WSI - The Hills College - Accounting and Finance

Reminder - this website will shut down

2016-06-17T14:12:00.001+10:00

A friendly reminder that this website and announcements will shut down in a few days.

If you haven’t already done so, please visits and subscribe our new website:

You can go in as a ‘guest’ which will let you see the content but not subscribe.

If you login with your TAFE Student ID, and then ‘enrol’, this will subscribe you to the announcements.

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This TAFE website will go offline in coming days

2016-06-15T19:21:00.001+10:00

Hello All,

This ‘wiki’ website will go offline sometime in late June.

We have moved our announcements and timetable/booklist (etc.) location over to the WSI Online platform.

http://tiny.cc/tafehills

You can go in as a ‘guest’ which will let you see the content but not subscribe.

If you login with your TAFE Student ID, and then ‘enrol’, this will subscribe you to the announcements.

I look forward to seeing you all there!

Cheers…
Chris

Job Seeking sessions - Baulkham Hills TAFE

2016-06-01T14:43:00.001+10:00

From our Careers / Counsellors Section

Good afternoon

Many of our students are in the process of updating their resumes, preparing for interviews etc. Just a reminder that WSI has a fantastic website to guide students with this: http://careers.wsi.tafensw.edu.au/ (click on career tools for guidance with job seeking skills such as resume writing etc.).

FYI and the information of our students, I will also be hosting a couple of Job Seeking Q&A sessions for our students in the non-teaching week: one at Castle Hill Campus in Room A1.04 on Tuesday 21 June from 9.30am until 11am and one at Baulkham Hills Campus in the Library on Wednesday 22^nd June from 12.30pm until 2.30pm. The Q&A sessions will be like a drop in service during which students are welcome to come along any time within the time-block and get help with resume writing, cover letters, interview skills etc. Information is attached.

Of course students can still arrange an appointment to see me individually in the Counselling unit if they prefer.

Maskini Chahine

TAFE Counsellor

A The Hills College, Baulkham Hills Campus, 146-160 Old Northern Road, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153

A The Hills College, Castle Hill Campus, Cnr Showground and Green Road, Castle Hill NSW 2154

T (02) 9865 1121 | F (02) 9865 1123 E maskini.chahine@tafensw.edu.au

W http://wsi.tafensw.edu.au/

Improve your academic writing / referencing

2016-05-20T12:14:00.001+10:00

Free Workshop – Referencing Skills

The Baulkham Hills campus Library is celebrating next week and offering a range of short information sessions.

On Friday 27^th at 12:30pm the library is running a referencing session for accounting students.

As many of your assignments are due in coming weeks this session would be very useful for many of you.

Important News – Baulkham Hills TAFE

2016-05-19T15:01:00.000+10:00

Important News – Baulkham Hills TAFE

1. There will be no business or accounting classes on Thursday May 26^th – all teaching staff will be absent. For our campus this means there will be no BAS or MYOB classes on that day.

2. The MYOB class on Wednesday 1^st June has been extended, and on this day (only) the lab will be open from 1pm-5pm.

3. In June our WIKI site will be decommissioned (closed) and this announcement system will no longer operate. A new Moodle site (open to guests, no login required) is being setup. When it is ready it will be announced here.

Cert III students - Baulkham Hills

2016-05-03T14:09:00.001+10:00

This is a friendly reminder for Cert-III Accounts Admin students both day and night. We have noticed that for several units there is no work being submitted, and in some classes no students turned up at all.

If you do not take all of the units then you cannot complete your course this semester. You will be able to take the units you miss next semester, but this will delay your studies.

So…

If you have not already done so could you please access the latest timetable (which has been released for several weeks now) and make sure you are taking all of your classes? See the earlier WIKI announcements for the timetable link.

Night Students – this week (week 12) your Monday night and Wednesday night classes start (BSBFIA302, FNSACM302/2).

Day Students – your Monday group for FNSACM302/3 starts very soon.

Night + Day Students – please see your Tuesday day, or Tuesday night lab teacher(s) – make sure you are taking all of the units you need and that you are submitting.

Thanks.

Part time night students (Mondays & Wednesdays night)

2016-04-27T11:03:00.000+10:00

Part time night students (Mondays & Wednesdays night) completing units:

FNSACC301 process financial transactions & extract interim reports

& FNSACC302 Administer subsidiary accounts and ledgers

Your final papers have been marked. If you would like to review your paper please visit room CG.08 on Monday 2/5/2016 between 5:45 pm to 7:30pm.

If you are not competent and you need to submit further evidence there will an opportunity for you on Tuesday 10/5/2016 at 6:00pm.

BSBSMB412 - Cloud Computing

2016-04-26T11:05:00.001+10:00

If you are a Cert-IV BOOKKEEPING student, and you will be finishing your course this semester, you may need the elective BSBSMB412 (Cloud Computing).

Please check your Individual Learning Plan (ILP).

