The main objective of this course is to empower government professionals with—

• a detailed understanding and knowledge of fraud and fraudulent practices in government accounting
• the required awareness to keep a keen eye on operations and minute details of other business transactions to be able to detect possible instances of fraud
• the required capabilities to work with advanced techniques and methods to detect and prevent fraud
• the knowledge and experience to be part of decision making and policy forming for handling fraud in government accounting
• the confidence to handle instances of fraud and implement disciplinary action and next steps in the event of such instances
• awareness and values to build a value-driven, ethical work culture discouraging illegal practices and unethical work conduct

Solid State Training offers training courses across a wide range of topics in the most customisable form. The Fraud Detection, Investigation Audit and Corrective Action in Government Accounting course is customised as per the professional backgrounds and experience of the training audience. Besides lectures and presentations on the topic of discussion, the course includes group activities and role-plays among trainees to ensure participation and learning. This course follows the Do–Review–Learn–Apply Model.

With their employees undertaking this course, public sector organisations will benefit in the following ways:

• Trained and experienced employees to manage fraudulent instances and devise appropriate next steps
• Reduced instances and chances of fraud because of employees and management being more prepared and aware
• Prevention of fraud by predicting possible instances in advance and taking necessary steps in time
• Regular internal audits to keep a check on the handling of accounting data
• A more ethical, value-driven work environment as a result of discouragement of involvement in fraud
• Greater chances of private investments because of reduced risk of fraud

By undertaking this course, public sector professionals will benefit in the following ways:

• Increased understanding and knowledge about fraud and fraudulent practices in government accounting
• More awareness to predict or imply possible signs of fraud and higher skill to implement the next steps
• Greater confidence and skill to work with advanced techniques and methods to detect and combat fraud in government accounting
• Increased skill, understanding and confidence to be part of regular internal audits
• Increased confidence, experience and skill to successfully manage fraud in government accounting