Pathway
Accounting
Accounting youth apprentices learn skills in bookkeeping and accounting functions.
Length of the Apprenticeship: One or two years
Job Competencies
Year 1: Youth apprentices must complete a total of 10 competencies. Nine must be from the list below. If necessary, employers can substitute 1 competency with another occupationally appropriate skill. Those skills should be added to the competency list for assessment.
Year 2: Youth apprentices must complete a total of 12 competencies. Eleven must be from the list below. If necessary, employers can substitute 1 competency with another occupationally appropriate skill. Those skills should be added to the competency list for assessment.
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YEAR 1 Competencies
- Maintain accounts
- Store financial records
- Assist to process checks
- Process journal entries
- Post journal entries
- Balance accounts after recording transaction
- Assist to prepare adjusting/closing entries
- Prepare deposit
- Assist to maintain fixed asset records
- Apply accounting principles and processes
YEAR 2 Competencies
- Complete monthly closing procedures
- Process customer invoices and receipts
- Process receiving document
- Assist to process payment authorization
- Process credit memorandum
- Record inventory usage
- Assist to inventory merchandise or materials
- Assist to process results of inventory
- Process inventory adjustments
- Assist to cost account a new or revised product or service
- Assist to audit monthly procedures
- Assist to process budget reports
Related Instruction
Students must enroll in 1 High School Credit or 3 College Credits of related instruction each year they participate in the Youth Apprenticeship program.
Purpose of Related Instruction
The purpose of choosing a related instruction course is to ensure students are learning technical and academic skills that support the student's ability to perform their work tasks. This should be done concurrently with on-the-job training to make relevant connections between learning competencies and work.
Choosing Related Instruction
You will collaborate with your YA Coordinator and School Counselor to determine the most appropriate option for related instruction. A course within your high school directly related to the career pathway is ideal, especially if dual credits and/or hours related to a potential registered apprenticeship are offered.
If there is not a directly related course in your school district, related instruction in the same career cluster is also acceptable.
If there is not a course within that career cluster in your school district, you may request to register for a college course through the Start College Now program with a local technical college, Early College Credit from a local university, or from an alternative provider such as Destinations Career Academy.
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High School and College Courses
- Personal Financial Literacy/Financial Planning
- Accounting
- Microsoft Office
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High School and College Courses
- Personal Financial Literacy/Financial Planning
- Accounting
- Microsoft Office
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- Microsoft Office
- Accounting
Post Secondary
There are numerous opportunities to continue your education after completing the Youth Apprenticeship program.
Registered Apprenticeships
Registered Apprenticeships in the Finance pathways are not currently available.
College and University
- Completion of a Youth Apprenticeship fulfills college admission requirements across the UW System. Click here to learn more Universities of Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin Technical College System.