Careers
At the end of your Home Learning Course, and with the qualification you want under your belt, the door to a new career is close at hand.
With this course you'll be able to apply for jobs as a Book-Keeper and could earn £13,000 - £20,000* per annum.
*Source: Hays Accountancy and Finance Salary Guide 2007
Example Roles
Book-keeper
£13K-£20K
Source: Hays |
Accounts Clerk
£18,000
Source: Red Goldfish |
Accounts Assistant
£17,000
Source: Average on Trovit |
Career Development
View the for the ICB Practical Book-Keeping course.
Our Tutors
We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area who is trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies. Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available.
You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to helping you successfully complete your course – and take the next step.
Student Community
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Once you're a member of our Virtual Learning Community you can tap into a great deal more – anywhere and anytime:
Our unique Virtual Learning Community delivers a more involving study experience and greater student success rates. Once registered you'll be able to:
- Meet and chat with any of our 65,000 students
- Participate in online discussion boards
- Set up and manage your own Personal Study Area
- Interact with your Tutor
- Access your assignments and course materials
- Participate in interactive quizzes and e-assessments
- Watch video-casts and download online tutorials
- Access a library of user generated content
- Access additional learning tools
- Access anywhere 24 hours a day
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Take a tour of our unique Virtual Learning Community.
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Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community. Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you’ll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.
Study Plan
Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subjects.
- Recording income and expenditure
- The bank account
- The analysed cash book
- Business documents
- An introduction to day books
- Credit transactions
- VAT registered businesses
- Double-entry and day books
- The cash book
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- VAT returns
- Bank reconciliations
- Control accounts
- An introduction to final accounts
- Adjustments
- End-of-year Book-Keeping entries
- The journal and correction of errors
- Cash budgets and final forecast accounts
- Introduction to Excel
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Study Details
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Each new study topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 120 hours of study.
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| 6 months |
6 hours |
| 12 months |
3 hours |
| 24 months |
2 hours |
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| Exams |
Level 1 exam sat at home Level 2 external exam at centre |
| Entry Requirement |
none |
| Study Hours |
120 hours |
| Quality Materials |
Yes - written by industry expert |
| Number of Units |
21 topic areas |
| Number of Assignments |
6 |
Our Institute of Certified Book-Keepers (ICB) Practical Book-Keeping material is written by experts.
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