AAT Award in Business Skills

The AAT L1 Award in Business Skills offers students at Level 1 the opportunity to develop key practical skills used in every business as a route into employment.

On completion of this qualification, students will also be equipped with a strong foundation from which to progress to further study with AAT in either accountancy or bookkeeping if they would like to do so.

This qualification will particularly suit those students with minimal work experience or those who require additional support to progress. This may include younger learners, those on traineeships seeking basic employability skills, adults seeking to validate their existing skills to enter into the workplace, or those who want to study higher level AAT qualifications but would like to test their abilities before progressing further with AAT.

AAT does not set any prerequisites for the study of the AAT L1 Award in Business Skills. However, the ability to communicate information clearly and appropriately to a given audience is a valuable skill in any role and in any type of business.

For the best chance of success, we recommend students begin their studies with basic English. Basic numeracy will be developed within this qualification so is not required before starting study.

You can study this course for free if you:

• Live in the Liverpool City Region (Wirral, Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens or Halton), and
• Are unemployed or earn under £25,750 a year

If you live outside the Liverpool City Region, or you're not sure if you're eligible, get in touch - we'll help you explore your options. 

0151 551 7777
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You must be 19 or over on or before 31st August to study on this course.

Relevant Entry Level qualification or 3 GCSEs at Grade 2/E or above.

If English is not your first language, you may need an assessment before enrolling on this course. To discuss further, please contact the ESOL department on 0151 551 7144.

Learners who completed this course went on to apply for the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting, and to follow this with Level 3 and 4 studies. You could continue your studies and gain a partial or full AAT Qualification. Subject to further testing, you would be eligible to apply for the AAT Level 2 Certificate in Accounting, and possibly to follow this with Level 3 and 4 studies. You could work in a junior capacity in a clerical or similar role.

You could progress to these Wirral Met courses:

• BU208 - CMI Certificate in Team Leading (Apr Start)

One day per week.

Students must successfully complete one end-of-qualification computer-based assessment to achieve this qualification. The proportion of this qualification assessed by external assessment is 100%.