ACI Dealing Certificate - anyone done this - any advice?

[sebo]

Hello all

I am on a graduate scheme working within trading systems and have been told that I am to attend the above course. Work are funding it and the exam so it's good from that point of view but the only info I can pull up on it from the web seems that the course is a South African qualification.

Am I wrong?

Has anyone else passed this course or know much about it and would like to enlighten me?

I would have thought any course in this area worth its weight would need to be FSA approved?

I the idea of the course is to give me a better understanding of markets other than derivatives (which is what I work within) and so I think it will serve its purpose in that respect but I would really appreciate any info anyone had on it. I know that I will get alot of info once I start the course but I wondered if anyone had the inside line on it...

Cheers

Sebo