Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping
Online delivery
Get qualified to become a bookkeeper, accounts clerk or payroll officer and kick-start your accounting career.
You’ll gain the essential skills to perform a range of accounting and bookkeeping tasks with confidence including how to prepare financial reports, complete Business Activity Statements and maintain payroll systems.
Duration
12 to 18 months part-time
Intakes
Online (February, April, July, October) - View application and start dates
Study mode
- Online

This is a nationally approved vocational course that is recognised throughout Australia.


Study this course for free in 2023
You could have your tuition fees covered in 2023 thanks to the Victorian Government's Free TAFE for Priority Courses initiative.
Free TAFE for Priority Courses is available if you are under 20 years old, or enrolling in a course at a higher level than you have completed before.
If you don't tick either of these boxes, you could still have a chance! There are other factors, too. The best way to find out if you’re eligible is to apply.
Course information in detail
- Course detail, course structure and units of study.
Course description
- completing Business Activity Statements (BAS)
- operational reporting
- producing non-complex management reports, prepare budgets
- setting up and operating a computer-based financial system
- classifying, recording and reporting accounting information
- establishing and maintaining a payroll system
- managing a small office and ensuring relevant legal requirements are adhered to
Course structure
Units of study
Careers and graduate outcomes
- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives, graduate skills and professional recognition.
Career opportunities
- completing Business Activity Statements (BAS)
- operational reporting
- producing non-complex management reports, preparing budgets,
- setting up and operating a computer-based financial system
- classifying, recording and reporting accounting information
- ensuring relevant legal requirements are adhered to
- payroll duties
- bookkeeping
Aims and objectives

Graduate skills
Professional recognition
Pathways and scholarships
- Pathways, credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and scholarships.
How to apply
Find out more
Tel: 1300 SWINBURNE
Training Organisation Identifier (TOID): 3059