Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend any good revision books with lots of practice scenarios and different accounts for book keeping/. I've completed and passed levels one and 2 manual and computerised but until I can get some actual work book-keeping I want to keep practicing at home so I don't forget anything and I'm ready for those hundreds of calls I'm sure to get!" ha.. any advice, as always gratefully received... my fear is that I will go for months and months with no work now ( which is a very real possibility) and then when I do I won't know what to do.,. I want to keep in the loop
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A good book would be AAT Foundation revision companion units 1-4 (ISBN 9780 7517 3228 3) however, you may find a cheaper and better option to do some old exam papers.
With old CAT papers, unlike AAT, you don't have to be a member to have access to them. So try these out :
Maintaining Financial Records : http://www.accaglobal.com/students/cat/exams/t3/exam_papers
Information & Management control http://www.accaglobal.com/students/cat/exams/t2/exam_papers
For the last two of the above only pilot papers are available.
All papers are in PDF format. Open each and save both questions and answers to your own drive as you never know when they might disappear.
There are six other papers but they're probably for when your a little further into your studies. If you have time though it wouldn't hurt to create folders and save all of those as well... Well, that would be a full Sunday afternoon lost!
Have fun and talk soon,
Shaun.
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What sort of level is are you at because I have a fair few skills tests and exams for foundation and intermediate AAT that will keep your grey matter ticking over.
you would probably enjoy the CAT one's as well as CAT and AAT are the same level, just different supervisory bodies.
I've still got a load of the AAT ones myself from when they were free to view and the two do seem at a pretty similar level.
All the best,
Shaun.
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There are many good books out there but for accountancy/bookkeeping training, but I'd say that nothing beats hands-on practice.
I joined a London practice on a 3-day training course. Then took up their offer of unpaid work placements, shadowing accountants on real world accounts. The experience proved invaluable! One of their London clients I shadowed (a boutique) offered me an "accounts assistant" job! Not bad for a dum dum like me :D
I've mentioned that I am in my notice period (they took up the option of asking me to remain for "up to six months"). Though, I have a bit more free time in the office. I use this free time to talk to our financial controllers and accounts people to learn the "trade" from the bottom. Very useful! I even get to learn SAP.
Why not try to contact companies near you, inquiring about work shadowing/placement opportunities. It may be unpaid, but gainful in other ways.
HI, Thank you all for your replies... I have lots to keep me going now.. With regards to shadowing someone, I think thats an excellent idea. I'm going to start enquiring in my area... I used to work as a legal cashier in a law firm but that was a few years ago, I used SAP then, but would definately need a refresher course! experience will give me confidence so working with someone,even unpaid will be my best option, but thankyou shaun for the links to the AAT papers as I am going to do them as well. Thanks AnneMarie
Yeah as soon as I saw the CAT one's you had posted I grabbed the lot.
