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APSCA’s Resource Library offers the latest documents, guides, webinars, and other helpful materials available to APSCA Members and other parties.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EXAMS

IMPORTANT UPDATE – Minimum IT/System Windows Requirement – CSCA Exams

Posted: Jan. 20, 2021

To successfully sit exams, Member Auditors must have a Windows 8 operating system or higher. Anything less will present issues. Questions? Contact Director@theapsca.org

Part II Exam – March Deadline

Posted: Jan 20, 2021

Member Auditors eligible and advanced in English and Spanish must have sat their Part II exam by 30 March 2021. Consult with your Member Firm before scheduling. Questions? Contact Director@theapsca.org

Part III Exam – Invites

Posted: Jan. 20, 2021

Member Auditors eligible for the Part III Exam and who receive an invitation from our Director Inbox should proceed to schedule without delay. Consult Key Dates below for upcoming deadlines. Questions? Contact Director@theapsca.org

GENERAL/OTHER

2021 Membership Fees – Members

Posted: Jan 20, 2021

Membership Fees are due by end of Feb. 2021. Auditors are responsible for ensuring membership fees are raised and paid by due date. Members can view invoices via their APSCA Account. Questions? Contact accounts@theapsca.org

2021 Consent – Members: Confirmation Required

Posted: Jan. 20, 2021

Member Auditors are required to confirm their consent online via their account before end of Jan. 31. 2021. Questions? Contact Director@theapsca.org

MEMBER FILES/DOCUMENTS

APSCA Code and Standards of Professional Conduct

APSCA-Code-and-Standards-of-Professional-Conduct-D-032-English.pdf

Glossary of Terms

APSCA-Glossary-of-Terms-D-031-ENG.pdf

APSCA Competency Framework

APSCA-Competency-Framework-D-011.pdf

Use of APSCA Membership Number – Guide

APSCA-Use-of-APSCA-Number-D-039.pdf

TRANSLATED DOCUMENTS

Additional translations will be posted as they become available

Bengali (BNG)

Chinese (CHS)

Italian (ITA)

Portuguese (PRT)

Spanish (ESP)

Thai (THA)

Turkish (TRK)

Vietnamese (VTN)

NOTE:

APSCA’s AUDITOR HANDBOOK (Latest Version 10) is not ot publicly available or posted. Member Auditors are advised to consult their Member Firm for a copy of the latest version.

QUESTIONS?

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POLICIES (LATEST)

APSCA Policy – Auditor Status

Policy-Auditor-Status.pdf

APSCA Policy – Continious Professional Development (CPD)

APSCA Policy – Subcontractors

Policy-Subcontractor.pdf

REFUND POLICY

Membership: You can cancel your membership with APSCA at any time, however the cancellation will become effective at the end of the membership period which will be the calendar year for which you have paid. If you elect to discontinue your membership mid-year, you will not receive a refund for the unused period. We do not provide credit or prorated fees for mid-year cancellations. You will continue to have access to your membership until the end of the calendar year.
Exams: Should you elect to cancel your exam, refunds are not provided. We will maintain the fees until you schedule the next exam. Should the exam fee increase, we will honor the previous price which you have paid.

QUESTIONS?

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KEY DATES FOR MEMBERS

NOTE: The dates (above) are applicable to any Auditor who successfully passed Part I 90+ days prior to the Part II deadline or successfully completed Part II 90+ days prior to the Part III deadline. If an Auditor is unsure whether above deadlines/dates apply to them, please contact APSCA via director@theapsca.org.

REMINDER: For Auditors just obtaining their RA level status, you have 6 months from the date that you obtained RA to sit Part I exam if you are advanced in a language the exam is offered.

EXAM LANGUAGES

CSCA Exams are currently offered in the following Languages:

English
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Spanish

6 new languages to come 2021:

Portuguese
Italian
Turkish
Vietnamese
Bengali (Bangladesh)
Thai

MPORTANT: Auditors are advised only to sit exams in a language they are ‘advanced’ in. If the exam is not available in your ‘advanced’ language we suggest that Member Auditors postpone sitting exams until available in a language they are advanced or comfortable testing in.

