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The following payment plans are suitable for all modules and courses. Payment plans for our Bookkeeping courses can be found below.
| Qualification Type | Instalment Plans Available | Instalment Plans Total | Discount Price (when paid on enrolment) |
| Certificate
(1 Module) |
2 x £147.00 | £295.00 | £295.00
N/A |
| Proficiency Certificate (2 Module) | 2 x £295.00 3 x £196.00 |
£590.00 | £530.00 Saving £60 |
| Advanced Certificate (4 Module) | 2 x £590.00 3 x £393.00 4 x £295.00 |
£1180.00 |
£700.00
Saving £480 |
| Diploma
(6 Modules) |
2 x £885.00 3 x £590.00 4 x £442.00 6 x £295.00 |
£1770.00 |
£1050.00
Saving £720 |
| Advanced
Diploma
(8 Modules) |
2 x £1180.00 |
£2360.00 |
£1400.00
Saving £960 |
| Higher
Advanced Diploma
(12 Modules) |
2 x 1770.00 3 x 1180.00 4 x £885.00 6 x £590.00 8 x £442.00 10 x £354.00 12 x £295.00 |
£3540.00 |
£2100 Saving £1440 |
Pay from as little as £25pm
| Deposit | Payment | |
| Payment Plan 1 | £50.00 | £25.00 Per Week |
| Payment Plan 2 | £0.00 | £75.00 Per Month |
Bookkeeping Instalment Plans
3 x £146.50
3 x £221.50
3 x £248.50
3 x £423.50
CD
Receiving your course material on CD-ROM is our most popular method (this gives students portability - some even take their CD’s with them on holidays!). The course material may also be copied and saved to a USB stick, as well as downloading, printing and binding the lessons into a folder for you to organise. CD’s are also an excellent choice for people who have a computer but do not have internet access or have a slow connection.
Online
Online students require a reliable internet connection. Our Student Study Zone allows you to view all of your course material online, anywhere in the world. Students can watch videos, read notes and study illustrations on the computer screen then complete self assessment quizzes to gauge their learning.
Correspondence
Course material may be supplied in a printed format. Students work through notes, practical tasks and assignments. The student is guided by a printed study guide and accompanying materials as well as advice and feedback from tutors. Assignments are submitted to tutors for grading and feedback, and exams can be taken anywhere in the world.
Recommended Sequence of ICB Courses
1. Basic Bookkeeping – Compulsory
2. Level
II - Manual Bookkeeping
3. Level II - Computerised Bookkeeping
After successfully passing the three (3) examinations at the above levels you are entitled to apply for Associate Membership of the ICB under their new regulations and have the initial AICB after your name. Also, at this level you are then qualified to start your own bookkeeping business (if that is your goal) – in this instance you will need to apply for the ICB's Practising Certificate.
4. Level III - Diploma in Payroll Management
BBS403
5. Level III - Diploma in Manual Bookkeeping BBS310
6. Level III - Diploma in Computerised
Bookkeeping
3 x £590.00
4 x £442.50
3 x £450.00
4 x £337.50
3 x £285.00
4 x £213.75
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Advanced Certificate In Hydroponics VHT013
Course Structure: Advanced Certificate In Hydroponics VHT013
This subject has 30 lessons, each requiring about 12-15 hours of study:
- Introduction to Hydroponic Technology
- Plant Growth Requirements: Light, artificial light, light balancers
- Plant Growth Requirements:Nutrition- nutrient requirements, deficiencies, toxicities, pH, conductivity, salinity, growth regulators
- Plant Growth Requirements:Temperature
- Hydroponic Growing Systems:Basic concepts and designs, site considerations.
- Growing Media:Types, properties, uses.
- Hydroponic Nutrient Solutions:Nutrient formulae, preparing solutions.
- Hydroponic Equipment:Componentry, nutrient delivery, pumping, testing
- Growing Structures:Design and Construction - types
- Environmental Control A:Heating, Cooling
- Environmental Control B:Lighting, Shading.
- Environmental Control C:Carbon Dioxide Enrichment
- Plant Culture In Hydroponics A: Trellising, pruning, pollination, transplanting.
- Plant Culture In Hydroponics B
- Aggregate Culture
- Nutrient Film Technique (NFT) Culture
- Rockwool Culture
- Other Techniques:Wick systems, flood & drain, bag culture, aeroponics, etc.
- Irrigation: Soil Requirements
- Irrigation Systems
- Plant Propagation:Seed & cutting propagation & tissue culture
- Market Gardening:Cut Flowers
- Market Gardening:Vegetables
- Other Plants In Hydroponics:Herbs, grasses, indoor plants
- Pest and Diseases:Dentifying the problem, pests and diseases in hydroponics
- Weeds: Identification and control
- Managing A Commercial Hydroponics Farm:Crop scheduling & selection standards
- Management:Organisation and Supervision
- Marketing:Promotion and Selling
- Special Project:Prepare a detailed report of at least 2,000 words, plus photos or diagrams, on a particular aspect of technology which you have studied that significantly assists growing.
Aims: Advanced Certificate In Hydroponics VHT013
- To provide a sound basis of knowledge in horticultural principles as they apply to the culture, use and management of plants in various production situations.
- To provide new and existing employees who are unable to undertake on campus training with the opportunity to gain appropriate knowledge in the field of plant culture, use and management.
- To prepare employees for supervisory and managerial positions in the field of plant culture, use and management.
- To provide horticultural business owner/operators (or those contemplating ownership) with appropriate training to apply technical skills to the management of the physical, financial and human resources in which they have made, or will make, a substantial investment.
- To provide an understanding of modern technology and its application to growing plants, with emphasis being placed on hydroponics production of commercially valuable plants.

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