Certificate IV in Accounting and Bookkeeping
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
6 months full-time; Hawthorn (March and August), Wantirna (March)
Intakes
Hawthorn (March, August)
Wantirna (March, August) - View application and start dates
Study mode
- Full-time
VTAC course codes
- 3401010574
Wantirna (fee type determined by provider) - 3400277204
Hawthorn (fee type determined by provider) - 3400110574
Croydon (fee type determined by provider)

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
- setting up and operating a computer-based financial system, preparing budgets,
- 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
- setting up and operating a computer-based financial system, preparing budgets,
- 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.
Course fees and requirements
- Entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.
Course fees
Certificate IV in Accounting and BookkeepingEstimated course fees for 2023* |
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Course fee options | Full course fee | Skills First Government-subsidised place | Concession rate | Is this a Free TAFE course? |
Total Cost (GST Free) | $8,250 | $4,180 | $836 | Yes |
You could have your tuition fees covered thanks to the Victorian Government's Free TAFE for Priority Courses initiative when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.
This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding.
You could be granted a Skills First government-subsidised place when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.
You may be entitled to apply for a fee concession if you meet the eligibility criteria.
The eligibility criteria are set by the Victorian Government and assessed by Swinburne in accordance with government directives, which are subject to change at any time.
Find out if you're eligible for a fee concession here.
If you are not granted a government subsidised place, the full course fee will apply. Check your eligibility now.
Indicative nominal course hours: 620.
Entry requirements
How to apply
Find out more
Tel: 1300 SWINBURNE
Training Organisation Identifier (TOID): 3059