Accounting DVS

The Diploma of Vocational Studies (D.V.S.) in accounting has a duration of 1350 hours, full time and comprises a 120 hour internship in the industry. The purpose of the program is to develop the skills necessary to complete accounting tasks such as: to calculate and prepare the bills, invoices, receipts, payments, etc. of a business, to manage the petty cash, to produce the payroll, to calculate prices, to accurately complete and verify work for daily accounting tasks, to complete end of fiscal period and end of year tasks, produce income tax forms, and to create an accounting system.

What career path will Herzing College prepare me for?

Graduates will be prepared to work as bookkeepers, accounting clerks, payroll clerks, personnel clerks, or purchasing and inventory clerks.

What competencies will I have acquired by the end of my studies?

• Determine their suitability for the occupation and the training process
• Research and exchange information
• Produce tables and charts
• Do calculations and prepare source documents
• Format accounting-related correspondence
• Write accounting-related correspondence in English
• Process source documents in different types of companies
• Handle cash
• Use information related to legislation affecting businesses
• Interact in a variety of professional situations
• Communicate in French in an accounting context
• Prepare the payroll
• Write and format accounting-related correspondence in French
• Organize and process data related to a company’s resources
• Carry out daily tasks related to transactions involving receivables and payables
• Ensure that they work efficiently
• Perform calculations needed to determine the cost of goods and services
• Perform end-of-period tasks
• Perform year-end tasks
• Produce an income tax return for an individual
• Implement an accounting system
• Commit themselves to the development of their career
• Enter the work force

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the Accounting program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

• Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent.
• Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary IV credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition of equivalent learning.
• Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the general development test, or recognition of equivalent learning.
• Persons having earned Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister and who will continue their general education courses concurrently with their vocational training in order to obtain the credits they are missing among the following: Secondary IV language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister.