Wages and salaries with DATEV and job-related German language training

The course first teaches the theoretical content from the most common economic fields, including job-related German language training. You will then gain basic knowledge of payroll accounting using the DATEV software, taking digital processes into account.
  • Certificates: Goethe-Test PRO" certificate
    DATEV certificate "DATEV user wage and salary"
    DATEV training partner certificate of attendance
  • Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
    Goethe-Test PRO
    DATEV-Anwender Lohn und Gehalt (Eine Anmeldung über das Lernportal „DATEV Students online“ ist für die Zertifizierungsvorbereitung obligatorisch.)
  • Teaching Times: Full-time
    Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
  • Language of Instruction: German
  • Duration: 12 Weeks

Job-related German language support for the commercial and technical sector

Job-related language skills in the work context (approx. 1 day)

Repetition of important grammatical structures for professional communication

Application of complex linguistic structures in a professional context

Reading and understanding work-related texts, global and selective reading comprehension

Understanding work instructions, conversations and meetings


Correspondence in a professional environment (approx. 2 days)

Layout and design of professional letters

Contemporary salutations and letter introductions

Writing customer-oriented letters and emails

AI-supported formulation aids for emails and letters

Reporting in the company

Creating cover letters in accordance with DIN 5008


Artificial intelligence (AI) in professional communication (approx. 1 day)

Overview of AI tools in the professional working environment

Support for professional correspondence through AI

Creation and optimization of professional texts with AI

Opportunities and limitations of AI in everyday working life


Professional field of communication management (approx. 3 days)

Communication in the company

Forms of communication in teams

Meetings and presentations

Conflict management

Conducting appraisal interviews

Conducting job interviews

Sales and consultation meetings

Writing offers

Trade fairs and product presentations

Processing complaints


Business career field (approx. 6 days)

Fundamentals of human resources, management and labor law

Fundamentals of finance and controlling

Structure and content of payroll accounting

Understanding and describing evaluations, diagrams and statistics


Professional field of marketing (approx. 6 days)

Basics of advertising

Market analysis and market research

Online marketing and e-commerce

Marketing communication

Use of AI in the creation of marketing texts


Business processes (approx. 7 days)

Restructuring and process management

Process changes in the company

Digital transformation

Energy management and environmental protection in the company

Project management


Occupational field logistics and trade (approx. 8 days)

Production and

Purchasing and procurement

Delivery and transportation

Retail trade


Project work, certification preparation and certification exam "Goethe-Test PRO" (approx. 6 days)

Wages and salaries with DATEV

Legal framework for payroll accounting (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Fundamentals of labor law with reference to payroll accounting

Social security law: compulsory insurance, contribution groups, levies, reporting, obligation to keep records

Wage tax law: tax deduction features, obligation to call up, payroll account

Wage types and their significance for payroll accounting

Data protection and limits of AI for payroll and personal data


Create and maintain client and employee master data in DATEV (full-time approx. 5 days/part-time approx. 10 days)

Client creation in DATEV

Backing up and importing client data

Recording social security and tax law specifics, other client master data

Creation of different employee types

Employee group (trainees, mini-job, midi-job, managing directors)

Entries and exits

 


Payments and deductions in DATEV (full-time approx. 4 days/part-time approx. 8 days)

Salary and time rate

Supplements and variable remuneration components

One-off payments (e.g. Christmas and vacation bonuses)

Travel allowances

Payment of wages in the event of illness, vacation, public holidays

Garnishment

Benefits in kind and non-cash benefits (e.g. company car, staff discounts)

Company pension scheme

Travel expenses and reimbursement of expenses

Maternity protection pay and maternity benefit


Payroll accounting and monthly closing with DATEV (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)

Transaction data entry

AI as an accounting tool for complex payroll transactions

Payroll accounting and monthly closing

Proof of contributions and estimation, certificates

Payroll tax registration

Repeat and recalculations

Transfer of payroll postings to the

Financial accounting, accounting voucher

Year-end closing work


Digital collaboration in DATEV (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)

DATEV Unternehmen online and DATEV Arbeitnehmer online at a glance

Preliminary wage recording and digital recording of monthly data

Digitally exchange and manage personnel documents

Digital mapping of attendances and absences

Use evaluations and wage evaluations in the DATEV applications

Insight into digital personnel processes with DATEV Personal


Project work, certification preparation (via the DATEV Students online platform) and certification exam "DATEV User Wages and Salaries" (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)



Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.

Prerequisites for participation in the course are a general knowledge of German (B1) and knowledge of payroll accounting.

You will prepare payroll accounting with DATEV in a professional and practical manner. You will deepen your knowledge of the legal principles, process typical and complex payroll cases confidently in the software and be able to use digital processes efficiently in the collaboration between law firms, clients and employees.

The course also provides you with job-related German skills for typical communication situations in a commercial and technical working environment. You will learn how to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and act confidently in internal and external corporate communications. The combination of specialist subject areas such as business, marketing and logistics and work-related language practice will help you to further develop your communication skills in a professional context.

The course is aimed at people with commercial or legal training, people from financial accounting and bookkeeping, tax consultants, auditors, entrepreneurs and law firm employees.

The course is also aimed at specialists from the commercial and technical fields, taking into account an integrative component.

Your knowledge of the DATEV payroll software will open up many new opportunities in the job market: according to the manufacturer, more than 9.5 million payrolls are created with DATEV every month.

The course also provides you with work-related German language support to enable you to write business correspondence in accordance with current regulations and to communicate confidently both internally and externally. The informative Goethe-Test PRO will give you a detailed insight into the language skills you have acquired, making it easier for you to enter and advance in your career.

Didactic concept

Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).

You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.

 

Virtual classroom alfaview®

Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.

 

The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).

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0800 3456-500 Mon. - Fri. from 8 am to 5 pm
free of charge from all German networks.

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