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Cert IV ACCOUNTING/BOOKKEEPING
Overall the Cert IV Bookkeeping/Accounting is a great course and I thoroughly enjoyed it. However I think it would be a benefit to student (especially those who are new to the field/going through a career change) is being a bookkeeper for a mock business. Where you need to set-up the books, chart of accounts, do receivables/payables, BAS, EOM, reconciliation etc. Even though there was a whole module in learning accounting software, unless you are familiar with it, it was difficult as I had to stop and read the instructions for the next step. It would have been good and beneficial if we could actually put what was learnt into practice as an extra assessment. Also getting halfway through MYOB only then having to learn RECKON was not fun and pointless in my view. Students should be learning ALL the available software or at least the more popular ones such as Xero or MYOB. I had issues with a trainer. I had questions with an assessment and I wasted over a week in emails back and forth, as her feedback was not making sense. It was only when I realised that she was giving feedback for the incorrect assessment. Apart from those minor issues, I absolutely lives the course and I so excites to start my next venture.