Accountancy course -'accountant trainee - Foreign National - student visa

Young man at work (35) on a student visa - stamp 1G- and looking at career options

He' has a general business degree - ireland and previously an industrial engineer degree from his home country

He is considering accountancy - finance type course - level 8 - enter in year 3 at one of the private colleges in dublin

Any advice - guidance - as he would like to do accountancy ...

Few options - get professional exemptions via his course and then become a trainee accountant or do a Masters after for further exemption

Thank you for any comments

If he already has two degrees, one in business from an Irish 3rd level institute, then I'm not sure why he would do another (unless the other is a Level 7 and he's already trying and failing to obtain relevant work on foot of it). He should just get out looking for a position as a trainee accountant now - college qualifications are really only a means to the end of getting your foot in the door, your career thereafter will be based on the combination of your aptitude for the work and ambition (or possibly just a combo of ambition and neck!)

Good points
He needs visa to stay
There is a special trainee accountant -4yrar visa also
But if he doesn't like accountancy - the 1 year course will help him - rather than get straight into an accountant's
Also firm mightn't sponsor him or even take him ..
is the success rate low ?

One key thing missing here, does he want to become an accountant or does he want to improve his general management skills by getting a management qualificaiton.

I'd agree with what a previous poster said, get working and start doing it part time, perhaps an accounting technician course first. Does he have work experience?

mairin2024 said:

Good points
He needs visa to stay
There is a special trainee accountant -4yrar visa also
But if he doesn't like accountancy - the 1 year course will help him - rather than get straight into an accountant's
Also firm mightn't sponsor him or even take him ..
is the success rate low ?

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Is he just looking to do a course to continue to stay using a "student" visa?

Multiple reasons

He previously worked in ireland part time in an accounts assistant role

Visa is important to stay here

Course to help make a career -