Competency areas
Understand the competency areas required for your nominated occupation
1. Qualification Assessment Criteria
2. Competency Areas
3. English Language requirement
4. Skilled Employment Assessment
5. Supporting Documents
6. Apply now (fees and processing times)
7. Accounting Professional Year Program
8. Resources/FAQ
To meet the educational requirements for your nominated occupation your qualification will need to cover all mandatory competency areas as listed below.
| Competency Areas | Accountant (General) 221111 Management Accountant 221112 Finance Manager 132211 Corporate Treasurer 221212 |
Taxation Accountant 221113 | External Auditor 221213 |
| Accounting Systems & Processes | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Financial Accounting & Reporting* | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Management Accounting | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Finance | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Audit & Assurance | Optional | Optional | Mandatory |
| Business Law** | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Taxation Law | Optional | Mandatory*** | Optional |
| Economics | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
| Quantitative Methods | Mandatory | Mandatory | Mandatory |
*Financial Accounting & Reporting includes both study in financial accounting and accounting theory.
**Business Law includes both study in Commercial law and Corporations law.
***Australian taxation law is compulsory only for Taxation Accountant occupation – local tax law is optional for all other codes.
Australian and New Zealand qualifications
If you have completed an Australian or New Zealand qualification, you can use CA ANZ accredited tertiary courses (ATC) lists in the Related Downloads section below to ensure you have completed all of the mandatory competency areas for your skills assessment:
- Choose the Accredited Tertiary Course list below relevant to the year you started your course
- Locate your tertiary institution
- Choose your level of qualification from the schedule
- Check your subject codes and subject names against the required competency areas in the schedule
If you have an outstanding mandatory competency area, you can complete further studies via:
- Our CA Foundations Pathway or
- enrolment in one of the Accredited Tertiary Courses listed below.
Overseas qualifications
To assess the general education level of overseas tertiary and professional qualifications, CA ANZ follows the guidelines of the Country Education Profile (CEP), Australian Government, Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
When it has been established that your qualification is comparable to at least the level of an Australian Bachelor degree, CA ANZ will then examine the individual subjects to determine coverage of the required competency areas.
Step 3 - English Language Proficiency
Read moreRelated downloads
- CA Foundations Timetable 2020 - 2021 (pdf, 2.1 mb)
- Accredited Tertiary Courses 2016 for AU and overseas (pdf, 1.5 mb)
- Accredited Tertiary Courses 2014 AU and overseas (pdf, 1.4 mb)
- Accredited Tertiary Courses 2013 AU and overseas (pdf, 0.6 mb)
- Accredited Tertiary Courses 2012 AU and overseas (pdf, 0.4 mb)
- Accredited Tertiary Courses 2011 AU and overseas (pdf, 0.4 mb)
- 2016 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing for New Zealand (pdf, 1.0 mb)
- 2015 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing for New Zealand (pdf, 0.5 mb)
- 2014 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing for New Zealand (pdf, 0.4 mb)
- 2013 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing for New Zealand (pdf, 0.4 mb)
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