Australian Institute of Financial Services and Accounting

Certificate IV in Bookkeeping (FNS40210) & Certificate IV in Accounting (FNS40610) Dual Qualification

The AIFA Dual Qualification is for people wishing to become Registerd BAS Agents to provide contract professional Bookkeeping and BAS Services to fee paying clients.

People wishing to provide internal Bookkeeping services as an employee of a business should complete the Certificate IV in Accounting, see AIFA's Accounting Pathway Program.

Being a qualified Bookkeeper offers many opportunities for career growth and business ownership. There are currently more than two million businesses registered in Australia and the majority of them use one or more bookkeepers to keep their accounts up to date. Bookkeeping skills can be highly beneficial for people who need to be flexible with their working hours.

Important Alert for BAS Agents

Some course providers are offering courses that are mapped to the FNS04 Financial Services Training Package. This training package has been superseded by the FNS10 Training Package and individuals who have completed the older courses may have to demonstrate other knowledge to register with the Tax Practitioners Board after 1 March 2012. Please click here to find out how to ensure you choose the most appropriate course.

Why Choose AIFA's Dual Qualification?

  1. Low Student to Tutor Ratio.
  2. FNS10 training package. This is the latest course available. Some courses on the market are 2007 courses.
  3. Industry-experienced tutors and assessors deliver your tutorials, monitor your progress, offer help, and mark your assessments.
  4. Nationally Recognised (See Our Qualifications Here).
  5. Online delivery with flexible study times and scheduled fortnightly live web-based tutorials. The tutorials are live and interactive and help you to successfully complete your course and assessments.
  6. Complete the course in 26 weeks.
  7. Time-frames for assessments & assignments to help you stay on track.
  8. Interact, network or simply listen and read posts from fellow students in the forum and during the live web tutorials. 
  9. Tax Practitioners Board compliant course for BAS Agents. See www.tpb.gov.au for full details of registration requirements.
  10. No text books to buy.
  11. Open-book, competency based assessments.
  12. Our course is designed around a simulated practice environment so you’ll gain real life experience working with colleagues, managers and clients.

Course Units

This Certificate IV in Bookkeeping & Certificate IV in Accounting Dual Qualification course contains 16 Units of Competency including the BAS Agent Skill Set units required by the Tax Practitioners Board from February 2012. Clicking on the links below will open the full description of that Unit of Competency as provided on the Training.gov.au website.

Carry out BAS and IAS Establish and maintain a payroll system
Design and produce business documents Contribute to Occupational Health and Safety hazard identification and risk
Make decisions in a legal context Apply principles of professional practice in financial services
Set up and operate a computerised accounting system Develop and use complex spreadsheets
Process financial transactions and extract reports Prepare financial reports
Process business tax requirements Maintain inventory records
Prepare financial statements for non reporting entities Develop and Implement policies and procedures relevant to bookkeeping activities
Establish and maintain a cash accounting system Establish and maintain an accrual accounting system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-requisites

None

Course Duration and Delivery

The course of study is designed to be completed over 26 weeks. Students access course material and assessment tasks through AIFA’s Web site as and when required 24/7 – as one tutorial set and the related assessments are completed the next tutorial set and assessments are released from our on-line library.  Students also gain access to live, web based tutorials where they can interact with fellow students and their tutor.
 

Bonus 1 - Free Cert IV in Accounting Qualification

For a limited time, our Cert IV in Bookkeeping course includes the Cert IV in Accounting Free of Charge. In other words, you can obtain a Certificate IV in Bookkeeping and a Certificate IV in Accounting for the same cost as if you were to complete just one of these qualifications. Possessing both qualifications provides you with added credibility when it comes to seeking clients or employment.

Bonus 2 - Free membership of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers

The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers is the largest bookkeeping institute in the world. It promotes and maintains the standards of bookkeeping as a profession, through the establishment of a series of relevant qualifications and the award of grades of membership that recognise academic attainment, working experience and competence. Upon commencement of your course with AIFA, you will be granted membership of this prestigious organisation. Membership of such an organisation is a great advantage if you want to be registered as a BAS agent and this Student Membership is valued at $120.

Payment Options

Monthly payment plans are available.

Other Information

AIFA is an ASQA (Australian Skills Quality Authority) Registered Training Organisation (RTO No. 91311) authorised to deliver specialist Financial Services programs under the Australian Qualifications Framework.