Thinking about accounting as a direction, not just a side skill? This pathway runs a certificate, then an advanced one, then a program with the IPA. It ends with a technician credential.
Eighteen months of access. Study around work and family without rushing it.
Xero and MYOB are both taught inside the certificates, not bolted on.
The pathway closes with the CAT program, run by the IPA.
Accounting work sits inside every business that trades. The day is ledgers, reconciliations, tax dates and reports that have to add up.
Handle the ledger work a firm runs on.
Keep a full set of books across the year.
Own the money paperwork for a team.
Help get returns ready and filed.
Run the pay cycle and the reporting behind it.
Support the accountants in a busy practice.
Keep GST and activity statements on schedule.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every job is different, and some ask for more study or experience.
Certificate, then advanced certificate, then the CAT program.
Three things that shape this pathway.
A certificate, then the advanced one, then the CAT program.
The advanced stage digs into costing, budgets and reports.
Books on tax, GST, the books and HR come with it.
One for each college stage
One at each stage, issued by the college.
Awarded by the IPA when you finish the last stage.
Xero's own certification comes with the pathway.
Send the pathway name and a good time to call.
An advisor explains how the three stages fit together.
Upfront, or weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
Enrol and start on the first certificate.
None. The pathway assumes you are starting from scratch.
You do not. Both are taught inside the first certificate.
Around four hundred hours of work, with eighteen months of access.
Six months from your IPA login email to finish the modules and the assessment.
It is an open book online task with a two hour limit. You get one re-sit within three months.
It carries ICOES and CPD Standards Office accreditation, and the CAT letters come from the IPA. It is not nationally recognised, and the college is not an RTO. The CAT credential still travels well on a CV.
Yes. A 10-day money back guarantee applies from enrolment.
This pathway is delivered by The Career Academy. The CAT program is run by the IPA.
The college is a Xero Partner and an MYOB Approved Education Partner.
Picture the year end where the reports are yours and they hold up.