Content

The AFCC℠ is a self-study program and students set their own pace of learning for the program. Each of the two modules of the AFCC℠ program is similar to a one-semester college or university course. The average time to complete a module is approximately 45 hours.

There are two study guides included in the course materials.

Course Content

The Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada Program has two components, Personal Finance and Counselling Skills. Both of these course components are required to earn the AFCC designation.

Program content is divided into two components: Knowledge and Skills.

The Knowledge component includes the following:

Basic personal finance
Credit use
Bankruptcy and insolvency
Legislation and court process
Credit and collections industry
Credit reporting
Consumer Issues
Government and community resources

The Skills component of the Program covers these main areas:

Counselling
Client and creditor relations
Negotiation
Advocacy
Communications
Case management
Organization and time management

OACCS is the exclusive licensee in Canada of the Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada℠ certification program.

AFCC℠ is a certification mark of the Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education®.