Accounting technician course 2014/15

wally1990

Decided to open a thread for any person starting the accounting technician course this coming September. Will be handy to discuss the course.

Foxylocks

Howdy!!!

Charcoal express

Hiya I'm starting in September. Are you doing the two year diploma or one year certificate?

Are any of you studying in plunkets?

Great idea for a thread!

Foxylocks

Charcoal express wrote: »

Hiya I'm starting in September. Are you doing the two year diploma or one year certificate?

Are any of you studying in plunkets?

Great idea for a thread!

Hi Charcoal express
I'm studying in ITB, 2 year diploma...starting to worry about what I've let myself in for! I was useless as business studies haha

Charcoal express

Foxylocks wrote: »

Hi Charcoal express
I'm studying in ITB, 2 year diploma...starting to worry about what I've let myself in for! I was useless as business studies haha

Ah I was looking at ITB myself, I'm living between swords and my boyfriends in dublin 7, so I chose plunkets cos it's half way between the two - oh and because they accepted me haha, blanch looks really good though

I know the feeling, I worked in accounts admin, doing the doggy work basically but I've been unemployed for a year now so I hope it's not too difficult

I can't wait to find out if the course has more mature students or young ones, I'm only 21 but I'd rather not be in a course with dossers

Foxylocks

I work in accounts receivable, I've been doing that now almost 10 years but its mainly credit control so I need a challenge, I've brain drain in this place.
I live in Trim but work in Maynooth so blanch is perfect for me, im still waiting for my acceptance letter although I was told on email that I'm eligible for a place so i'm just waiting now.
Its good that we have a thread like this, we can help each other out god knows i'll be asking a lot haha, just hope I can hack it, numbers were never my strong point in school but working in A/R I under stand it a lot more but i'm only seeing a small part of accounting there is a whole other world of finance that i'm scared ****less off haha...trying to go to college part time, work full time and with 2 kiddies, its not gonna be easy

Foxylocks

I work in accounts receivable, I've been doing that now almost 10 years but its mainly credit control so I need a challenge, I've brain drain in this place.
I live in Trim but work in Maynooth so blanch is perfect for me, im still waiting for my acceptance letter although I was told on email that I'm eligible for a place so i'm just waiting now.
Its good that we have a thread like this, we can help each other out god knows i'll be asking a lot haha, just hope I can hack it, numbers were never my strong point in school but working in A/R I under stand it a lot more but i'm only seeing a small part of accounting there is a whole other world of finance that i'm scared ****less of haha...trying to go to college part time, work full time and with 2 kiddies, its not gonna be easy

Charcoal express

Ah fair play to you going back with the kids, it might not be easy but I'm sure it will be worth it

I'm doing it full time myself, will find out at the end of August what my start date is.

Haha don't worry I'm sure we'll all have lots of questions but hopefully we'll be able to help each other

Foxylocks

Charcoal express wrote: »

Ah fair play to you going back with the kids, it might not be easy but I'm sure it will be worth it

I'm doing it full time myself, will find out at the end of August what my start date is.

Haha don't worry I'm sure we'll all have lots of questions but hopefully we'll be able to help each other

Full time is all day mon-fri? for 2 years?

Charcoal express

Yeah, the first year I'm off weds for work experience and the second year off thurs and fir for work experience.

Two years seems like a long time but with the weeks off here and there hopefully it will fly

Just on Viking.ie at the moment, stocking up. They have things like highlighters reduced

Foxylocks

I'll just help myself to the stationary press here in work ha

Charcoal express

Haha sounds like a plan

wally1990

Hi all,

I decieded to take the accounting technician course after working in credit control and 'taking an interest in accounts recievable' I decided to study iati to get a good grounding and understanding of what i will be getting myself into. If all goes well and I enjoy it I will probably go ACCA or a similar path. This thread will be good for all to discuss the modules / exams / and any general questions we all need help on.

wally1990

Hi all,

I decieded to take the accounting technician course after working in credit control and 'taking an interest in accounts recievable' I decided to study iati to get a good grounding and understanding of what i will be getting myself into. If all goes well and I enjoy it I will probably go ACCA or a similar path. This thread will be good for all to discuss the modules / exams / and any general questions we all need help on.
I'll be studying in CIT part time in cork for the 2 Year dipolma.

