The Certified Junior Bookkeeper programme provides students with sound foundational knowledge of accounting as well as practical exercises and evaluations that prepare them to function effectively in an accounting environment. This programme is the foundation of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) Accounting Certification Programme designed for people who want to become certified Bookkeepers. If you have a head for numbers, are working in a finance department, or want to have your own bookkeeping practice, this the right place to start.

Course Duration: 30 to 36 hours on Saturday mornings. 

Cash Fee:  R15600 (Fees on terms are also available)

DELIVERY METHODS

 Face to face

FOLLOW UP PROGRAMS

1. Certified Technical Financial Accountant – CTFAIcb(SA)
2. Certified Senior Bookkeepers programme – SBIcb(SA)
3. Certified Financial Accountant – CFAIcb(SA)

DOWNLOADS

• People running their own businesses who need to manage the finances of those businesses;
• People working in a finance department who need to study before progressing to a more senior position;
• People who want to start their own accounting practices.

The Certified Junior Bookkeeper is a National Certificate, NQF level 3, SAQA ID 58375 qualification.

ICB Membership Designation: CjBIcb (SA)

College Campus is an educational brand of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). The IIE is a registered tuition centre for the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB). 

BOOKKEEPING TO TRAIL BALANCE

• Introduction to basic business, bookkeeping and accounting
• Value Added Tax (VAT) and source documents
• Recording cash transactions
• Recording credit and sundry transactions
• Inventory systems
• Individual accounts for debtors and creditors
• Bank reconciliation
• General ledger reconciliation

BUSINESS LITERACY

• Effective business communication
• Spoken and written communication
• Working with numbers, fractions and decimals
• Percentages, ratios, proportions and equations
• Interest rates in business
• Measure, analyse and communicate workplace data

PAYROLL AND MONTHLY SARS RETURNS

• Recording business financial transactions
• VAT calculations and returns
• Basic conditions of employment
• Statutory registrations
• Complete PAYE documentation
• Accounting for payroll
• Ethics and the registered tax practitioner

COMPUTERISED BOOKKEEPING

• Basic computer concepts and working with Windows
• Understanding the Internet and Microsoft Outlook ®
• Working with MS Excel ®, MS Word ® and MS PowerPoint ®
• Complete the monthly bookkeeping cycle on a computerised accounting package