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Foreign Exchange

Financial Advice (DFS1) »
1 out of 4 courses towards your Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning)

Course Name:

Duration

Foreign Exchange

4 days *

Foreign Exchange Course overview

The Foreign Exchange Adviser Knowledge & Skills course is designed for individuals who require authorisation by an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL) holder to provide advice on regulated Foreign Exchange financial products.

For existing authorised representatives this course allows you to extend your advisory range into Foreign Exchange financial products.

Foreign Exchange Course outcome

This course will equip you with the specialist knowledge and technical skills to provide compliant advice to clients seeking to manage their currency exposure by using Foreign Exchange products.

Diploma pathway

The Foreign Exchange course is an elective module of the Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Markets). The Diploma is an entry level course for individuals seeking to establish a career in providing advice on financial products traded on Australian and International Financial Markets.

Who Should Enrol?

This course is suitable for:

  • individuals seeking employment with Foreign Exchange dealers
  • individuals engaged in the promotion of Foreign Exchange products
  • financial advisers to enhance their investment advisory capability
  • asset consultants
  • trustees and Responsible Officer’s with responsibility for portfolios with exposure to Foreign  Exchange products

Course entry requirement

This is an open entry course with no pre-requisite qualifications. In order for participants to successfully complete this course, they are expected to be financially numerate and literate.

Training delivery

Participants can choose from Distance learning or Workshop Course delivery:

Workshop Course
Training and Assessment can be undertaken in a four day intensive workshop. The workshop combines teaching, case study tutorials and activities and a series of mini quizzes to ensure participants demonstrate acquiring the required skills and knowledge. Successful candidates complete the course in two days with no additional assignments or exams. The workshop format is ideal for those seeking a fast track way of achieving Tier 1 compliance.

Distance Learning
Students of the Foreign Exchange specialist course have up to 4 months to complete the required study. Students are sent course material in hard copy format with all resources provided.
Students have telephone and email access to qualified practitioners who provide timely assessment and feedback. Once assessment activities are completed, candidates simply fax or mail to PS146 Training Australia for assessment. Activities are normally assessed within 5-7 working days. Should any activity be deemed ‘not competent’, written feedback will be supplied in order to provide candidates with the opportunity to resubmit the activity.

Course competencies

Generic

Industry Workplace Competency
FNSICGEN301A            Communicate in the workplace
FNSICGEN302A            Use technology in the workplace
FNSICGEN304A            Apply health and safety practices in the workplace

Sector Core Knowledge
FNSFMKT501A             Analyse financial markets and information
FNSCOMP501A             Comply with financial services legislation, industry and professional codes of practice
FNSICIND401A             Apply principles of professional practice to work in the financial services industry
FNSICADV301A            Provide general advice on financial products and services

Specialist Knowledge
FNSASIC503SA             Provide advice in Foreign Exchange

Module Content

1. Generic
  • The economic and legislative environment
  • Operation of financial markets and financial products
  • Financial Services Industry workplace environment

2. Specialist Knowledge
  • Operation of Foreign Exchange markets:
  • Types of foreign exchange products and their application:
  • Investment risk management using Foreign Exchange:
  • Taxation considerations:
  • Legal environment – disclosure and compliance considerations:

Assessment: Specialist knowledge is assessed by a way of specialist knowledge quizzes.

3. Skills
  • Ability to perform a needs analysis
  • Ability to analyse information and products to ensure appropriateness to client needs, currency and accuracy
  • Analytical skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Customer negotiation skills
  • Effective interpersonal and communication skills

Assessment: Candidates will prepare a written (short-answer) response to a case study. The response will be submitted and discussed in an individual interview (a client advisory simulation) with a qualified skills assessor.

Foreign Exchange Course assessment

This course is assessed by completion of activities, which include short answer responses, knowledge-quizzes and role play simulations of case studies.

Note – General Advice candidates do not require adviser skills and therefore are exempt from adviser skills assessments.

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