The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

CA Education and Training CA Diary of
Professional Development
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in
Ireland The objective of the CA Route to
Membership is to acquire and develop the
specified CACompetencies, which have been
categorised as follows
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Record of Experience is now online CA Diary
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CA Diary of Professional Development

• What is Competency?
• Being able to perform a work role to a defined
  standard(IFAC)
• ICAI has identified competencies
• ICAI has identified levels of competencies

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Why have a period of Professional Development ?

• Enable you to
• acquire professional values
• demonstrate ethical behaviour
• Objectivity/independence
• develop personal/interpersonal skills
• self-management
• communication
• strategic attitude

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Functional Competencies

• Financial Reporting
• Auditing
• Taxation
• Finance
• Organisational and Strategic Business Management
• Information Technology

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Levels of Competency

• Three levels of competency
• Understanding
• Applying
• Integrating

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Recording Competencies

• CA Diary of Professional Development
• electronic tool www.icai.ie/cadiary
• chart the acquisition of your competencies
• monitored by your mentor
• monitored by ICAI

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CA Diary of Professional Development

• WHEN MAKING A DIARY ENTRY ALWAYS RESPECT
  CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY

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All competencies and explanations are fully
outlines in the Guidelines Ensure that you are
using the most up to date version of the
Guidelines
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To generate an entry Complete all fields.
Remember to Select your dates Select your
Competencies Select your level Write your
narrative Be sure to press save!
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Audit Days are records as this will be your
evidence if you decide to apply for an Auditing
Certificate after your qualify
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VIEW MY CA DIARY

• Entries save to a pdf document
• Forms part of your application to membership

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CA DIARY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• HOW OFTEN SHOULD I MAKE MY CA DIARY ENTRIES
• At a minimum at the end of each month
• At the end of your induction period
• Your responsibility
• Remind your councillor

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Using the Report section you can check your
process in attaining competencies and view your
pdf file
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You have the ability to save your PDF over the
years as the CA Diary is a dynamic system
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