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Overview
- Do you own or manage a small company?
- Are you going to start employing staff?
This 12-week course will help you understand the basic theory, principles and practice of payroll.
The college certificate Ready to Employ can help you prepare to employ staff members in your small company.
The course will help give you the skills you need to carry out a range of regular payroll routines and activities as well as giving you the important underpinning knowledge and understanding of how payroll works with regards to tax codes, national insurance contributions, SMP, SSP and pension contributions.
Minimum entry requirements
- Numeracy (at National 5 level) would be advantageous.
- Students with evidence of work experience but without formal qualifications are encouraged to apply.
Additional selection requirements
You may be invited for a group and/or individual interview where you can find out more about the course and tell us why you're interested in this subject area. This will take place via a video meeting platform such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
What you study
You will learn about the following topics:
Introduction to Payroll
- Calculate gross pay from basic pay, including overtime, bonus and commission.
- Calculate Statutory deductions such as Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions.
- Calculate Statutory payments including Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory Paternity Pay (SPP) and Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP).
- Complete a payroll summary and payslips.
After the course
Our students have been recognised by Glasgow's International Financial Services District (IFSD) for achieving top marks in their studies. With experience and training, you could become an accounting technician and take on more complex work.
Continuing Study
After successful completion of any three of the following courses and a positive tutor reference you can apply to study HNC Financial Services:
- Ready to Move On?
- Ready to Invest?
- Ready for Retirement?
- Ready for Business?
- Ready to Employ?
After successful completion of Ready to Employ and Ready for Business as well as one option (below) and a positive tutor reference you can apply to study HNC Accountancy:
- Ready to Move On?
- Ready to Invest?
- Ready for Retirement?
How the course is taught
The Ready to Employ course is intended to be delivered on-campus in a face-to-face learning environment*. Attendance is mandatory on a Tuesday evening for 12 weeks from 6-9 pm.
Learners will be provided with additional learning resources via an online learning platform to practice in their own time.
*Subject to and operating within Scottish Government Covid-19 operating procedures.