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Your online training file guide

Keeping your training file up to date throughout your ACA training is essential and easier than you may think. Here you’ll find some tips to help you maintain your ACA progress and stay organised. Make sure you start recording your progress as soon as your training starts and continue throughout your training agreement period.
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ACA online training file guide

Online training file videos
Online training file videos

This video series takes you through each tab of the online training file.

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Professional Development
Professional development

Provide specific examples from your day-to-day work experience to show how you have met each of the 52 professional development skills.

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Ethics and professional scepticism
Ethics

Record examples you come across day-to-day and prepare the Ethics in Practice scenarios to discuss at your next review.

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Practical Work Experience
Practical work experience

Note the hours you complete per day using a timesheet or diary. It will make it easier to enter the six-month blocks in your training file.

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Audit Qualification
Audit qualification

Be sure to record and review your audit experience in your file during your ACA training, as you can’t claim it retrospectively.

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Exams
Exams

Keep tabs on the exams you've taken, your marks, and any credit for prior learning. You can also book Professional and Advanced Level exams.

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Stay on track
Stay on track

You can update your file online 24/7. Make sure to keep it up-to-date, as an incomplete file isn't compliant with our regulations.

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Student support
Student Support

Our Student Support team are on hand to help with any questions throughout your training, including support with your online training file.

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