About AAT qualifications
AAT courses bring employers immediate results
From their first day of training, AAT students learn practical accounting processes and important communication skills they can apply directly in the workplace, making them more rounded, effective and committed team players.
Our courses are also extremely flexible and open to all, regardless of age, experience or qualifications:
We have consulted extensively with businesses, industry and training experts to develop our qualifications, and we measure each qualification against the Qualification and Curriculum Authority's rigorous ethical and professional standards (the Scottish Qualification Authority, for Scottish qualifications). We review each syllabus regularly to ensure that it reflects the latest developments in accounting and financial legislation.
The AAT Accounting Qualification
This is the leading qualification for accounting technicians. It is split into three levels - each level is designed to develop a different set of skills, and counts as a qualification in its own right. Completing all three levels leads to the full AAT Accounting Qualification.
Find out more about the course content of the AAT Accounting Qualification.
Level 2 Certificate: students learn processes relevant to finance administrators, including double entry bookkeeping; accounting systems; purchase, sales and general ledgers.
Level 3 Diploma: administrative and management processes relevant to finance officer roles, including preparing final accounts for small businesses; cost accounting recording;preparing reports and returns.
Level 4 Diploma: the skills necessary for a 'finance team leader' role: complex management accounting tasks; general management skills; drafting financial statements; specialisation in specific subject areas.
Some students with relevant work experience or qualifications may be eligible for exemptions, and can start studying the AAT Accounting Qualification at a higher level.
To find out which level a student should start at, we've designed AAT Skillcheck, a short online questionnaire that checks a potential student's level of skills and recommends a starting level.
Download our detailed PDF guide to the AAT Accounting Qualification.
AAT Level 2 Award in Bookkeeping (QCF)
Aimed at staff working or looking to work in finance, this short introductory qualification teaches the essentials of bookkeeping through interactive CD-ROM training. Completion of this qualification also provides exemptions for students wishing to study the AAT Accounting Qualification.
Download our detailed PDF guide to the AAT Level 2 Award in Bookkeeping (QCF)
View the tutorial demo to the AAT Level 2 Award in Bookkeeping (QCF)
AAT Access
AAT Access is our new short course which helps your staff to develop essential business and finance skills, understand business language, and communicate the story behind the numbers, helping everyone in the business to understand the company’s financial position.
It teaches
- Essential accounting procedures
- Accounting in a professional environment
- Mathematics for accounting
- Creating business documents.
The course takes about 12 weeks of part-time study to complete, and is available at selected AAT approved training providers across the UK. Contact our advice team to learn more.
For more information, please contact the Account Management team:
- Tel: 0845 863 0795 (UK)
- +44 (0)20 7397 3004 (outside UK)
- Email us at employer@aat.org.uk
- Order your free AAT information pack