{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/add-occupation/","title":"Add an occupation","description":"Add an occupation (with its award and award level) from Payroll › Manage Payroll › Configuration, then choose it on the employee's Employment tab.","category":"Payroll","summary":"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.","lastVerified":"2026-11-05","apps":["app"],"processIds":["payroll_setup"],"start":{"label":"Open Occupations","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/occupations"},"menuPath":["Payroll","Manage Payroll","Configuration","Occupations"],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Open Occupations","body":["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."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/occupations"},{"step":2,"title":"Add the occupation","body":["Click **Add New**, fill in the form and click **Save**."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/payroll/occupation/new","fields":[{"name":"Name","help":"the occupation as you want it shown, e.g. Bookkeeper or Apprentice Electrician.","required":true},{"name":"Award","help":"the award the employee is paid under, if any."},{"name":"Award Level","help":"the classification level under that award, as a number (0 if none)."}]},{"step":3,"title":"Choose it on the employee","body":["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."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"Change or delete an occupation","body":["Open it from the **Occupations** list: **Update** saves your changes, **Delete** removes it."]},{"heading":"Award rates","body":["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."]}],"mcp":{"tools":["save_occupation"],"ask":"Add an occupation \"Apprentice Electrician\" under the Electrical award, level 2","server":"https://mcp.exacc.au/mcp","connectGuide":"https://exacc.au/help/connect-claude-chatgpt/"},"related":["https://exacc.au/help/payroll-setup/","https://exacc.au/help/add-employee/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}