Who is the AAT?

The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) is one of the world’s leading membership organisations for accounting professionals. With over 120,000 members, AAT has been providing competence-based accounting qualifications in Central Southern Africa for over 20 years.

What can the AAT courses offer you?

The AAT(SA) qualification can enable your career in finance and accounting and help you make a truly positive contribution to your business, department or unit. This qualification provides the knowledge and skills to perform the tasks demanded by this role and it offers you the chance to gain a valuable and real-world qualification. The AAT qualification is updated every 3 to 5 years and it is recommended that you complete each level before continuing with the next.

What courses does the AAT offer?

The AAT offers full qualifications in the following courses:

Certificate: Accounting Technician
Further Education & Training Certificate: Accounting Technician
Certificate: Accounting

Sage Pastel Training offers students the following AAT courses:

Sage Pastel offers the following full qualification AAT courses, for self-study training only:

Certificate: Accounting Technician
Further Education & Training Certificate: Accounting Technician
Certificate: Accounting

Course structures:

In order to complete the AAT Courses, students will have to complete the following subjects:

AAT(SA) Accounting Qualification

Certificate: Accounting Technician

Stage 1 has 5 subjects:

Basic Accounting I & II
Computerised Accounting
Basic Costing
Working effectively in accounting and finance

FET Certificate: Accounting Technician

Stage 2 has 7 subjects:

Accounts Prep I & II
Cash Management
Costs and Revenues
Indirect Tax
Professional ethics in accounting and finance
Spread sheet software

Certificate: Accounting

Stage 3 has 6 subjects:

Financial Statements
Budgeting
Financial Performance
Internal Control
A choice of elective modules (any 2)

Elective subjects (choose any 2):

Credit Management and control
Personal Tax
Business Tax
External Auditing

Course Outlines:

Please click here for the Certificate: Accounting Technician course outline
Please click here for the FET Certificate: Accounting Technician course outline
Please click here for the Certificate: Accounting Course Outline