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Bookkeeping Level 2 - Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Certificate

Part-Time
Level 2
AAT
Sketty Hall
21 weeks

Telephone: 01792 284097   Email: accountancy@gcs.ac.uk

Overview

The AAT Certificate in Bookkeeping is a short qualification that provides a thorough foundation in bookkeeping and basic accounting practices, including double-entry bookkeeping.  It’s perfect if you have a natural ability with numbers or are already working in finance and looking to back this up with a qualification.  With this bookkeeping qualification on your CV, you will be perfectly placed to explore the career options you’ve always wanted, either as part of a larger company’s finance department or as an independent professional.

Units include:

Introduction to Bookkeeping
Unit covers: Understanding financial transactions within a bookkeeping system, processing customer transactions, processing supplier transactions, processing receipts and payments, processing transactions through into the ledger accounts.

Principles of Bookkeeping Controls
Unit covers: Understanding payment methods, understanding controls in a bookkeeping system, using control accounts, using the journal, reconciling a bank statement with the cash book, produce trial balances.

Key information

Ideally, students should have one or two GCSE Grades A-C however, common sense and an aptitude for numbers and estimation are more important. Open to students of all ages.

Tuition is classroom based and delivered face-to-face by highly qualified and experienced members of staff.

Examinations are online assessments.

Students will be able to progress to and complete the Association of Accounting Technicians AAT Level 2 full qualification, start the Association of Accounting Technicians AAT Level 3 or join our new Association of Accounting Technician AAT Level 3 Bookkeeping course. 

The course also provides a qualification that employers are looking for.

The stated course fee includes textbooks. Please note that separate registration and unit assessment fees apply. Contact us for the full fee breakdown.

AAT Level 2 Certificate in Bookkeeping
Course code: N2C973 ETD
08/01/2026
Sketty Hall
21 weeks
Thu
6 - 9pm
£497
Level 2