Certificate III in Financial Services (Accounts Clerical)

Financial Services - Extra learning materialsGet the skills needed for a rewarding career in finance.

The financial accounting industry is overflowing with opportunities – whether you want to work for yourself from home or find employment.

This course provides students with essential office skills such as workplace communication, occupational health and safety practices and the use of technology. You’ll gain background knowledge and practical skills to work with accounts payable and receivable, payroll, cashiers, bookkeeping, purchases and sales. The course covers complex spreadsheets, financial record keeping and reporting.

You’ll emerge with an enduring, versatile skillset that will always be of benefit to you – no matter where your career takes you.

On completion of your course:

Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a nationally recognised FNS30304 Certificate III in Financial Services (Accounts Clerical).

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Course Number B0020C
Course Type Correspondence
Course Duration Max 24 months
Study Hours Approx 485 hrs
Qualification Certificate III
Nationally Recognised What does this mean?

Prerequisites

No previous knowledge or experience is required to take this course.

Learning Periods

This course is divided into 6 learning periods.

Assessment details

  • 17 written assessments
  • 7 MYOB assessments

Computer requirements

To complete this course you will need access to:

  • A computer with Windows® 95/98 or higher
  • CD-ROM drive
  • Microsoft® Excel 2000

Extra learning materials included in the Financial Services course

  • MYOB Textbook and Student Edition CD
  • Financial Services Interactive toolbox
  • MYOB 15 Test Drive pack
  • Quickstart files
  • Microsoft® Excel Proficient user student CD
  • Develop and use complex spreadsheets Exercise Files CD
  • Access to the Student Portal
  • Student Diary

Subjects You’ll Cover

FNSICIND301B Work in a financial services industry

  • What is the financial industry?
  • A brief history of banking in Australia
  • Common terms used within the industry
  • Industry coded and company practices

FNSICGEN301B Communicate in the workplace

  • Communication within the workplace
  • Successful communication
  • Spoken messages and telephone skills
  • Using appropriate language
  • Listening and clarifying information

FNSICGEN302B Use technology in the workplace

  • Maintaining equipment
  • Selecting and using technology
  • Organisational requirements
  • Processing and organising data
  • Coordinating your tasks

FNSICGEN304B Apply health and safety practices in the workplace

  • Occupational health and safety legislation
  • Participating in occupational health and safety
  • Identifying training needs
  • Safety checks
  • Encouraging contribution

FNSICACC304B Prepare and bank receipts

  • Business Fundamentals
  • Recording business transactions
  • Maintaining petty cash
  • Bank reconciliation

FNSICACC306B Process journal entries

  • Reading a bank statement
  • Reconciling the bank account
  • Record business transaction and documentation in special journals
  • Reconcile an overdrawn account
  • Reconciliation with errors and dishonoured cheques

FNSICGEN305B Maintain daily financial/business records

  • Different types of businesses
  • Basic business organisation
  • Different types of trading
  • Travel Advances
  • Recipient created tax invoices
  • Submitting a claim
  • Cash handling
  • Counting money
  • Job costing

BSBCMN308A Maintain financial records

  • Source documents
  • Processing documents
  • Validation of invoices
  • Maintaining credit journals
  • Maintain cash journals
  • The general journal
  • Recording transactions in the general journal
  • Chart of accounts
  • Format of general accounts
  • Posting journals to the general ledger
  • Posting cash receipt to the journal
  • Posting cash payments to the journal
  • Posting sales to the journal
  • Posting purchases, returns and allowances to the journal
  • Preparing a trial balance

BSBADM408A Prepare financial reports

  • Preparing and maintaining an asset register
  • Accounting for depreciation
  • Maintaining an asset register
  • Disposing of an asset register
  • Accounting for disposal of an asset
  • Recording general journal entires for balance-day adjustments
  • What are balance day adjustments?
  • Expenses
  • Bad and doubtful debts
  • Stock on hand
  • Stock and sundry items

FNSACCT407B Set up and operate a computerised accounting system

  • Setting up your own business
  • Company details
  • Chart of accounts
  • Entering opening balances
  • Inventory
  • Entering stock balances
  • Setting up your inventory file
  • Adjusting inventory
  • Recording sales and other items
  • Invoices
  • Quotations
  • Back orders
  • Credit notes
  • Purchase orders
  • Payroll
  • Adding new employee details
  • Preparing the payroll

FNSICACC301B Administer accounts payable

  • Accounts payable
  • The purchase journal
  • Trade creditors ledger
  • Paying your creditors
  • Batching invoices
  • Reconciling the creditors ledger

FNSICACC307B Reconcile and monitor accounts receivable

  • Accounts receivable
  • Dishonoured cheques
  • Return and allowances
  • The cash receipt book
  • The debtors ledger
  • Debtors receipts
  • Statements

BSBADM404A Develop and use complex spreadsheets

  • Using meaningful files names
  • Back-up
  • Security
  • Standard formats
  • Copying and moving data
  • Inserting and deleting columns and rows
  • Checking data
  • Pie charts
  • Quick charts
  • Linking workbooks
  • Data tables
  • Formulas
  • Working with multiple worksheets
  • Macros
  • Cell protection