Qualification completion
How much practical work experience do I need for ICAG membership?
You need 450 days of practical work experience under a training agreement with an authorised training employer or principal. ICAG says this normally takes three to five years.
For students completing the practical work experience part of the current ICAG professional qualification.
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What the 450 days must include
The requirement is more than a day count. The 450 days must be gained within the training arrangement described by ICAG, with an authorised training employer or principal.
The normal period is three to five years. Relevant experience may come from accounting, audit and assurance, financial management, information technology, insolvency or taxation. You do not need to guess which types of work matter because the syllabus names these six areas.
ICAG also says the work should become broader and more responsible as your training progresses, and should expose you to varied assignments, finance functions, clients or sectors.
The current Member Services guidance tells prospective members to have at least three years of relevant practical experience. That membership statement does not remove the 450-day training requirement in the syllabus. Plan to satisfy the complete framework and let ICAG assess your record when you apply.
Keep your experience record current throughout the training period. Record the dates, the work you performed, the responsibility you carried and who supervised it. It is much easier to obtain an accurate confirmation while the work is recent than to reconstruct several years of experience at the end.
Example
A person may have spent 450 days doing accounting work, but the number alone does not settle the requirement. ICAG will also consider the training arrangement, the relevance and breadth of the work, the period over which it was gained and the evidence provided.
The syllabus gives the overall framework, but ICAG decides whether an individual training arrangement and the evidence submitted satisfy it.
Keep the evidence as you train
- Confirm that you have a training agreement.
- Confirm that the training employer or principal is authorised.
- Track progress towards the required 450 days and the relevant period expected for membership.
- Record the assignments, responsibilities and experience areas you cover.
- Keep the names and details of the people who can confirm your work when you apply.
See the ICAG source and where to find it
Here is the ICAG source MSL used and the exact passage, if you want to read it yourself.
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ICAG Professional Programme Syllabus 2024-2029
Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana · Official ICAG publication
- Where to find it
- Section 1.13, paragraph 33, PDF pages 13 to 14 (printed pages 11 to 12)
- What it tells you
- Practical experience is completed under a training agreement, requires 450 days, normally takes three to five years and may cover six listed categories.
- Full reference
- ICAG Professional Qualification Syllabus 2024-2029, section 1.13, paragraph 33, PDF pages 13 to 14 (printed pages 11 to 12).
- Applies to
- ICAG students completing the practical work-experience element of the qualification.
- Applies from
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