AAT Accounts/Finance Assistant Apprenticeship - Level 2

We are working in partnership with Mindful Education to provide a suite of AAT blended learning Apprenticeships that offer flexible study options, combining online learning with face-to-face lessons in the classroom at East Surrey College.

Course Overview

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VENUE

The Apprenticeship programme will take place in the workplace alongside combined online learning and face-to-face lessons in the classroom at East Surrey College. Classroom attendance is one evening/day per week/fortnight.

APPRENTICESHIP DESCRIPTION

This qualification will prepare apprentices for junior and entry level Accounting roles. It delivers a solid foundation in finance administration - covering areas such as double entry bookkeeping, basic costing principles and using accounting software.

Working with East Surrey College, Mindful Education provide a unique, interactive online learning package. This delivers key knowledge and skills in a variety of ways, allows students to test their knowledge and ask questions which are monitored by tutors. This also ensures that tutors can ensure face-to-face contact which focuses on the key areas that students need support with. Our courses offer the best of both worlds, requiring less time in College than traditional classroom-only courses, and allowing students to choose how, when and where they want to study.

WILL I GAIN ANY QUALIFICATIONS?

AAT Accounting Level 2 Foundation Certificate

END POINT ASSESSMENT

All Apprenticeship standards have an End Point Assessment. This is carried out by an independent organisation who will assess whether you have achieved all the elements of your Apprenticeship. They will assess the Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours gained throughout your apprenticeship. You will only be able to undertake the EPA once you have satisfied all the requirements of the element called ‘The Gateway’. The detail can also be found on the Institute for Apprentices website.

GATEWAY REQUIREMENTS:

Maths and English at Level 1
 

EQUIPMENT NEEDED

Books, pen, paper, calculator, access to the internet, a quiet place to work from home, and a device such as a PC/ laptop or tablet.

WHERE CAN IT LEAD?

On successful completion of this course, you can progress to higher levels of the AAT Accounting Qualifications via apprenticeship training or through part-time courses (Level 3 and then on to Level 4).

COURSE FEE

All fees where applicable are paid for by the employer and no fees will be charged to the Apprentice.

Your employer will contribute as follows: companies with a payroll of more than £3 million pounds will have a levy account which can be used to pay for apprenticeship training. Where the training costs exceed the amount of levy available the government will contribute 90% of the outstanding amount and the employer will be invoiced the remaining 5%.

Other companies:

Incentive payments: All companies who recruit an Apprentice aged 16-18 years will be eligible for a grant of £500 once the Apprentice has been in training for 13 weeks and a further £500 at 52 weeks.
 

ADDITIONAL COSTS

Course textbooks – you will be required to purchase your own books. Your tutor will advise you which books need to be purchased during your first lesson.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

If you have an employer, please contact our Employer Services team on 01737 788316 or email: employerservices@esc.ac.uk.

To find an employer working with the College, view all of our current Apprenticeship vacancies on our website www.esc.ac.uk/apprenticeship-vacancies.

Candidates who are unable to secure employment should consider applying for a Full-time programme at the College or may consider a Traineeship programme.