Qualifications
ACCOUNTING TECHNICIANS OF SOUTH AFRICA (AT SA)
AT SA (AT South Africa) is a unique partnership between the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT). They are a professional body dedicated to the education, development, regulation and support of accounting technicians in South Africa.
ALERTS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (Pty) Ltd (APS) has been accredited as a training provider of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) to deliver the Accounting Technician qualifications as detailed below:
Training Provider Number: ATA0055/0521
GENERAL INFORMATION
Accounting Qualifications (AQ):
- Certificate: Accounting Technician NQF Level 3 SAQA ID 73710
- FET Certificate: Accounting Technician NQF Level 4 SAQA ID 77143
- Certificate: Accounting NQF Level 5 SAQA 80189
Accounting Qualifications – Public Sector (PS):
- Certificate: Accounting Technician PS NQF Level 3 SAQA ID 73710
- FET Certificate: Accounting Technician PS NQF Level 4 SAQA ID 77143
- Certificate: Accounting Public Sector NQF5 SAQA ID 80189
Accounting Qualifications – Local Government (LG):
- Certificate: Accounting Technician LG NQF Level 3 SAQA ID 59751
FET Certificate: Accounting Technician LG NQF Level 4 SAQA ID 73712
The AT(SA) Accounting Qualification is made up of three levels:
- Certificate: Accounting Technician (Stage 1- NQF Level 3)
- Further Education & Training Certificate: Accounting Technician (Stage 2 NQF Level 4)
- Certificate: Accounting (Stage 3 NQF Level 5)
APS offers three different types of training options, which one can choose from.
Training options available:
- Full-time contact classes with COVID-19 protocols being observed.
- Blended learning: combination of contact classes and distance learning (on-line learning)
- Full-time distance (Online) learning
The AT(SA) courses can also be delivered at a location of your choice or tailored to your company’s needs. As registered learnerships, the AT(SA) qualifications enjoy all the benefits of SETA funding, tax rebates and government incentives.
The qualification is completed once the learner has been formally assessed by two means:
- Computer based assessments (CBAs) set and marked centrally by the AT(SA).
- Skills tests (and a case study project) set centrally by the AT(SA) and assessed by APS.
There are no percentages. A learner is found to be either Competent or Not Yet Competent in the module.
QUALIFICATION ENROLLMENT
Accounting Qualifications (AQ):
Certificate: Local Government Accounting
Course Overview: The purpose of this qualification is to provide the learner with the skills, competence, knowledge and understanding to effectively fulfil an accounts clerk
Certificate: Accounting
Course Overview: The purpose of this qualification is to provide the learner with the skills, competence, knowledge and understanding to become an accounting technician. A
FET Certificate Accounting Technician: Public Sector
Course Overview: The purpose of this qualification is to provide the learner with the skills, competence, knowledge and understanding to become an accounting technician. The
FET Certificate: Local Government Accounting
Course Overview: The purpose of this qualification is to provide the learner with the skills, competence, knowledge and understanding to effectively fulfil an accounts clerk
Certificate: Accounting Public Sector
Course Overview: The Public Sector Accounting Qualifications are customised qualifications, offering accounting officials formal qualifications that ensure immediate demonstration of the acquired skills through their
Certificate Accounting Technician: Public Sector
Course Overview: If you work or want to work in finance in government or municipalities, the Certificate: Accounting Technician Public Sector NQF Level 3 is the one to
FET Certificate: Accounting Technician
Course Overview: The purpose of this qualification is to provide the learner with the skills, competence, knowledge and understanding to become an accounting technician. This
Certificate: Accounting Technician
Course Overview: The purpose of this qualification is to provide the learner with the skills, competence, knowledge and understanding to become an accounting technician. It