Foxylocks

wally1990 wrote: »

Hi all,

I decieded to take the accounting technician course after working in credit control and 'taking an interest in accounts recievable' I decided to study iati to get a good grounding and understanding of what i will be getting myself into. If all goes well and I enjoy it I will probably go ACCA or a similar path. This thread will be good for all to discuss the modules / exams / and any general questions we all need help on.
I'll be studying in CIT part time in cork for the 2 Year dipolma.

I've been doing credit control for years now, its so repetitive, its betting boring, I'm starting to look at accounts payable and taking an interested in that, all the bank recs and nominal postings, all that stuff. Hopefully a position for AP is coming up at the end of the year, so if I get it, it think it will be huge help on the course....plus my bosses are ACA and ACCA qualified and they've offered to help me out too

kop-end

Hi All,

Firstly, thanks to wally1990 for setting this up and foxylocks for letting me know it was live

Anyway, I will be studying part-time this year by the new Online-Learning method !!!!!!, I know its a bit of a risk but with a new baby on the way in a few weeks (not me, the wife!!) it really is the best option for year 1 for me. Maybe in year 2 I will go to the normal bricks and mortar route.

My background is actually in Marketing and administration management and I kinda fell into an accounts role in my company by neccesity during the recent down-turn and staff reductions. I have developed an interest in this in the last 12 months so I have decided to take it further.....

This forum will be great for us all this year as I had a sneaky look at last years forum and the members had some great interaction and where a great help to each other.

wally1990

kop-end wrote: »

Hi All,

Firstly, thanks to wally1990 for setting this up and foxylocks for letting me know it was live

Anyway, I will be studying part-time this year by the new Online-Learning method !!!!!!, I know its a bit of a risk but with a new baby on the way in a few weeks (not me, the wife!!) it really is the best option for year 1 for me. Maybe in year 2 I will go to the normal bricks and mortar route.

My background is actually in Marketing and administration management and I kinda fell into an accounts role in my company by neccesity during the recent down-turn and staff reductions. I have developed an interest in this in the last 12 months so I have decided to take it further.....

This forum will be great for us all this year as I had a sneaky look at last years forum and the members had some great interaction and where a great help to each other.

I heard online learning can be great aswell, ( it's still about the amount of work you will put in at the end of day) I'm looking forward to the course & as stated this thread will be great to discuss different different topics.

I've done a lot of research before selecting the course but I'm confident in taking this course to ease myself into the area and then if all goes well i will probably take it further for ACCA etc.

Does anyone on here actually know any one who took this course and what were their thoughts?

kop-end

wally1990 wrote: »

I heard online learning can be great aswell, ( it's still about the amount of work you will put in at the end of day) I'm looking forward to the course & as stated this thread will be great to discuss different different topics.

I've done a lot of research before selecting the course but I'm confident in taking this course to ease myself into the area and then if all goes well i will probably take it further for ACCA etc.

Does anyone on here actually know any one who took this course and what were their thoughts?

I know 2 people who have completed the course, 1 guy completed the diploma maybe 10/15 years ago and risen up through the ranks of a small company to the role Financial Controller and swears by the ATI route, another person completed the diploma maybe 3 years ago and absolutley loved the course but also mentioned that part-time study is abig ask with a full-time job and suggested tha 3 years instead of 2 would have been better. they have since gone on to the ACCA path but is not enjoying the ACCA course.

