Cashed Up – Start Earning

This learner has fulfilled all learning and assessment material requirements and completed this course. At the end of this course, this learner was able to: translate the effect of Australia’s progressive income tax system on the amount of tax withheld from wages; use a calculator to determine income tax payable on wages for a specified pay period; recognise the purpose of having a TFN, and the consequences of not having a TFN; examine the procedures for applying for a TFN; recognise the purpose of completing a TFN declaration and the consequences of not completing a TFN declaration; use a simulator to complete a tax return; review the key features of the Fair Work Act terms and conditions, and application to casual employment; demonstrate procedures to locate a Modern Award and determine a pay rate for a specific classification; recognise Fair Work Act rights and protections at work; explain how net pay is determined; label the components of a pay slip; identify the employer’s WHS responsibilities; assess the basic responsibilities of a valued employee; recognise their responsibility towards their own workplace health and safety, and the workplace health and safety of their colleagues at work.