AAT Payroll Administration

Syllabus contents

Level 2 / NVQ2
The first course deals with the day-to-day operation of a payroll system and covers the following subject areas:

Maintaining employee records
Ascertaining gross pay
Determining net pay
Working with computers
Achieving personal effectiveness
Contribute to the maintenance of a healthy, safe and productive working environment.

Level 3 / NVQ3
The second course teaches you how to take full managerial responsibility for the payroll operation and comprises the following units:

Managing the payroll function
Completing year end procedures
Maintaining working relationships with external bodies
Working with computers
Contribute to the maintenance of a healthy, safe and productive working environment
Achieving personal effectiveness
Course contents

Premier Training will provide each student with:
Tutorial Text
Revision Kit
Assignments
Practice examinations
Practice Simulations/Mock skills test
Telephone helpline
Personal study programme
Personal tutor
Personal Course Advisor
Portfolio builder
Assessment

Methods of assessment used include:
Skills Tests are similar to coursework/assignments. They are marked by the tutors at Premier Training and as an approved assessment centre we will assess you fairly and provide detailed feedback. If you are unemployed or do not yet work in a payroll environment your skills tests can be done by simulation (i.e. case study)

Exams are written papers set and marked by the AAT. They are held at training centres and colleges throughout the U.K. and take place in June and December every year. Distance learning students can sit at a centre near to home.

Where a student is already carrying out some of the activities in a work environment, we will help the student gather work-based evidence in order to prove competence. This is often a much easier, more efficient way than simply carrying out lots of extra activities and is particularly useful for the final three 'business administration' units of the syllabus.
Completing your course: our Guarantee to you

On completion you will be presented with a certificate from the AAT that you have successfully completed the course. And remember - if you attempt all work set in accordance with the agreed timetable but still don't pass your exams within 12 months of enrolling, then we will continue to tutor you free of charge for a further 12 months!

AAT Payroll Course Fees
Level 2
NVQ Level 2 : with units 21,22 & 23. £419.00
NVQ Level 2 - without units 21,22 & 23. (Students who have already passed the AAT NVQ Accounting qualification will not have to resit these units) £349.00
NVQ Level 2 (with units 21,22 & 23) plus SAGE* payroll £569.00
NVQ Level 2 (without units 21,22 & 23) plus SAGE* payroll £499.00
Level 3
NVQ Level 3 (with units 21,22 & 23) £419.00
NVQ Level 3 (without units 21,22 & 23) £349.00
NVQ Level 3 (with units 21,22 & 23) plus SAGE* payroll £569.00
NVQ Level 3 (without units 21,22 & 23) plus SAGE* payroll £499.00
In addition there is a shipping cost as follows:
United Kingdom (Mainland) £16.00
Rest of the world £49.00

*The AAT Payroll qualification comprehensively covers the theory and practice of manual payroll, however you will not be examined on computerised payroll. Nowadays many companies use a computerised payroll package such as Sage; therefore as an optional extra you can purchase Sage payroll along with the study material for the AAT payroll exams. If you have the AAT payroll qualification and a knowledge of Sage payroll then you will be a valuable asset to any employer.
If you have completed 'Contribute to the maintenance of a healthy, safe and productive working environment' (unit 21), Working with computers (unit 22) and Achieving personal effectiveness (unit 23) then you will not be required to sit these units again. In this case the cost is reduced by £70.00 as indicated.

Additional Items to Remember
Please note that in order to achieve the AAT qualification you will need to join the AAT as a student member. The following items are payable directly to the AAT and are therefore not included in your Premier Training course fees:

AAT Fees (payable direct to AAT)
AAT annual subscription £72*
AAT admission fee (Payable once only) £33*
* If you are already registered for the AAT Accounting Qualification you need simply pay a top-up fee of £10.00 per annum.
AAT Payroll examination fees
One Paper - Level 2 £41
One Paper - Level 3 £44

The following Skills-Based Simulation Fees are payable to Premier Training at the time an assessment is booked:

AAT Payroll Simulations
Level 2 3 simulations £36.99 each
Level 3 3 simulations £36.99 each