TWENTY-SIX ranks drawn from various units across the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have commenced training on the Grade Three Finance Course.

The course was officially declared open on Wednesday at a simple ceremony held at the Lecture Hall, Base Camp Ayanganna (BCA), Thomas Lands.

It aims to prepare ranks to function in any junior clerk and pay clerk position within the Finance Department and the Force according to the Grade Three Finance Manual and the Guyana Defence Force Financial Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

According to the GDF, the successful students will be able to accurately and efficiently process imprest transactions, complete bank reconciliations, process public revenue transactions, examine payment vouchers, compute superannuation benefits, carry out National Insurance Scheme and salary computations, and record and process central bank transactions.

In brief remarks, Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel, Hubbard Rodney charged the students to absorb the knowledge being delivered so they can successfully complete the course and become assets to the Force’s Finance Department.