IPASS Cert in Payroll Techniques

Lynnington3

Hi folks

I’ve put my name down for this course in work , it will be one morning a week for 10 weeks with 2 stages.

I think I thought it might be good for future promotion comps but having received the material I’m questioning my reasoning as it looks fairly heavy going!

has anyone completed this ? How did ye find it l?

thanks in advance

Jim2007

If it was easy it everyone would have one and it would not be worth much when it comes to promotion now would it....

PaybackPayroll

I did an iPass Payroll course about 20 years ago which I found beneficial. However, it did not have any Payroll Software component - just how to manually compute payroll.

Out of interest, is there a Payroll software component to this now? I beiieve IPass has been bought out by Bright/ HG Capital so this may have changed.

Lynnington3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121744520#Comment_121744520

I didn’t say I thought it would be easy, I asked how did people find it but thanks anyway for the super helpful passive aggressive comment

Lynnington3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121744558#Comment_121744558

I’ve had a quick flick through the stage 1 handbook and can’t see anything about payroll software , just manual calculations. Could be a component of stage 2 though

Gaxaly

You seem quick-tempered and lazy! Maybe payroll is not a career for you!

Lynnington3

Funny that, as I already work in payroll.

Gaxaly

You already work in payroll but you don’t have the basic IPASS Cert in Payroll Techniques!? I hope you have at least a qualification in accounting or taxation!

Lynnington3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121968808#Comment_121968808

do you know anything about the civil service mate? Clearly not

hold my beer

The Civil Service have you working in payroll and you have no qualifications?

Lynnington3

I have a level 8 degree unrelated to payroll but I would say 80% of the employees working in payroll units in the CS have no qualifications in payroll. It really isn’t needed. The systems are automated. The IPASS course is something you can do if you’d like but there’s absolutely no requirement for it.

Cape Clear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121977937#Comment_121977937

Out of interest what grade in the CS would payroll employees usually be?

Lynnington3

the people running the actually payrolls are clerical officers with executive officers doing a few more complicated steps , with HEO supervising.