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Payroll Techniques

Face-to-Face
3 Days

Payroll Techniques is an intensive 3-day, face-to-face qualification programme designed to help you expand, refresh, and consolidate your payroll knowledge – while working towards an industry-recognised Pearson BTEC Level 3 Award.

Across three structured days, you’ll cover key technical areas that payroll professionals regularly deal with in practice, including tax and National Insurance calculations, statutory payments and family leave, and advanced payroll deductions and employment legislation.

This programme brings together elements from:

After the taught programme, you can complete the optional assignments to achieve the qualification.

Who is this qualification for?

This qualification is suitable for those who want to:

  • Expand, refresh, or consolidate their payroll knowledge
  • Confidently incorporate statutory payments, court orders, and student loans into payroll processing
  • Gain a recognised Level 3 payroll qualification

What you’ll achieve

By the end of the programme, you’ll be able to confidently deal with common payroll problem areas, including:

  • Deductions from wages and recovering overpayments
  • Expenses and holiday pay treatment
  • Statutory payments (maternity, paternity, adoption, sick pay) and leave entitlements
  • Court orders and student loan deductions

You’ll also gain an overview of how wider legislation impacts payroll, including:

  • Working Time Regulations
  • National Minimum Wage Act
  • Asylum and Immigration Act

You cover how the UK tax and NI system works, including key dates, rates, allowances, thresholds, and the importance of NI numbers.

You then move into core payroll calculation skills:

  • Gross pay: additions, pre-tax deductions, and different tax/NI treatments

  • Pay and earnings periods (weekly, fortnightly, four-weekly, monthly) and using the tax calendar correctly

  • Tax codes, cumulative vs Week 1/Month 1, HMRC notifications, pay adjustments, and calculating tax

  • NI table letters and NI rules for different employee groups (under 21, apprentices under 25, state pension age, etc.) plus calculation methods

  • Starters and leavers (P45s, starter declarations)

  • Step-by-step manual payroll exercises and payslip legal requirements

This day covers statutory family payments and sickness in detail, including eligibility, evidence, notice rules, calculations, and forms.

Key areas include:

  • SMP: entitlement dates, average earnings, early birth, multiple employers, how much to pay/recover, and forms (e.g., SMP1/SMP2)

  • Maternity rights (OML vs AML, notice, terms and conditions, returning to work)

  • Overview of SAP and parental leave/time off for dependants

  • SPP: eligibility, key dates, evidence, average earnings, special cases, and forms

  • Overview of Shared Parental Leave and Pay (criteria, notice, ShPP rate)

  • SSP: PIWs, linking, qualifying/waiting days, evidence, average earnings, entitlement decisions, and SSP1

  • Step-by-step statutory payment calculations with examples and tutor support

Day 3 ties payroll calculations to employment legislation and advanced deduction handling.

You cover:

  • Correct tax/NI treatment of items such as expenses, vouchers, approved mileage, holiday pay, PILON, and post-termination payments

  • Lawful deductions and wage protection rules (statutory, contractual, voluntary deductions) and avoiding problems when recovering overpayments

  • National Minimum Wage rights and record-keeping requirements

  • Working Time Regulations: rights, paid annual leave rules, record keeping

  • Asylum and Immigration Act: procedures to avoid penalties when taking on new employees

  • Court Orders (types across the UK, depending on location) plus calculation exercises

  • Student Loan Deductions: triggers, calculation methods, stopping rules, P45 completion, and reporting

I started off with the Payroll Technician course and this in-depth learning gave me a great foundation of payroll knowledge to build upon and give me the confidence to progress up the career ladder…”

This is a qualification pathway. You attend the 3-day programme and can then complete the optional assignments to achieve the Pearson BTEC Level 3 Award in Payroll Techniques.

The taught programme runs over 3 days.

You’ll be able to handle key payroll problem areas more confidently, including statutory payments and leave, lawful deductions and overpayment recovery, court orders, and student loan deductions.

Yes. It includes an overview of how legislation such as the Working Time Regulations, National Minimum Wage, and Asylum and Immigration requirements impact payroll processes.

Yes. The programme includes step-by-step calculations, examples, exercises, and preparation of a manual payroll with tutor assistance.
From

£1,790.00 +VAT

  • Pearson BTEC Level 3 Award in Payroll Techniques (on completion of optional assignments)
  • 3-day intensive programme covering the key technical areas payroll teams handle daily
  • Practical calculation exercises and tutor-supported learning
  • Coverage of statutory payments, family leave, deductions, court orders and student loans

Entry Criteria

Ideally working in a payroll environment and have successfully completed Payroll Assistant. Essential: GCSE Maths and English or equivalent.

£1,790.00

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