Accounting

Description of Programs

This part-time programme of accounting courses is designed to provide vocational and professional training for persons wishing to pursue a career in accounting in both the civil service and private sector.

The Certificate in Accounting aims to provide the vocational education and training necessary for students to become efficient and effective in the office environment.

The Diploma in Accounting aims to provide a sound educational base to facilitate articulation to and successful completion of degree level studies at university level.

The Diploma in Accounting also provides a qualification that will satisfy the basic requirements for entry into the Tonga Society of Accountants.

This course has been designed to provide post secondary education and training for students seeking a career in accounting in either the civil service or private sector.

Emphasis in the course is given to the development of practical skills and appropriate knowledge so that graduates from the course will be able to perform competently in the workplace with a minimum of initial workplace training.

This course teaches Entrepreneurship/Managing your Business at Certificate Level. The course will enable
students to acquire competence in the exercise of the occupation and to carry out the functions, tasks and
activities of the occupation at the level required for entry into the job market. This course will help to
integrate an understanding of the specific context of the selected occupation; and provide for the future
job mobility by helping acquire career-management skills. The content development, study units covering
core areas of Entrepreneurship will be our focus. The students will learn the knowledge of starting up a
Business, Planning for the Business, Marketing the Business, Pricing the Product or Service, Business
Records, Selling and the Customer, Business Staffing, and Leadership and Business Communication

This course is compulsory for all students who are enrolling for Certificate Level. Writing, reading,
listening, speaking, researching, and critical thinking are major features of life at the workplace and
in higher education. As such, this course is designed to equip and upgrade students with these
skills. The topics are designed to provide skills to assist those in the workplace with their assigned
tasks and also for those who continue with further studies, they should be able to cope with writing
good essays, plan and carry out good researches on projects and assignments, and be able to write
good reports and make good presentations.

This course is compulsory for all students who are enrolling for Certificate Level. It focuses on both
trading and service businesses and it covers the accounting cycle from source documents to final
reports; and analysis and interpretation. It also provide the student with the knowledge of
accounting concepts and conventions. It will also cover the basic structure of accounting Systems
of Cash, Payroll and EDP systems.

This course introduces the students to the world and the course is designed to equip them with knowledge and skills needed to cope and maintain a healthy environment to work at. The course covers knowledge of workplace documents such as the Duty Statements and their purpose, the reciprocal nature, rights and responsibilities of employers and employees, and the importance of their cooperation in the workplace. It also covers the function, organisational structure, goals and goals and objectives of both public and private organisations. It covers principles and implementation of equal opportunity and anti-discriminations. It covers principles and implementation of equal opportunity and anti-discrimination as they apply to the workplace, and the ongoing changes that can occur in the workplace.