Diploma of Accounting

The FNS50222 Diploma of Accounting at Thames International College reflects professional accounting job roles in financial services and other industries, including tax agents, accounts payable and accounts receivable officers, payroll service providers, and employees performing a range of accounting tasks for organisations across a range of industries.

Individuals in these roles apply solutions to a range of often complex problems, and analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources. They apply initiative to plan, coordinate and evaluate their own work, and provide guidance to others within defined guidelines. The qualification comprises 11 units — 7 core and 4 electives — covering complex spreadsheets, financial and business performance information, tax documentation for individuals, budgets and forecasts, financial reports for corporate entities, internal control procedures, management accounting information, workplace relationships, accounting information systems, business performance evaluation, and financial forecasts and projections.

The qualification includes units that comprise an approved Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) course in Australian taxation law and commercial law, which are relevant for registration as a tax agent; applicants seeking registration should check current requirements with the TPB.

The course runs for 52 weeks in total (40 study weeks delivered as 4 terms of 10 weeks, plus 12 weeks of holidays) at the College's North Sydney campus. Delivery is face-to-face classroom training combined with distance learning — 14 hours in class plus 6 hours of structured distance training each week, with about 5 further hours of unsupervised study.