OUR SERVICES
Atcor’s services to SAICA Training Offices includes the following:
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High level CA Programme Feasibility Analysis: Initial analysis of a potential Training Office and the value that can be added to the organisation and the profession by becoming accredited with SAICA.
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Application for Accreditation: Assisting a prospective training office in compiling the relevant documentation for re-accreditation.
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Resource Audit: CA Programme Design & Development (Completion of generic training plans and rotation plans).
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Independent Assessments: Completing PDSs (Professional Development Summaries) for trainees as their evaluators and assessors, and fulfilling the role of the assessor as required by the Code of Conduct for Assessors.
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Interim Review Checks: Reviewing EAT and ensuring that trainees have completed their LORs (Learner Outcome reviews) in line with SAICA’s requirements.
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CA Programme Updates and SAICA Compliance Services: Updating the client on any changes that may impact the training programme (training regulations, competencies, etc). This includes information in the assessment reports about overall compliance with SAICA requirements.
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Preparation for SAICA Re-Accreditation Visits: Continuously updating Atcor’s website with compliance information. In addition to this, Atcor assists in preparing all documents for the self-evaluations and visits.
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TCMS Service: Review of TCMS to ensure that the registration, suspension and discharge of training contracts, as well as RPL, are effectively completed on the system.
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Steering Committee Meeting Attendance: Where applicable, Atcor attends steering committee meetings. Where training offices do not have steering committees, these meeting will take place with the training officer.
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Compilation of Policies and Procedures: Updating or writing policies and procedures for the training programme as required per the SAICA re-accreditation criteria.
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Assessor Training: Presenting SAICA Assessor Training workshops to upskill prospective SAICA assessors.
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Induction Training: Presenting induction training that meets the requirements of re-accreditation criterion C1 and equips the trainee to make the most of their training contracts.
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Mentor and Reviewer Training: Presenting training to upskills role players on the SAICA training programme, the assessment process and the Training Office’s specific policies and procedures.
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Customised Simulations for Learning Gaps: Delivering simulations that comply with the SAICA Simulation Guidelines.
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Personal Development Analysis: Analysing the personality profiles of trainees within the context of the SAICA training environment, in order to identify potential development needs and opportunities to grow trainees into excellent CA(SA)s.
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Coaching: Providing coaching to trainees to assist them with career development decisions and in overcoming hurdles that they experience during their training contract, for example lack of academic progress.
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Qualifying Exam Support: Feedback on ITC and APC scripts and how the trainees can prepare for the exams through focussing on their professional skills and natural strengths and weaknesses.
Atcor’s approach of tailor-making its services to meet each client’s specific needs, means that each client is provided with a unique mix of services.
Our SAICA Training Programme clients include commerce & industry, auditing & assurance and public sector training offices. Out of respect for our clients and their branding requirements, we do not list our clients on this website. Should you wish to contact our clients for references, we will assist in connecting you with them once we have obtained their permission to do so.