Members of the College of Accounting Technicians provide paraprofessional accounting services. This includes active involvement in middle level accounting work, assisting an accountant, office management and administration management.
To become a member you must gain, a recognised academic qualification, recognised practical experience and pass a professional competency examination.
The New Zealand Diploma in Business with an accounting major is the basis of the Accounting Technician's qualification - recognised by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA). The equivalent two years full time relevant work experience is required. The second years work experience must be under the guidance of a mentor and can only be counted once you have met the educational requirements. Once admitted as a member of the Accounting Technician's College, continuing professional development of 20 hours per year is necessary.
Compulsory Papers
400 Accounting Principles
501 Accounting Practices
510 Introduction to Commercial Law
520 The Economic Environment
530 Organisation and Management
560 Business Communication
550 Business Computing
601 Financial Accounting
602 Management Accounting
Optional Papers
Choose two of the following:
603 Business Finance
605 Internal Auditing
606 Taxation
and one other NZ Diploma in Business paper.
See New Zealand Diploma in Business for individual paper details.
Members of the College of Accounting Technicians provide paraprofessional accounting services. This includes active involvement in middle level accounting work, assisting an accountant, office management and administration management.
For further information on Accounting Technicians, please contact the:
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
PO Box 11343
Wellington
Ph: 04 474 7840
Click here to download the 2013 timetable (PDF file).
Applicants must have:
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a minimum of 14 numeracy credits at level 1 or higher in Mathematics or Pangarau on the Directory of Assessment Standards; and
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50 credits at level 2 or above with at least 12 credits in each of three subjects including a minimum of eight literacy credits at level 2 or higher in English or Te Reo Māori; four credits must be in reading and four credits must be in writing; and
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or equivalent to the above.
Adults over the age of 20 years who do not have the minimum entry requirements may be admitted if they can satisfy the teaching institution they are capable of studying at this level and have a reasonable chance of successfully completing each paper attempted.
International students for whom English is a second language must also have:
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an IELTS overall score of at least 6.0 (academic) with no individual band lower than 5.5; or
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a TOEFL score of at least 550; or
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any other standard achievement or measure allowed for in rules made under section 253 of the Education Act.
This qualification consists of 12 papers. There is a compulsory core of seven level 4 or 5 papers and two compulsory level 6 papers. Two of the three remaining papers must be at level 6 and must include two of: Business Finance 603, Internal Auditing 605 or Taxation 606.
In addition to credits for the prescribed core and optional papers, each student may include in the qualification one unspecified credit as a substitute for an optional paper.
This credit must arise from a programme that assesses outcomes that are not part of an approved New Zealand Diploma in Business prescription.
The programme must be at an appropriate level, and assess outcomes that are relevant to the New Zealand Diploma in Business objectives as described in these regulations. Any paper which is to be offered by a teaching institution for the award of an unspecified credit must meet the requirements of regulations as per NZQA. In addition, students must meet the requirements of New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants for the practical component, the professional competency exam and ongoing professional development in order to gain the status as an accounting technician.
For further information please refer to:
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants
PO Box 11343
Wellington
Ph: 04 474 7840