Costs and budgets – Level 6 – Tutor Delivered

Costs and budgets – Level 6 Unit Certificate – Tutor Delivered

The aims of the ABSD Awards Unit Certificate – Understanding costs and budgets in an organisation  – in  are to give participants a good grounding in the financial aspects of running an organisation.

Key topics include:

The nature and purpose of budgets, and the advantages of budgetary control;

Methods to monitor variance of actual performance against budget;

Causes of variance, their significance and ways of reducing adverse effects;

How to gather information for use in determining and/or revising budgets;

Definition of fixed and variable costs; concept of break even, especially in relation to own organisation;

The purpose and nature of basic cost statements; use of standard costs; and

Role of the manager in cost control.

Course Aims:

The course is for people who want to understand how to finance a business, deal with various stakeholders and understand the main accounts and terms.

Entry:

Entry is open – no prior qualifications are required to enrol.

Certification:

On completion of their written assignment candidates receive the ABSD Awards Level 6 (URL) Unit Certificate in Working with Costs and Budgets.

Duration and Times

The course runs over 1 day from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm with a break at lunchtime.

The course is delivered online in real time by the tutors.

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