Careers For Boys And Girls

Chronicle (Levin), 3 April 1948, Page 3

Careers For Boys And Girls

In an effort to aid both students of school . leaving age and parents who have not yet decided what course their child should adopt at secondary sch(X>ls, this series of brief" articles dealing with conditions of work and pay in various employments, is ' presented. All figures quoted relating to salari.es., and wages are approximate only. Generally, the minimum award wage has been adopted but in many cases, employers are prepared to increase this amount considerably. , . 1 In preparing the articles, which commenbe this* week and will appear each week, the co-operation of the headmaster of the local school, Mr. F. O. Burtt, has been invaluable. Accoiuitancy Qualifications: To have an entrance qualification to the University . is necessary for study for professional accountancy. A head for figures is desirable. Training: A boy begins as a junior with a firm of public accountants, or as a, junior in the office pf a commercial firm. In both cases he learns the work by experience. His professional qualifications are attained by passing the examinations required by the New Zealand Society of Accountants. There are nine subjects examined by the University. Tuition is obtained. at University classes, at technical colleges, or through private schools of accountancy, and at least three to five years' study is necessary. Membership of the society brings the . right ' to use the letters A.P.A.N.Z. (Associate Public Accountant) or A.R.A.N.Z. (Associate RegiStered Accountant) . A further professional qualification is the Bachelor of Commerce degree (B. Com.) or the Master of Commerce degree (M. Com.) of the University of New Zealand. For the bachelors degree fit is necessary to keep terms and pass examinations in fourteen subjects. The job: — There are two main classes of work: (a) Public Accountants undertake work on behalf of clien'ts. They keep the books of those whose business does not warrant the employment of full-time accountants, audit the accounts of businesses and prepare income tax and other returns. There are about • 600 public accountants in New Zealand. (b) Registered Accountants in commercial or legal firms and Governmerit or local body offices, are concerned only with the work of their own offices. Accounting is the recording and classifying of the transactions of the firm, department or local body. The accountant supervises the carrying :0tn of this work by cashiers and clerks, and prepares annual accounts .froin the recorded trknSadtiohS.1 . Hi$ duty "is: to shbw a trUe#idttiP6 ol^the 'finkhicial positi6n!of"liis eihplbybr., Prbspfebtsi Ther,e; ii'sttally opefiin^s iitutood dfflceS ahdi there is always Wrk' " 'aVailable% for accountants. Good administrative positions are often open to qualified accountants.- A career in accountancy • is also open to girls. Qualifications and conditions of employment are much the same as set out above. A" further article in this series will be published next Saturday.