VTCT Skills · RQF Level 1
VTCT Skills Level 1 Award in Computerised Accounting for Business (RQF)
You don’t just earn this. You learn to use it, one-to-one, on your own real work.
- LevelRQF Level 1
- Total credits9
- Guided learning48 hours
- Units in this qualification4
Awarded by VTCT Skills · on the Ofqual register
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
VTCT Skills Level 1 Award in Computerised Accounting for Business (RQF) Overview Structure Documents Approved Centres Qualification Information Sector: Accounting and Finance VTCT Product Code: CAA1 Qualification Number: 601/7288/5 Level: 1 GLH: 48 UK Price (for VTCT centres only): £29.00 * Units: 4 Minimum Credits: 9 Category: Finance and payroll Age Restriction: 5 Registration End Date: * The price displayed is for training providers only. If you are a learner, please consult a training provider for course prices. Additional Information Documentation for this qualification last amended 31 March 2023 Qualification Information VTCT (Skillsfirst) and Sage UK have worked in partnership to develop a suite of computerised accounting and payroll qualifications. This level 1 qualification provides you with an introduction to computerised accounting software, bookkeeping and banking procedures. A study pack is available to learners (at an additional cost) this includes: • Access to comprehensive, interactive online learning support materials • A FREE copy of the latest Sage 50 Accounts Professional or Payroll software (for six months) • Access to expert support • Related simulations to practice as you need them • Valuable skills to control your business • Hard copy learner workbooks if required (at an additional cost through Sage) Once you have achieved this qualification you could go on to be employed as a: • Bookkeeper • Purchase Ledger Clerk • Payroll Administrator • Cr
These are the units VTCT Skills registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated, and every one you earn is yours to keep.
Banking proceduresReal unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the banking process.
- Understand document retention and storage requirements.
Introduction to book-keepingReal unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the job role of a book-keeper
- Identify potential career paths for a book-keeper
- Identify different types of business organisations
- Define common terminology used in book-keeping
Using a computerised accounting applicationReal unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Enter data into a Computerised Accounting Package.
- Record customer and supplier invoices and credit notes.
- Process payments received from customers and made to suppliers.
- Correct transaction errors.
- Carry out a bank reconciliation.
- Prepare and produce financial documents to be sent to credit customers.
- Maintain the petty cash account.
- Produce reports using selection criteria and parameters.
- Identify simple data protection, storage and security issues.
Working within Book-keepingReal unit · VTCT Skills
What you'll be able to do
- Describe the principles of single-entry book-keeping
- Explain the general principles of VAT
- Differentiate between cash and credit transactions
- Explain the principles of coding and batch control
- Process information in the books of prime entry (excluding the Journal)
- Describe responsibilities when working in a book-keeping environment
The honest bit
You’ve started things before
Most courses were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.
There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.
And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.
Your passport
Every credit is a stamp you keep
Level 1 credits are regulated. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you’ve earned and what’s next.
Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.
Who’d teach you this
The Evidence Evaluator
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Helps you show what you can actually do, gathering the evidence that proves it as you learn.
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Where these credits take you
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Where this can lead
Bookkeeper
Your journey starts here, but it certainly doesn't end here. We're committed to helping you build a robust career in finance. With dedication and continuous learning, the opportunities are vast. We'll provide the environment and the support; you bring the drive.
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How you’ll actually learn this
One-to-one, on your own real work
A qualification is usually something done to you: sit the class, sit the exam, hope it sticks. Here it’s the opposite. You learn it one-to-one with a companion, on your own real work, and you keep going until you can use it, not just recall it.
Applied to your work in any of these jobs
Learners will gain an understanding of banking procedures relevant to business customers. The unit covers the banking process stages, roles of personnel, types of accounts, document retention, legal requirements, and security procedures.
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- Understand
- Apply
- Analyse
- Evaluate
- Create
Built for VTCT Skills Level 1 Award in Computerised Accounting for Business (RQF)
4 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by VTCT Skills.
- Banking procedures
- Introduction to book-keeping
- Using a computerised accounting application
- Working within Book-keeping
One to one, not one to many
No two people run this the same way
A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.
- Your actual work Every unit is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
- What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
- The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
- How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
- Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.
See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.
Why it sticks
Most courses stop at remembering
There’s a well-known ladder of how deeply you learn something, called Bloom’s Taxonomy. Most courses get you up the first two rungs: you remember some facts, you pass a test, you forget it. Real skill lives at the top. Judging, deciding, creating. And this isn’t a generic ladder: every rung has a named Zavmo tutor who walks you up it.
- 6CreateThe Creative Catalyst
- 5EvaluateThe Evidence Evaluator
- 4AnalyseThe Analyst
- 3ApplyThe Coach
- 2UnderstandThe Connector
- 1RememberThe Builder
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The value
Why the companion is worth £70 a month
You’re not paying for the units. They’re regulated, and the same wherever you earn them. You’re paying for the one thing that decides whether you actually get there: a companion that makes them stick, on your real work.
That is one-to-one on this qualification, every day, on the work you already do, for £70 a month. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it. Billed monthly, cancel any time and billing stops.
Earned on your own work, taught to the top.
Everything you just read, learned one-to-one on the job you already do. Your first module is free, so you can see the teaching before you pay for any of it.
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