BTS - Comptabilité et gestion

Certification authority: 
Ministry of Higher Education
EQF Level of the qualification: 
5
European Credit Transfer Scale (ECTS): 
120
Country: 
FR France
Evaluate the core competences
needed for this job
Core competences 
Processing and control of accounting, tax and social security operations.
Business analysis and forecasting.
Analyse financial situation.
Organise the accounting information system.
How can the certification be obtained? 
Initial training scheme (pupil or student)
Apprenticeship
Continuous training scheme
Individual application
Validation of prior learning
Professional training contract
Description of the procedure for the validation of prior learning 
  1. Contact a consulting centre for validation of prior experience (Pôle emploi, Mission locale, CIDFF...):
    • to assess your professional project and make sure that validation of prior learning is adapted to your situation (you need to have at least 1 year of experience as accountant or assistant).
    • to inquire if some support is available.
  2. Contact the certifying organisation of your region (Full list of Dispositif académique de validation - DAVA).
  3. Request admissibility to the validation of prior experience.
  4. Fill the validation file.
  5. The jury evaluates the file (and may ask for a practical evaluation).
  6. Interview with the jury (around 1 hour).
Documents needed 

Eligibility file

If the eligibility is confirmed, in a Validation File, the candidate explains the knowledge, skills and competences, with reference to the certification, that he has acquired through experience. In this file the candidates needs to include:

  • the description of the activities performed
  • the documents giving an account of this experience and the duration of the various activities (Evidence of the reality of your professional practice)
  • if applicable, the certificates corresponding to the training courses followed and the diplomas obtained previously.

Depending on your previous status:

  • Employed: payslips, employer certificates, experience certificate.
  • Independant worker: fiscal declaration, certificate of existence...
  • Volunteer: certificate signed by the organisation, volunteer contract.

A declaration of honour certifying that you apply for only one certification for the current calendar year.

Sample of Validation file.

Note that there is a simplified process for refugees who cannot produce supporting documents.

Contact point 
Duration: 
Average: 1/2 day of work per week during 4 to 6 months
Cost: 
None
Is it possible to obtain a partial validation?: 
Yes ✅
What is the result of the partial validation? 
Credits
Certificate listing the competences already acquired
List of skills, competencies and knowledge that will be subject to a complementary assessment necessary to obtain the certification
Then, is it possible to participate to a shorter training course to prepare the full qualification?: 
Yes ✅
Description of the procedure to participate to a training course 

The partial validation is definitively acquired.

In case of partial validation you may also benefit from specific supportæ to set up additional training or experience programmes. Your adviser will inform you about the modalities and financing possibilities of this additional step.