Guarantee Trust Corporate Support Services Trainee Accountant Programme


Advertiser: Guarantee Trust Corporate Support Services
Location: Pretoria, Gauteng

In conjunction with Fasset, we are running a program to help unemployed graduates enter into Learnership contracts or employment with accounting firms in the accounting profession. This program is due to commence in July 2013.

We actually supply 'work-experience' skills with real companies in our Virtual Office program. Vital life skills and technical skills are delivered as one overall program.

To qualify for the program you must:

- Be a recognized Commerce Graduate, with an accounting major from a recognized Tertiary Institute in South Africa, (B,Comm, BCOMPT, B.Acc, B.Tech or National Diploma).
- Tertiary Institute means University or University of Technology. This includes CTA or Honors students. If you are awaiting results, apply anyway.

Come and train with us for 5 months and we will assist you to get employment in an accounting firm and start on your SAIPA Professional Accountant or SAICA Chartered Accountant route.

Please note that disabled candidates are encouraged to apply for this program.

This program is due to start in July 2013

Closing date: Not currently available.

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.