CPUT Accounting Society recently hosted an event entitled Legacy Creators on District Six Campus to remind students of the importance of joining a professional body.
Dean of Business and Management Sciences, Prof Paul Green, encouraged students to look at ways to expand their marketability by joining professional bodies, confirming his membership of two of the professional bodies who presented later that day.
“It’s important for the university to interact with industry and professional bodies as we want to produce employable graduates,” said Green.
“We firmly value your input and the interaction,” he told the presenters who represented their professional bodies. “Graduates should have a better chance to be employable.”
Sizwe Nyenyiso from the Institute of Internal Auditing said joining the Institute entitles a student or qualified auditor to professional recognition, globally recognised certificates, on-the-job training and professional advice and guidance.
Mbali Mncwabe, Business Development Manager at Accounting Technicians South Africa (ATSA), a subsidiary of the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants, said ATSA is a leading, trusted professional body dedicated to the education and development of Accounting Technicians.
“We develop and empower skilled Accounting Technicians. They play a key support role to CAs,” she said. Other membership benefits include lifelong learning through the institute’s certification programmes as well as networking and mentorship programmes.
Heather Bangwayo, Education Manager at Chartered Institute of Management Accountant (CGMA)s, said their Institute helps people and businesses to succeed using the CGMA Competency Framework by imparting technical, business, leadership and people skills.
