Step Up

System
System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
edited June 18 in AAT student discussion
I have just started the Technichian stage of AAT. How big a step up is it from Intermediate?

The Intermediate stage was also alot about remembering things eg the equations during the ECR exam, how does this differ to technichian?

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  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Step Up

    Depends on the individual really.
    Some people find it a big step up, and a lot more tricky, but I found that it wasnt that bad. Depends on what kind of experience you've had in your career. For example, I did a lot of tax work a few years back for my job, so I breezed the tax section on the technician stage, but others who hadnt any experience found it more tricky.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Step Up

    cheers, i do more management accounts at work such as budgets, accruals etc. Hardly ever look at tax. The volume of work for the year looks a gret deal thats all.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Step Up

    I've just completed the Drafting and Financial Statements, and Personal Tax modules. I found DFS had a lot of stuff to remember, much more than intermediate. Personal tax, although this was new to me, was much simpler and covered a lot less material.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Step Up

    The only thing I've found a step up from Intermediate is DFS. Apart from that Technician in my opinion is just more work rather than more difficult work.
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Step Up

    There is still the formula learning - PEV and PCR have a lot of rote learning to them but a lot of the subjects do overlap which cuts down the amount to learn.

    I don't think the amount to learn is any different. It is the same as Intermediate level where once you have grasped the methods, you have grasped the subject.

    :)
  • System
    System Posts: 100,534 🤖 Admin 🤖
    Re:Step Up

    Thanks peeps. Ive been looking through old exam papers etc and trying to get a head start.

    I get the impression at this stage we need to demonstrate we can do things, where at Intermediate examiners kept trying to catch us out.

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