Foxylocks

I remember reading up on some threads from people who done the course last year, they were discussing the exam papers, supposed to be A LOT of theory based question and hardly any practical work......me thinks a lot of study will have to be done

kop-end

It seems that alot of the moaning and groaning from last years students was about the theory based subjects i.e. Business management & Law & Ethics.

it seems they are very heavy on info and require alot of memory recall skills :eek::eek:

Charcoal express

Sure if the course was really easy the qualification would be worthless
It'll be worth the revising and stuff, my cousins misses did this course five years ago, now she has her accas & is working as an accountant. She loved the course

Foxylocks

I suppose you get out of it what you put in...just hope the tutors are good and there will be good support from ATI themselves

Charcoal express

Yeah I hope the lecturers are good too

kop-end

Charcoal express wrote: »

Yeah I hope the lecturers are good too

I hope my broadband connection is good

Charcoal express

Hey guys,

So I got my start date! 6th September so I'll update you then. Picking up my timetable and all that jazz next week too, have many of you registered with ati yet? If so are you paying all in one go or over a few months?

Foxylocks

Charcoal express wrote: »

Hey guys,

So I got my start date! 6th September so I'll update you then. Picking up my timetable and all that jazz next week too, have many of you registered with ati yet? If so are you paying all in one go or over a few months?

My start date is 23rd Sept...brutal...Was hoping to start sooner than that.
I registered with ATI already but by job is paying part of my fees so they just sent a cheque off. The materials should be sent out 1st week in Sept as far as I know

Just hope the evening courses are ran ok...full time days classes are supposed to be really good whereas the evening late classes take a back foot in my opinion anyway....sure we'll see

Charcoal express

Foxylocks wrote: »

My start date is 23rd Sept...brutal...Was hoping to start sooner than that.
I registered with ATI already but by job is paying part of my fees so they just sent a cheque off. The materials should be sent out 1st week in Sept as far as I know

Just hope the evening courses are ran ok...full time days classes are supposed to be really good whereas the evening late classes take a back foot in my opinion anyway....sure we'll see

I think it just depends on the lecturers I'm sure you'll be fine
On one hand I'm glad I start soon but on the other I'm still sorting back to education allowance so I'm praying that comes through in time!! Otherwise I'll be a broke bunny til it does.

Foxylocks

I'm working and still broke....

wally1990

I'm starting on September the 18th, I was going to pay with installments but I decided to hit bank for a loan and pay the college & iati off in full.

Looking forward to starting now,:)

EamonS84

Hi all, delighted to have found this thread. I'm starting the course full-time in September and really nervous about it as I'm going back as a mature student and feel this is my last chance to get a decent qualification that will bring in the money for the rest of my days haha. Hope I can be of help during the year to ye but somehow I think it might be me needing it ;-)

wally1990

Ah dont be nervous, just work hard and we are all here on the thread for help:), there will be parts we will all find tough though.

mendes_lol

Hi Everyone
Starting the online course (ready to sign up this wknd) and delighted to see someone else is doing it from home! Glad I found this thread and hope we will all do great
I work in accs (do bank recon., payable, did receivable before and some cred. control) but haven't done any vat returns and more complicated stuff so am panicking a bit that I won't manage as I am foreign and wasn't good at maths at school (a lot better now). I was thinking to do only 2 subjects this year but not sure if spliting isn't only adding more years of studying but law & bus mgt have so much theory that not sure if my brain cells can absorb as much!

Wishing you all the best!

Lena137

Hey everyone.I'll be starting this course in Athlone. Would have preferred Galway but looking forward to it now

trishawisha

Hi everyone! I have just completed Certified Payroll Techniques with IPASS, and was thinking about doing the Accounting techician course.
I was hoping for some info about the ecollege route if anyone has done it.

Im probably going to pop to Intreo office in the morning. But if anyone would like to share opinions/thoughts about doing but that way that would be great!
Thanks in advance

Charcoal express

Hey guys! Yaaaay more people joined!
So today was my induction, I got my timetable & met my class. They range from 17-70! Good mix. There's 25 of us and five of them are lads maybe six..