Your Tuesday lab teachers have the Learning & Assessment Strategy for you to pickup and sign for.

FNSACC303 - financial calculations

2016-04-19T17:39:00.001+10:00

If you are studying FNSACC303 Financial Calculations – today is the due date for submitting your portfolio of work to your teacher (based on the textbook materials).

You need to attend your computer lab to complete the ‘Task’ and ‘Project’. The Task involves calculations (bring your calculator). The Project is Excel-based. Remember, you cannot use your phone as a calculator.

Day Students – attend the lab at 1pm on Tuesday 3^rd May.

Night Students – attend the lab at 6pm on Tuesday 17^th May (we moved this back to avoid clashing with other units).

Note the two groups will receive different assessments – you should attend either day or night depending on your normal enrolment.

Updated Timetable - Baulkham Hills TAFE

2016-03-22T20:58:00.001+11:00

Hi All,

A new timetable has been uploaded to the Moodle documents site.

A few pointers…

1. The pdf will require v10 or later of Adobe reader to open (it’s free, so why not update yours?). Currently Adobe is up to v11 or higher.

2. The Cert-III timetable is now fixed for the final classes (payments, receipts, etc…) so Cert-III people please pay careful attention to the new timetable.

3. There has been a tiny (1-week) change to the Night Cert-IV Accounting/Bookkeeping group. 1 extra week on BSBFIA401 has been added.

As always, the link is below – remember to select ‘login as guest’.

https://wsionline.wsi.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2211

Chris.

p.s. I don’t email you at 1am, that’s just when the auto-email annoucement thing does what it does :)

Budgeting reminder

2016-03-17T12:31:00.000+11:00

If you are taking FNSACC402 (budgeting) remember to complete your work before attending the class next week:

Read & review chapter #1, then complete questions 1.1, 1.3, 1.4, 1.10, 1.13

Read & review chapter #2, then complete questions 2.5 & 2.10

Cheers…

Chris :)

Tablets, phones and translators in TAFE classrooms

2016-03-16T12:09:00.001+11:00

Hello All,

We have had several issues in recent weeks with students video-recording their teachers and classes, phones being used to take images of the smart boards, ‘quick photos’ being snapped of exam/assessment questions, etc..

There are serious issues involved, including privacy and copyright legislation. To allow students to make these recordings/copies/images can place TAFE in breach of these laws. Students making unauthorised recordings/copies/images are breaching copyright legislation.

I would like to highlight to all students:

1. Your phone/tablet needs to be off in class.

2. You cannot use your phone (or tablet) to take images of assessment tasks. This applies before and after marking.

3. Similarly, you cannot use your phone (or table) to take images of the boards in class.

4. You cannot record your class, whether using video or audio recordings.

5. You cannot use your phone/tablet as a calculator.

6. If you need a translator (foreign language / English) it needs to be a paper dictionary. Electronic devices (apart from calculators) are not permitted in supervised assessments.

The one exception regarding these devices might be (for example) in the Payroll class, where there is an ATO ‘app’ necessary for some of the calculations.

Apart from that exception, all students are reminded that as per the Learner Guide, Student Responsibilities, mobile phones need to be switched off when in the college environment.

Particularly in relation to supervised assessment tasks; when preparing your supervised assessments each question has been through quality assurance processes that can take months, including QA with other teachers, QA with other colleges, and QA with industry representatives. At the end of this process we have valid and industry-relevant assessments aligned to your units of study. Within supervised assessments those questions are not released expect for use in those supervised conditions. Once a copy is made by any student, the question can basically not be used in the future (other students may have had access to the question prior to the assessment, the assessment is no longer fair for all students). In that situation the question is then removed from the ‘pool of questions’ that we have, and we need to start from scratch to replace it.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Cheers…

Chris

FNSACC402 - budgeting

2016-03-14T18:35:00.001+11:00

FNSACC402 – Operational budgets

If you are a Cert-IV Accounting student, please check your ILP to see if you are taking the unit FNSACC402 (budgeting) this semester.

If you need budgeting this semester:

· Please attend the Tuesday lab this week 15^th March to receive the delivery guide, and sign on for the unit.

· Also please attend the first budgeting workshop next week on 22^nd March. Day students 1pm, Night students 6pm.

· Note there is some pre-reading from the text to be ready for that first workshop. By now (week 7) everyone should have the text.

If you’re getting this twice – I tried to find everyone’s email… but just in case this has also gone up here on the WIKI announcements thingamajig – that will release at 1am or whatever silly time the computer does it.

Cheers…

Chris

FNSACC402 - Prepare Operational Budgets

2016-03-09T20:59:00.001+11:00

If you need to complete the unit FNSACC402 Prepare operational budgets, the unit is now available!

If you need to take this unit this semester (check your Individual Learning Plan!) – please see Mary in the Tuesday day lab, or Chris in the Tuesday night lab.

