What is NZPPA Night School?

We call it night school, but you can access and do the course in your development stream anytime that suits, we wanted to make your learning as flexible as possible, this is why you have up to three months to complete (you can complete it sooner or take the full 3 months).

There are three-night development streams: Payroll Technician, Payroll Practitioner, and Payroll Specialist (see the details of each programme below).

An additional benefit of the night school development streams is they are aligned to NZPPA Certification and by completing a stream the learner will have covered all the learning outcomes to undertake certification at the stream level.

What do you get in your night school course?

• The three-night school development schemes provide the learner with the following:
• 2 x eLearning NZPPA Certificate courses (with ongoing tutor support while doing each course).
• As part of each eLearning course, you will be provided with a comprehensive physical course manual.
• NZPPA eLearning courses are assessed courses (end-of-course assessment activity).
• 2 x OnDemand Webinars (you can choose the topic from the NZPPA OnDemand Library).
• Each OnDemand Webinar comes with comprehensive course notes.
• 4 x 30-minute tutorials with a tutor on any aspect of the course with their tutor via ZOOM.
• NZPPA Certification (initial assessment) is FREE. (Usually $275 without membership)
• On successful completion, the learner will receive an NZPPA Night School Course Certificate detailing what was undertaken in the development stream.
• Most updated NZPPA 2024 Practice Guide

The Three-Night Payroll Development Streams:

1. Payroll Technician

Our first development stream suits a new payroll practitioner who is moving into a payroll role for the first time or has been processing payroll for up to 3 to 6 months.  This development stream aligns with NZPPA Certification, Certified Payroll Technician (Level 1).

Over the three months, the learner will cover (time involved included):

• [Course 1] NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Foundations Skills (Level 1) – (16 hours), to find out more click here
• [Course 2] NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Law (Level 2) – (16 hours), to find out more click here
• 2 x OnDemand webinars (up to 3 hours each)
• 4 x 30 min tutorials

Estimate of total time involved to complete stream: 40 hours.

2. Payroll Practitioner

Our second development stream suits an intermediate payroll practitioner who wants a payroll refresher or to further develop and reinforce their payroll skills. This development stream aligns with NZPPA Certification, Certified Payroll Practitioner (Level 2).

Over the three months, the learner will cover (estimated time involved included):

• [Course 1] NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Law (Level 2) – (16 hours), to find out more click here
• [Course 2] NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Calculations (Level 5) – (16 hours), to find out more click here
• 2 x OnDemand webinars (up to 3 hours each)
• 4 x 30-minute tutorials

Estimate of total time involved to complete stream: 40 hours.

3. Payroll Specialist

Our third development stream suits a senior payroll practitioner who wants to have a more in-depth understanding of key aspects of calculations and how they impact payroll. This development stream aligns with NZPPA Certification,  Certified Payroll Specialist (Level 3).

Over the three months, the learner will cover (estimated time involved included):

• [Course 1] NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Calculations (Level 5) – (16 hours), to find out more click here
• [Course 2] NZPPA Certificate in Payroll Calculations [+] (Level 7) – (16 hours), to find out more click here
• 2 x OnDemand webinars (up to 3 hours each)
• 4 x 30-minute tutorials

Estimate of total time involved to complete stream: 40 hours

Prior NZPPA Training

If you have completed any of the NZPPA eLearning subjects included in a development stream in the last 6 months (successfully completed) you don’t have to do it again and can get 40% off that Development stream cost.

You can only get credit off the 1^st course [Course 1] of the two courses in a development stream. To find out more this email: [email protected]