Government for eligible individuals. Places are limited.
For more information about this course and payment options please enquire now.
Career opportunities
The Diploma of Accounting will prepare you for the following roles.
Payroll Officer
Payroll Officers take care of an organisation’s wages and salaries — preparing payroll data from timesheets and employee records, then processing t...
Accounts Officer
An Accounts Officer looks after the overall financial accounts and records for an organisation. You’ll oversee all income and expenditure payments...
Bookkeeper
A Bookkeeper maintains the financial records of a business or organisation. You’ll keep track of all transactions including income as well as expen...
Accounts Receivable Officer
An Accounts Receivable Officer makes sure a business or organisation receives payments for products or services they have provided. You’ll be part...
Assistant Accountant
An Assistant Accountant works as part of a financial team to help manage the financial accounts of a small or large business. You might perform adm...
BAS Agent
BAS Agents are specialist bookkeepers. They hold additional qualifications that allow them to prepare and lodge Business Activity Statements (BAS)...
Accounts Clerk
You might be involved with accounts payable or accounts receivable and you’ll have to manage the relevant paperwork, data entry and filing. Account...
About GOTAFE
GOTAFE is the largest vocational education provider in regional Victoria. Offering over 130 courses across eight campuses, GOTAFE services 11 local government areas with an estimated resident population of over 240,000 people. We service more than 9,000 students per year on average, employ over 500 staff, and we are an intrinsic part of the communities that we serve.
