Internship Report
The purposes of internship are to apply the theories and knowledge that students have learnt from their professors during lessons and practice them through real situations like actual work in an institution. In another word, internship helps students to consolidate their knowledge. Also, students can prepare themselves with the knowledge and skills required in the reality for their future careers. For me, it is a test of different kinds of abilities and a chance to improve my weaknesses.
As requested, our CGA students should undergo an internship during the 2012 winter vacation. I found my internship job in a high school in Hong Kong, where I used to study. I worked there as a school accountant. The internship started on 3rd January and ended on 3rd March, with a total of sixty-one days.
My duties can be divided into three parts: (1) Accounting, (2) Clerical work, and (3) Miscellaneous work. The accounting work that I had to do was mainly to collect and check the accounting materials, and to record the financial transactions, which is bookkeeping. It is related to bank statements, receipts, checks, cash book, petty cash book, journals, T-accounts, trial balance, and so on. The clerical work that I did was to record, type and distribute minutes, parents reply slips, exam papers, essays, etc. I also did filing work and scanning work, as the school has to keep a copy of all the documents. Besides, I had many kinds of miscellaneous duties. For example, I worked as a waiting-room supervisor in an oral exam, answered phone calls, delivered messages and documents, shredded confidential documents, drew the school floor plan for the Open Day, decorated some display boards, etc.
I received my accounting work from the accountant head, Helen. She usually had a stack of checks and receipts collected from the teachers, and I had to record them into petty cash book and cash book. After that, I had to record them in general journal and T-accounts. Also, before I
As requested, our CGA students should undergo an internship during the 2012 winter vacation. I found my internship job in a high school in Hong Kong, where I used to study. I worked there as a school accountant. The internship started on 3rd January and ended on 3rd March, with a total of sixty-one days.
My duties can be divided into three parts: (1) Accounting, (2) Clerical work, and (3) Miscellaneous work. The accounting work that I had to do was mainly to collect and check the accounting materials, and to record the financial transactions, which is bookkeeping. It is related to bank statements, receipts, checks, cash book, petty cash book, journals, T-accounts, trial balance, and so on. The clerical work that I did was to record, type and distribute minutes, parents reply slips, exam papers, essays, etc. I also did filing work and scanning work, as the school has to keep a copy of all the documents. Besides, I had many kinds of miscellaneous duties. For example, I worked as a waiting-room supervisor in an oral exam, answered phone calls, delivered messages and documents, shredded confidential documents, drew the school floor plan for the Open Day, decorated some display boards, etc.
I received my accounting work from the accountant head, Helen. She usually had a stack of checks and receipts collected from the teachers, and I had to record them into petty cash book and cash book. After that, I had to record them in general journal and T-accounts. Also, before I