Focus Training Institute Ltd. is accredited by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency of British Columbia, Canada

ACCOUNTING AND PAYROLL PRACTITIONER
Diploma Program

Description:

This program provides students with the necessary skills and certification to obtain the Canadian Payroll Association's Certified Payroll Manager designation. Required courses are either approved/accepted by the Canadian Payroll Association or are provided by them.

Hours of Instruction/Tuition:

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this program, students will have learned the skills and obtained the required certification for the Canadian Payroll Association's Certified Payroll Manager Designation.
They will have successfully completed College Accounting, Payroll Compliance Legislation, Payroll Fundamentals 1 and 2, Simply Accounting 1 and 2, First Aid level 1 and Job Search Techniques and Resume Writing.

Program Components:

College Accounting: 135 hours

This course provides solid coverage of accounting concepts and principles. It establishes a foundation of accounting procedures within the traditional framework of a proprietorship accounting cycle, then builds on the framework as it examines additional methods of accounting for asset, liability and equity accounts.

Payroll Compliance Legislation: 60 hours

This is the first core payroll course and is the point of entry for the first level of the CPA's Certified Payroll Manager Certification. Students will have a thorough understanding of the compliance requirements and will be able to:

• Describe payroll's objectives and stakeholders
• Apply federal and provincial legislation to payroll
• Communicate the payroll compliance requirements to various stakeholders

Payroll Fundamentals 1: 60 hours

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Calculate regular individual pay
• Calculate non-regular individual pay
• Complete a Record of Employment
• Communicate all aspects of individuals pay requirements to various stakeholders

Payroll Fundamentals 2: 60 hours

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Calculate Organizational remittances to federal, provincial and third party stakeholders
• Prepare accounting documentation for payroll
• Complete year end documentation
• Communicate all aspects of organizational remittances, accounting and year end requirements to internal, external and government stakeholders.

Simply Accounting levels 1 and 2: 50 hours

Students will learn one of the most widely used accounting programs utilized in the business environment. They learn to complete the accounting cycle using all modules – General, payables, receivables, inventory, payroll and project costing…

Job Search/Resume Writing: 25 hours

Students will learn how to access the hidden job market, conduct information and job interviews, write resumes and cover letters.

Occupational First Aid, Level 1: 8 hours

This WorkSafe B.C.Course provides training in first aid, including CPR, bleeding control, artificial respiration, examining an unconscious patient and choking.

Books Required:

• College Accounting, John Price, Horace Brock, Traven Reed
• Payroll Compliance Legislation, CP Association
• Payroll Fundamentals 1 and 2, CP Association
• Simply Accounting 1 and 2, CCI Mastertracks
• Occupational First Aid Level 1, WorkSafe B.C.
• Miscellaneous handouts and materials

Evaluation:

• Each Course is marked individually and requires 70% to pass.

Requirements for graduation:

• A minimum of 80% attendance is required.
• All assignments/exams have to be completed.

Certification:

• Students who successfully complete the Program will be issued a Diploma from Focus Training Institute, as well as a Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) Designation from the Canadian Payroll Association.

Entrance Requirements:

• Minimum 19 years of age or out of school minimum 1 year.
• Interview/Intake Assessment.

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Accoun ting and Payroll Practitioner - Diploma Program

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