Transferring between designations
If you're an Accounting Technician or an Associate Chartered Accountant, you can build on the requirements you've completed and transfer to membership of another College.
Our admission requirements are designed to enable part-qualified or fully-qualified Accounting Technicians or Associate Chartered Accountants to build on their achievements and have certain elements of the admissions programme recognised towards the admission requirements of another College.
Transferring from Accounting Technician to Associate Chartered Accountant
| Accounting Technician | Recognised towards Associate Chartered Accountant | Additional Components to Complete for Associate Chartered Accountant |
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| Academic Study Programme |
Two years of diploma level study (NZ Diploma in Business)
or degree level study
Coverage of required accounting and business topics
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Diploma study cross-credited to a bachelor's degree at an Accredited Tertiary Institution (ATI ) or an NZQA-accredited bachelor's degree at a New Zealand university, polytechnic or institute of technology will be recognised Degree level study completed at an ATI will be recognised |
Completion of a bachelor's degree at an ATI or an NZQA-accreditedbachelor's degree at a New Zealand university, polytechnic or institute of technology Coverage of required accounting and business topics at an ATI |
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| Practical Experience |
12 months of general practical
experience 12 months of specified practical
experience with an Institute-
registered mentor |
12 months of general practical experience will be recognised |
12 months of specified
experience in an Approved
Training Organization (ATO)
with an Institute-registered
mentor* |
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| Professional Competence Programme |
Foundations Programme |
Foundations Programme is the same for both Colleges |
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*Recognition can be granted where competence has been gained in one area of accounting to level 2, provided the specified experience for Accounting Technician has been gained at in an Approved Training Organization with an institute-registered mentor. Competence must be gained in a second area of accounting to level 2 following completion of the Associate Chartered Accountant academic requirements.
Transferring from Associate Chartered Accountant to Chartered Accountant
| Associate Chartered Accountant | Recognised towards Chartered Accountant | Additional Components to Complete for Chartered Accountant |
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| Academic Study Programme |
Completion of a bachelor's
degree at an Accredited Tertiary Institution (ATI) or an NZQA-accredited bachelor's degree at a New Zealand university, polytechnic or institute of technology Coverage of required accounting and business topics at an ATI |
A bachelor's degree completed at an ATI or an NZQA-accredited bachelor's degree at a New Zealand university, polytechnic or institute of technology will be recognised Required accounting and business topics approved for CA College (if completed) will be recognised |
Fourth year of recognised
degree-level study (if not already completed) Coverage of Chartered
Accountant required accounting and business topics (if not already completed) including iberal studies |
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| Practical Experience |
12 months of general practical experience will be recognised 12 months of specified practical
experience in an ATO with an
Institute-registered mentor will be recognised |
12 months of general practical experience will be recognised
12 months of specified practical experience in an ATO with an Institute-registered mentor will be recognised
|
One further year of specified
practical experience in an ATO
with an Institute-registered
mentor |
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| Professional Competence Programme |
Foundations Programme |
Foundations Programme is the same for both Colleges |
PAS/PCE |
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