My timetables sweet! In at 8.50 every morning but I'm off early most days, the latest being half two because I found out I get exemptions from communications & business management! If you guys need any help with them at all I got dostinctions in both did them as a night class during the year to keep me a bit sane

So yeah was happy the age group is mixed. Seems like they're eager to learn. Study hall stays open til 10pm which is also a big bonus for me as it's opposite my gym and I go every evening with the boyfriend so I can study between college and gym and not have to head home.

Also got approved for BTEA today! Having a great one excited to help eachother

juncert

Starting the 15th of September,doing 2 evenings a week.Will be glad of your company guys over the next year.Its been years since i studied so a big learning curve ahead of me

wally1990

Ya everyone looking forward to kicking off now

mendes_lol

Hi there
I received my books and ready to start soon online - anyone knows how it works as when is the start date and do tutorials cover the full textbooks or only parts of them?

Foxylocks

Got my books yesterday to be honest I'm not impressed that the materials were €260 and only got 4 books so that works out at €65 a book......what a rip off!
I was expecting work books, bookkeeping paper and everything, I guess my expectations were way off there.
Haven't even started the course yet and already I'm thinking beyond the course, I'm a little excited as to what doors this course could open for me (If I pass of course)
Roll on 23rd

juncert

Im doing it at night in local college,when i rang up they said wait until first night to order books?Is this leaving it to late,how long from ordering books to receiving books approx?

Foxylocks

juncert wrote: »

Im doing it at night in local college,when i rang up they said wait until first night to order books?Is this leaving it to late,how long from ordering books to receiving books approx?

Did you register with the IATI? When you register with them and pay the fee you get your books sent out as the college don't supply them....Unless the college you're attending is doing it differently?

juncert

I was told to wait until first class to find out about books.I know i have to pay iati for the books and exams,i thought the class would order them as a group from iati.Does it take long to get the books in the post?
Thanks for replying.
Edit to add i rang iati and the first chapter of each book available to download so will do that for tonight.Good luck everyone starting.

wally1990

I ordered mine in august, But i read that they starting Shipping books for the year on September the 1st. I received mine on thursday the 11th( but im unsure my date mine were actually shipped).

I'd say it will take about a week from Payment date to receiving them.

mendes_lol

Hi all, anyone attending the introduction on Saturday for the online program?

Foxylocks

juncert wrote: »

I was told to wait until first class to find out about books.I know i have to pay iati for the books and exams,i thought the class would order them as a group from iati.Does it take long to get the books in the post?
Thanks for replying.
Edit to add i rang iati and the first chapter of each book available to download so will do that for tonight.Good luck everyone starting.

The books were being sent out by AITI between 1st - 10th Sept. I paid my fee in July

juncert

got books this morning

juncert

Did anyone start classes this week?it looks like the four subjects are done over two weeks.week one business management one night, accounting the other night.the next week it's taxation one night and law and ethics the other night.
There is a lot in each chapter.I was trying to get into knowledge point but it's not open until October.

mendes_lol

juncert wrote: »

Did anyone start classes this week?it looks like the four subjects are done over two weeks.week one business management one night, accounting the other night.the next week it's taxation one night and law and ethics the other night.
There is a lot in each chapter.I was trying to get into knowledge point but it's not open until October.

Hi there, I am doing it online and we are starting tomorrow but noticed that 4 lectures for first week are already available on moodle, we were told they will be available from tomorrow so I am a bit confused .I think 4 subjects are covered every week and not over 2wks but could not guarantee that. I also think that there is a lot as well in each chapter after having a quick look at recordings.

juncert

Ok,we dont have access to moddle,maybe online you do half a chapter per night.4 chapters in a week is a lot.
Our teacher in business management skipped chapter 1, gave a hand out and talked through chapter 2.Next teacher did Chapter 1 in accounting, and i moved to chapter 3 and did this over the weekend.
We have taxation tonight.Let me know how you are getting on

ebbsy

Study from the exam papers. You will pass the exams no bother.

juncert

Thanks Ebbsy,do you get the papers online?are they free or is there a cost for them?