Customer Service
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Students
This FREE versatile on-line qualification will help you to develop your customer service skills and boost your prospects for your first customer service job.
- Learn more about the delivery of excellent customer service
- Improve your communication skills to strengthen relationships and interactions with customers and colleagues
- Develop the knowledge and principles that underpin outstanding customer care
- Gain or develop key transferrable skills applicable in a range of industries and sectors
Each unit contains an assessment to demonstrate your knowledge of each subject area. Once you successfully complete all four units you will achieve a Level 2 Certificate in Customer Service.
Unit 1: Understanding the organisation
- Factors that can affect an organisation and the customer service role
- Employee rights, responsibilities and organisational procedures
- Career pathways within customer service
- How employees are supported within the customer service role
- Organisation’s policies and procedures
Unit 2: Prepare to deliver excellent customer service
- The principles of customer service in an organisation
- How customer needs and expectations are identified
- How to balance customer expectations against the organisation’s offer
- How complaints are handled
- Legislation relating to customer service
Unit 3: Communication in the customer service role
- Methods of communication with customers
- How to handle customer service information
- How to work as part of a team to provide effective customer service
- How to meet the needs of a diverse range of customers
- The importance of promoting and evaluating products and services
Unit 4: Understand customers*
- Cultural factors and how they can affect customer expectations
- How good customer service can positively influence customer loyalty
- How the reputation and image of organisations can effect customer perceptions
- Identifying dissatisfied customers.
*Mandatory for Lifetime Awarding students
Course duration
12 weeks
Recommended study
10 hours per week
Study requirements
Whilst an understanding of the sector would be advantageous no existing qualifications are required.
What computer software will I need?
- An Internet enabled desktop / laptop PC.
- An active email account.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader or similar PDF reader.
- The ability to read / edit Microsoft Word documents using Word or similar (e.g. LibreOffice).
Note: You will specifically need a recent full version (including Excel & PowerPoint) of Microsoft Office for our IT courses.
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- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Apple Safari
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What You Will Pay
British and European Union students
You will pay £0 for your course
Your course could be free of charge as you may be eligible for financial support to help pay your tuition fees, travel, exams, materials or childcare.
When you enrol you’ll need to pay any course fees for the first year, which you can do by direct debit, cash, debit card or credit card.
Please contact us for more information.
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British and European Union students
Costs start at £0 for your course
Your course could be free of charge as you may be eligible for financial support to help pay your tuition fees, travel, exams, materials or childcare.
When you enrol you’ll need to pay any course fees for the first year, which you can do by direct debit, cash, debit card or credit card.
Please contact us for more information.
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If you would like to apply for this course, please add it to your shortlist. You may then add further courses to your shortlist or continue to complete your application.
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Overseas students
Please contact us to discuss your fees for this course
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