SAQA ID : 20366
NQF LEVEL : 6
(Minimum credits : 280)
Purpose of Qualification: This qualification provides learners with the knowledge, understanding, skills and experience to become a Financial Accountant as well as aiding social transformation through the formal acknowledgement of competencies, skills and knowledge in the Financial Accounting field and develop a specialist accounting and management career, either within South Africa or in other countries around the world.
Availability: Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Kempton Park, Pietermaritzburg, Randburg, Cape Town and Bloemfontein.
Registered with: The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB).
Accredited by: FASSET SETA.
Registered on: National Qualification Framework by SAQA.
Admission requirements:
• Grade 12 or Equivalent or NQF Level 4 Qualification National Certificates: Accounting.
• Competent in Communication, Mathematics and Accounting at NQF Level 4.
• Learners who have completed the National Diploma: Technical Financial Accounting at NQF Level 5 will be granted credits towards the completion of this qualification.
• The Qualification may be obtained in whole or in part through a process of RPL. If competency can be shown in all the exit leve outcomes, the complete qualification can be awarded to the candidate.
Minimum Requirements to complete the qualification: Pass all modules.
Minimum Completion Time: 3 Years
Professional Designation: Successful candidates may register with the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers and use the following designation “Certified Financial Accountant” CTFAIcb (SA).
Articulation Possibilities: Ths Qualification articuates horizontally with the National Diploma: Management Accounting NQF 6 and articulates vertically with the following qualifications:
• ACCA Professional Qualification
• ICAEW Qualifications
• ICSA Corporate Governance Qualifications
• Learners will be able to apply for fellow membership of the Institute of Financial Accountants, based in the United Kingdom.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 |
| • Business Literacy
• Bookkeeping to Trial Balance • Payroll & Monthly SARS Returns • Computerised Bookkeeping |
• Financial Statements
• Cost & Management Accounting • Business Law & Accounting Control • Income Tax Returns |
• Corporate Strategy
• Management • Accounting Control • Financial Reporting & Regulatory Frameworks • Accounting Theory & Practice |
Career Focus
This qualification can lead to the following career opportunities:
| • Cost Accountant
• Financial Accountant • Management Accountant |
• Accountant
• Financial Director |
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