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Course Guide 2018-19 Full-time Courses and Apprenticeships

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APPRENTICESHIPS<br />

Customer Service Practitioner<br />

Apprenticeship<br />

Level: 2<br />

Centre: Huddersfield Centre<br />

Duration: 12-18 months<br />

Customer Service<br />

Apprenticeship<br />

Level: 3<br />

Centre: Huddersfield Centre<br />

Duration: 18-24 months<br />

Entry requirements<br />

See website for details.<br />

Overview<br />

Good customer service is key to the success of<br />

any business or organisation. Gain the skills to<br />

provide excellent customer service.<br />

If you work at the front end of an employer’s<br />

business activities, you’ll need to make sure<br />

customers are dealt with in a positive, reliable<br />

<strong>and</strong> pleasant way – whether that’s offering<br />

advice, answering questions or h<strong>and</strong>ling<br />

complaints.<br />

You’ll need to have clear <strong>and</strong> up-to-date<br />

knowledge of your organisation’s products <strong>and</strong><br />

services <strong>and</strong> to be able to communicate with all<br />

sorts of people. The transferable skills you learn<br />

will be useful in any industry if you’re undecided<br />

about your future career.<br />

How will I be assessed?<br />

• Use of performance management processes<br />

to monitor progress <strong>and</strong> provide feedback<br />

• Portfolio<br />

• Exams for English/maths/ICT (unless have<br />

grade 4 or above)<br />

What’s next?<br />

Level 3 Apprenticeship in Customer Service.<br />

Entry requirements<br />

See website for details.<br />

Overview<br />

All businesses recognise the importance of<br />

outst<strong>and</strong>ing customer service.<br />

The Level 3 Apprenticeship is aimed at<br />

people already operating with a high level of<br />

responsibility in their workplace. More than<br />

likely you will have staff reporting to you <strong>and</strong>/<br />

or responsibility for delivering high quality<br />

customer service within your organisation, <strong>and</strong><br />

responsibility for monitoring market feedback.<br />

You will demonstrate a practiced set of skills<br />

when carrying out customer service operations<br />

including managing performance improvements<br />

in service delivery, customer satisfaction,<br />

customer loyalty <strong>and</strong> reliability. You will develop<br />

the knowledge <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ing of customer<br />

retention <strong>and</strong> the principles of business.<br />

How will I be assessed?<br />

• Use of performance management processes<br />

to monitor progress <strong>and</strong> provide feedback<br />

• Portfolio<br />

• Exams for English/maths/ICT (unless have<br />

grade 4 or above)<br />

What’s next?<br />

Higher Level Apprenticeship/Higher Education<br />

course/Employment.

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