Guidance on approval types and their scope

Choosing your approval stream(s)

ACCA offers three streams of approval under the Approved Employer programme:

Trainee Development - recognises the learning opportunities your company provides for employees working towards either the ACCA Qualification or the Certified Accounting Technician qualification (part of the Foundations in Accounting suite of awards).

Professional Development - recognises the learning opportunities your company provides for ACCA members to support their continuing professional development (CPD).

Practising Certificate Development - recognises the learning opportunities your company offers for trainees and members training towards the ACCA practising certificate or the ACCA practising certificate and audit qualification.

You can apply for any number of approval streams, but you will need to make separate applications for each stream.

The different scopes of approval

Choosing a scope of approval means that the learning and development policies and processes your approval will be based on are applied consistently to all ACCA trainees or members working for your company in a specific range of locations.

You will need to choose a scope of approval for each stream you are applying for, and you may need to provide some additional information.

For more information, refer to the following sections on scope.