On accreditation, an ATC receives:

• Working Paper Files (including CPD information) on CD-Rom.
• Membership as an ATC
• ATC Certificate for office display
• Bi-monthly SAIPA Journal “The Accountant”
• Monthly Members Electronic Newsletter
• Inclusion in the SAIPA list of accredited ATC’s
• The ATC may apply to SARS for a Learnership tax deduction
• Grant disbursements, where the ATC is registered with Fasset as an employer, in accordance with Fasset funding regulations, arranged directly with Fasset

In order to ensure that the highest professional and ethical standards are entrenched at the Accredited Training Centre (ATC), SAIPA prescribes that:

• Prior to approval as an ATC, the Accounting Practice or Corporate applicant must undergo an accreditation process
• This process is necessary to ensure that the quality of training meets the necessary “Best Practice” standards
• All ATC applicants are subject to an evaluation of proposed learning systems
• A report on their evaluation will provide feedback to the applicant
• After approval of the ATC, on-going monitoring and quality assurance of training activities will be maintained by SAIPA Assessors
• ATC quality audits will be conducted by Assessors of SAIPA at least once every year against the ATC Monitoring Site Visit Report Tool

• A Feedback Report will be generated for both SAIPA and ATC records
• Further quality checks will be undertaken if and when necessary. In such event, a feedback report will be generated

All Quality Assurance procedure records, if called for, are subject to Fasset audit.

All Administration and reporting to SAIPA is the responsibility of the Overall Evaluator (OE). It is also the responsibility of the OE to ensure that the shortcomings reported in the Report of Findings are corrected immediately and any improvements required are initiated promptly.

SAIPA provides support and guidance to the Overall Evaluator and the Approved Training Centre (ATC) on an on-going basis.