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Bookkeeping - Certificate of Achievement
Bookkeeping - Certificate of Achievement
at Chabot College
Bay Area Catalog
The Bookkeeping program targets individuals who want to quickly enter the workforce. You will be employed in entry-level positions as a bookkeeper, payroll clerk, and income tax clerk, working for small businesses, including small accounting/taxation firms. Graduates of the program will have skills and knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, completing journals, ledgers, payroll documents, tax forms, and bank statement reconciliations. In addition, graduates will become proficient in accounting and payroll software, including QuickBooks.
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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
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$30,460
$45,860
$65,540
$14.64
$22.05
$31.51
Admissions
- Some courses may have prerequisites.
- Students may take courses in any sequence except where a prerequisite applies.
- If Business 1A is completed before Business 7, the Business 7 requirement cannot be waived for this program.