Standards of competence
All AAT course coordinators should have received the updated 2006 Standards of Competence for Accounting and - if relevant - the Standards of Competence for Payroll Administration. They are also included, unit by unit, in the Student Records.
If you would like to order additional copies of the Standards please contact the AAT's Quality Assurance team.
Alternatively, you can download copies of the updated 2006 Standards here:
National Occupational Standards in Accounting National Occupational Standards in Payroll Administration
You can download copies of the 2003 Standards here:
National Occupational Standards in Accounting
National Occupational Standards in Payroll Administration
Newly Accredited Qualifications - this document provides the unique reference numbers associated with the New Standards, ascribed by QCA, to the units of the NVQs/SVQs in Accounting and Payroll Administration.
If you have any questions about the new standards please contact the AAT's Quality Assurance team.
Copies of the 2000 standards are still available to download here:
National Occupational Standards in Accounting (2000)
National Occupational Standards in Payroll Administration (2000)
Please note that the file(s) available to download on this page are in PDF format, and you will need Adobe Acrobat in order to read them. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer, you can get it by clicking the logo below.
