A bit pedantic?

System
System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
edited June 18 in AAT student discussion
Hi<BR><BR>Just finishing off my portfolio and can't help but feel that the AAT is a bit too pedantic and take themselves a bit too seriously when it comes to the portfolio side of things. I've enjoyed the course for the most part but the portfolio building, with the endless witness signatures and evidence required (...yes I do, believe it or not, know how to send an email but here's my witness anyway...). I can't help but feel that if the the qualification actually concentrated solely on the accounts side of things rather than spending so much time on the "relevant?" questions of: how to write a memo, where is the nearest fire escape?, what is a fax? etc. then we could finish all three levels in a year. To be honest I have spent less time overall on the actual accounts side of my portfolio than the non-accounts side and it has put me off progressing to the intermediate level a bit <BR><BR>I just wondered if anybody agrees

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  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    A bit pedantic?

    Exactly what i was thinking!!!!!!<BR><BR>Chris.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    A bit pedantic?

    Hi there.<BR><BR>I do see your point, and the portfolio can seem a bit daunting.<BR><BR>However, the AAT qualification is an NVQ, so it is workbased and tests your competence in more than just the accounts side of things. That is why it is a respected qualification recognised around the world, and why employers pay notice to it.<BR><BR>You don't very often see jobs asking for A-level accounts students, but you always see jobs asking for AAT students.<BR><BR>Scott.<BR><BR>
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    A bit pedantic?

    Hi Scott<BR><BR>I know what you are saying but I just feel that the AAT would be better dropping the NVQ side of things and just offering a kick-ass accounting qualification. As for employers recognising the AAT, I've found that most employers would rather have someone with no qualifications but a few years practical experience than someone with MAAT after their name! Disappointing but true!<BR><BR>P.S. Don't want to sound like I've got a downer on the AAT because I haven't but as I said before I have been a bit disappointed by the Foundation level, it promised a lot but not sure if it delivered.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    A bit pedantic?

    I found that the main trouble with Units 22/23 is that they presupposed that everyone taking the course was employed as an office worker in a largish organisation. As someone self-employed and working from home the H&S unit was particularly irksome - a lot of my answers were of the "This doesn't apply to me but here's some stuff I pulled down off the web to show what I <b>would</b> do if it did." <BR><BR>For Unit 23 I felt like just saying "I've run my own business for the past 5 years, I think that means I'm personally effective!" Yes, I found these units tedious and irrelevant, but they're done now and I won't have to do them again.<BR><BR>Apart from those units, which took me about a week of evenings to complete, everything else was covered by the devolved simulations and some coursework. Roll on September and the intermediate course.<BR><BR>Chris

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