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Enterprise and Commerce

AAT Bookkeeping with Digital Skills

Campus Sighthill Campus

Qualification SCQF Level 5

Study mode Full time

Start date Jan 2025

Cost £504
(see funding options)

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Course overview

The purpose of the AAT Bookkeeping with Digital Skills course is to offer you the opportunity to develop practical bookkeeping skills needed to progress to employment or further study in accountancy and finance. 

Alongside this, you will develop business and personal skills that are transferable to any sector and additional business knowledge relevant to accountancy. The qualification offers a broader focus across several subject areas which enhances employability prospects.

This qualification will particularly suit those learners with minimal work experience or those who require additional support to progress. This may include adult returners, younger students, those on traineeships seeking basic employability skills or those who want to progress to study at a higher level

What you will learn

  • Bookkeeping Fundamentals
  • Financial Transactions
  • Digital Skills for a Modern Office Environment
  • Business Skills and Set up
  • Communication Skills
  • Business Sustainability

You will gain meta skills in the following areas

  • Curiosity
  • Critical Thinking
  • Initiative
  • Adapting
  • Communicating

How the course is assessed

Each subject will have different evidence requirements and approaches to assessment.

Some examples are provided below on the methods of assessments.

  • Open Book
  • Multiple Choice
  • Project-based assessments

You will also complete an online assessment

Number of days per week

  • 2 days per week

Entry requirements

  • National 4 Qualifications in English and Mathematics plus one other relevant* National 4 qualification
  • Other equivalent qualifications or experience

*Relevant subjects include Administration, Business Management, Economics, Geography, History, Modern Studies or a Science subject.

Information on Tests / Auditions / Interview Requirements

  • You will be required to attend a course information session.

English Proficiency Requirements

IELTS 5.5

Progression and Articulation Routes

  • Level 6 courses within Enterprise and Commerce

Career options

  • Junior Business Support Assistant
  • Junior Book-keeping Officer
  • Junior Accounts Clerk
  • Cashier

Study Options

Campus Study mode Start date Cost
Sighthill Campus Full time 20/01/25 £504

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