QUESTIONS?

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EXAM GUIDES

Part II Exam

CSCA Part II Exam – Guide For Success

APSCA-Exam-Guide-Part-II-V1-D-076.pdf

Spanish

APSCA-Exam-Guide-Part-II-ESP-D-085.pdf

Chinese (Simplified)

APSCA-Exam-Guide-Part-II-CHS-D-086.pdf

Chinese (Traditional)

APSCA-Exam-Guide-Part-II-CHT-D-087.pdf

Part III Exam

CSCA Part III Exam – Guide For Success

APSCA-CSCA-Part-III-Exam-Guide-D-081.pdf

Spanish

APSCA-CSCA-Part-III-Exam-Guide-ESP-D-088.pdf

Chinese (Simplified)

APSCA-CSCA-Part-III-Exam-Guide-CHS-D-089.pdf

Chinese (Traditional)

APSCA-CSCA-Part-III-Exam-Guide-CHT-D-090.pdf

QUESTIONS?

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WEBINARS

Part III - CSCA Exam (August 2020)

ENGLISH – Part III CSCA Exam

Part-III-Exam_Webinar_web-publication.pdf

Summary-QA-Part-III-Exam-Webinar-August-2020_2-Sept.pdf

SPANISH- Part III CSCA Exam

Part-III-Exam_Webinar_ESP_Web-Publication-v2.pdf

Summary-QA-Part-III-Exam-Webinar-August-2020_ESP.pdf

CHINESE (Mandarin) – Part III CSCA Exam

Simplified Chinese – PowerPoint (PPT)

Simplified Chinese Q&A Summary

Summary-QA-Part-III-Exam-Webinar-2020_Simplified-Chinese.pdf

Traditional Chinese – PowerPoint (PPT)

Traditional Chinese Q&A Summary

Summary-QA-Part-III-Exam-Webinar-2020_Traditional-Chinese.pdf

Part II - CSCA Exam (June - July 2020)

ENGLISH – Part II CSCA Exam

SPANISH – Part II CSCA Exam

Part-II-Exam_Webinar_-23062020_Website.pdf

Summary-QA-Part-II-exam-webinar-June-2020_FNL.pdf

SPANISH-_Part-II-Exam_Webinar_PPT_FNL-160720-Notes.pdf

SPANISH-Summary-QA-Part-II-exam-webinar-June-2020_FNL.pdf

CHINESE (MANDARIN) – Part II CSCA Exam

Simplified Chinese

CHINESE_Simplified_Part-II-Exam_webinar_Final_PDF.pdf

CHINESE-Simplified_Summary-QA-Part-II-exam-webinar-June-2020_FNL_0730-Final-Final.pdf

Traditional Chinese

CHINESE_Traditional_Part-II-Exam_Webinar_Final.pdf

CHINESE-Traditional-Summary-QA-Part-II-exam-webinar-June-2020_FNL－0731-Final.pdf

QUESTIONS?

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Part I - CSCA Exam (Nov. 2020)

ENGLISH – Part I CSCA Exam

Part-I-Exam_Webinar_FNL-with-notes.pdf

q_a_summary_apsca_sept._webinars_2019_v9sept2019_fnl.pdf

Note: A webinar on Part I was originally hosted Sept. 2019. This Q&A summary is based on questions received then and those frequently asked.

September 2019 – Member Webinar on APSCA CSCA Exam Part I and APSCA Code.

apsca_-_september_2019_webinar_w_speaker_notes.pdf

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Fredy Vázquez Escalante

5 months ago

Hola mi estimados.
Habrá alguna guía de examen parte l, eh revisado y solo se observa guía parte ll y lll.

Saludos

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Kelly-Jo Potts APSCA

5 months ago

Reply to Fredy Vázquez Escalante

Hi – Thanks for your question. At this time we have exam guides for Part II and III, but are working on a Part I guide to align with the other exams. Once available, this will be posted to the Resource Library.

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