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Accounting Technician

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Program Overview

The Accounting Technician certificate program will help you develop proficiency as an entry-level accounting professional with courses covering accounting fundamentals, key business skills, and popular computerized accounting software. Learners will gain technical accounting skills and how learn how to prepare financial statements, budgets, tax-returns, payroll and financial records using modern accounting software including Quickbooks and Sage50.

Topics covered will include manual bookkeeping and accounting processes, financial statements, budget and financial record preparation as well as development of written and oral business communication skills. You will also gain essential administrative and support skills to ensure the smooth operation of any office.

This program is licensed under Alberta’s Private Vocational Training Act (PVTA). Only the licensed programs under PVTA are open to international students.

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Career Opportunities

Graduates will find employment aligned with roles that exemplify NOC Skill Level B (1311) and will be able to find rewarding employment in businesses of all sizes, across a variety of sector both public and private.

Other professions include:

  • Accounting Bookkeeper
  • Accounting Technician
  • Bookkeeper
  • Finance Technician

As a Robertson student or graduate, you will have access to lifetime employment services and job search assistance through our Robertson Workforce team.

Courses

  • Bookkeeping (60 Hours)
  • Business Communication (60 Hours)
  • Business Math (20 Hours)
  • Business Taxation (40 Hours)
  • Career Preparation (40 hours)
  • Elements of Costing (40 Hours)
  • Financial Transactions (40 Hours)
  • Intermediate Accounting (80 Hours)
  • Internal Controls (40 Hours)
  • Introduction to Accounting Technician Profession (40 Hours)
  • Microsoft Office Applications (80 Hours)
  • Personal Taxation (40 Hours)
  • Professionalism (40 Hours)
  • Quickbooks (60 Hours)
  • Sage Accounting (60 Hours)
  • Practical Applied Culture and Employment - PACE
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Admissions

Admission Requirements

  • Grade 12 graduation or equivalent
  • Consumer/Essential Mathematics 40S or equivalent‍
  • International students with credentials from India are eligible with completion of Grade 10 Mathematics (as part of Indian curriculum)
  • Students will be required to obtain a laptop for completing course requirements

ELP Requirements

Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate English language proficiency in addition to the program admission requirements. All English Language Proficiency tests must have been obtained within two years of the start date of the program.

  • IELTS Academic:  IELTS 6.0, no subscore below 5.5‍
  • TOEFL iBT: 68; no skill score below 17 Listening; 16 Speaking; 18 Reading; 18 Writing‍
  • PTE Academic: PTE Academic 50
  • CanTest: 4.0, no skills score below 4.0
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Other Requirements

Practical Applied Culture and Employment (PACE)

Practical Applied Culture and Employment (PACE) is a co-requisite for the program. This 120-hour course will prepare you to work or study in a multicultural professional setting in the Canadian context as well as develop the skills necessary to study or work in a multicultural environment.

PACE can be completed online in conjunction with your studies at Robertson.

International Course Equivalencies

Learn more about common equivalency for grade and subject levels in other countries.

Tuition & Fees

Tuition Fee

$22,000 (includes *TCF and $225 application fee)

PACE

$2,800

International Student Service Fee

$1,250 (includes Employment Services Fee)

Health Insurance Fee (12 Months / 365 Days)

$913

Learning Materials

$500
*Training Completion Fund

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Total Fees:
$22,000
All tuition and fees are subject to change and are to be paid directly to Robertson College.

Next Intakes

May 27, 2024 — CLOSED

July 8, 2024 — CLOSED

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