Basic bookkeeping

If you want to learn or refresh your knowledge of the basics of bookkeeping in the most practical way possible, you’ll really enjoy this online course. The online course has been designed on the assumption that you have a basic level of numeracy.

The course enhances your overall employability and self-image. You will learn to strengthen your self-management skills, improve your social, innovative and analytical skills, and manage people and tasks more efficiently. In this way, the course focuses on your career and/or on professionalising your work. The course is suitable for entrepreneurs, people looking to change careers, those with professional ambitions and/or people working professionally in the field of finance.

Target
In the online course 'Basic Bookkeeping', you will learn the basic principles of bookkeeping.

What will you be able to do or know after the course?
- Working with journals, general ledger accounts, the balance sheet and the profit and loss account
- Applying basic techniques for balancing and maintaining the accounts
- Carrying out accounting tasks

Duration and workload
The 'Basic Accounting' e-learning course takes around 5 hours to complete. If you want to get the most out of your online training, make use of the supporting learning materials. The total study load is 6 hours.

If you choose this e-learning course, you will be directed to an online learning environment set up specifically for the Volunteer Academy. There, you will need to create an account to access this e-learning course. You can then use these login details to access several other e-learning courses.