You will need to attend and sign-on for the unit. The unit is then delivered using the ‘flipped classroom’ – this means you will review chapters and complete preparatory work prior to the workshops that will run in the Tuesday lab sessions.

Please see the delivery guide you get from your teacher for details.

Cheers…

Chris

FNSINC301 - Work effectively in the financial services industry

2016-03-08T20:06:00.001+11:00

If you need to complete the unit FNSINC301 Work effectively in the Financial Services Industry, the unit is now available!

If you need to take this unit this semester (check your Individual Learning Plan!) – please see Mary in the Tuesday day lab, or Chris in the Tuesday night lab.

You will need to attend and sign-on for the unit. The unit is then flexible so you can complete the work either in the lab sessions or in your own time.

Cheers…

Chris

2016 Learner Guide

2016-03-07T13:03:00.001+11:00

The 2016 TAFE WSI Learn Guide is now available online.

Please read this document thoroughly – it contains important information about studying at TAFE.

http://wsi.tafensw.edu.au/resource/file/1406/2016-wsi-learner-guide-online-v7-final.pdf.

Thanks.

FNSBKG401 - Bookkeeping Policies Unit

2016-03-01T20:20:00.001+11:00

Bookkeeping Students – the unit FNSBKG401 Develop and implement policies and procedures relevant to bookkeeping activities is now available.

If you need to take this unit this semester (check your Individual Learning Plan!) – please see Mary in the Tuesday day lab, or Chris in the Tuesday night lab.

You will need to attend and sign-on for the unit. The unit is then flexible so you can complete the work either in the lab sessions or in your own time.

Cheers…

Chris

Timetable Update - Baulkham Hills TAFE

2016-02-23T17:25:00.001+11:00

The timetable has been updated to show room numbers, units, weeks, etc… please use the link below (and then LOGIN AS GUEST) to access the file:

https://wsionline.wsi.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2211

These are also on display on the noticeboard in C Block near my office.

Update - Textbook List

2016-02-08T14:22:00.001+11:00

Some students have spotted that the BAS, Tax and Payroll (cert-iv) textbooks from the textbook list have updated to new editions. This is common in the tax area with updates occurring constantly.

I will try to teach from the latest edition. Don’t worry if you have already bought the prior edition, for these subjects it should be ok.

Timetables - Baulkham Hills Accounting

2016-02-05T12:48:00.000+11:00

Hello All,

You can now find the Baulkham Hills timetables on the Moodle.

Once you click on the next link, please choose the option to ‘log in as guest’.

https://wsionline.wsi.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2211

Cheers…

Chris

Fully Subsidised Accounting Courses

2016-02-04T12:15:00.001+11:00

Free* training is now available through TAFE Western Sydney. This training is fully subsidised by the NSW Government and relates to full qualifications on the 2016 NSW Skills List. They're a great way for people to try out a new career and get your foot in the door for a full qualification.

This opportunity is only available for a limited time and learners must meet eligibility requirements. Please see below for all applicable courses and use the Eligibility Calculator available via the link below (scroll to the end of the course offering to find the eligibility calculator) to determine whether you meet the eligibility requirements.

http://wsi.tafensw.edu.au/courses-and-careers/free-training/free-training/#id_30799

To Enrol or ask any questions, Call 131 870 or Click Here to contact us.

* fully government subsidised training, eligibility criteria applies.
**Additional costs may apply for licensed courses which require accreditation by an external agency.

Orientation - TAFE Accounting Baulkham Hills

2016-02-01T13:05:00.001+11:00

A reminder that new students for Baulkham Hills Accounting have orientation on Tuesday 2^nd / Wednesday 3^rd February.

You only need to attend one session (you can choose which one).

Tuesday 1:30pm or 6pm

Wednesday 1:30pm or 6pm

Thanks.

Textbook list - available online

2016-02-01T13:01:00.001+11:00

Update – I have managed to upload files to a different site:

https://wsionline.wsi.tafensw.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2211

Click on ‘login as guest’ for access (or, use your TAFE login if you have one).

Booklist - TAFE Accounting Baulkham Hills

2016-02-01T12:53:00.000+11:00

Please see the attached file for the 2016 textbook list.

I am having technical difficulties uploading to the WIKI site – if you can’t access this attachment, please email me for a copy. Sorry for the headache.

chris.fergus@tafensw.edu.au

Fully-Subsidised TAFE Accounting Courses

2016-02-01T12:18:00.001+11:00

Baulkham Hills TAFE will be offering fully subsidised courses in semester 1 2016:

· Statement of Attainment – Introduction to the Accounting Industry

· Skill Set - BAS Agent Registration

· Skill Set - Tax Agent Registration

To find out more about these courses please come to our course information sessions:

· Tuesday 2^nd Feb – 1:30pm or 6pm

· Wednesday 3^rd Feb – 1:30pm or 6pm

Room: CG.04 at Baulkham Hills TAFE, 146 Old Northern Rd.

chris.fergus@tafensw.edu.au