Click Payroll on the main menu, then Manage Payroll, then the Configuration button and Occupations. Click Add New, enter the Name (and the Award and Award Level if they apply) and Save. Then choose it on the employee: Payroll › Employees, open the employee, Employment tab, Occupation field.
1. Open Occupations
Click Payroll on the main menu, then Manage Payroll. On the payroll page, click the Configuration button and choose Occupations. The list shows the occupations already in the business file.
2. Add the occupation
Click Add New, fill in the form and click Save.
- Name (required) - the occupation as you want it shown, e.g. Bookkeeper or Apprentice Electrician.
- Award - the award the employee is paid under, if any.
- Award Level - the classification level under that award, as a number (0 if none).
3. Choose it on the employee
Click Payroll on the main menu, then Employees, and open the employee. Click the Employment tab, pick the occupation in the Occupation field and save.
Change or delete an occupation
Open it from the Occupations list: Update saves your changes, Delete removes it.
Award rates
The award and level are recorded for your reference. Exacc does not calculate award rates: set the employee's pay rate and any penalty or overtime items yourself.
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Checked against Exacc on 5 November 2026. Machine-readable version