The course has been written to match the Higher Level Paper 8 (Technician) syllabus set by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. This is the equivalent of NVQ (National Vocational Qualification) Level 4 and it is recognised throughout the worlds of business and industry as a required professional standard.
Exams:
In order to sit the exams students required to be members of the ACCA. ACCA Membership is currently £54 joining fee and a yearly fee of £54 paid when you join and each January there after. Examinations are sat in June and December each year.
In order to sit the examination in June students must have been a member by the 31st December and in order to sit in December they must have been a member by August 15th. This means students wishing to start an ACCA course in December for examination in June will need to pay the ACCA £108 in December and a further £54 in January.
Should a student lets their membership lapse without officially resigning their membership of the ACCA, then when they next wish to re-enrol, all membership fees for the intervening period will become due.
The ACCA contact all students 3 months prior to each examination sitting asking them if they wish to sit any exams in the next sitting and which location they would like to attend.
Coursework:
To become an ACCA Accounting Technician, you must pass the examinations and either achieve a Level 4 NVQ in Accounting (this is called ‘the NVQ route’) or meet ACCA’s practical experience requirements (‘Practical Experience route’). This latter route is the one taken by most distance learning students
Further information: http://www.accaglobal.com/pdfs/studentspdfs/newcathandbook.pdf
