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Course Overview

Course Overview

The main purpose of a customer service specialist is to be a ‘professional’ for direct customer support within all

sectors and organisation types. You are an advocate of Customer Service who acts as a referral point for dealing

with more complex or technical customer requests, complaints, and queries. You are often an escalation point

for complicated or ongoing customer problems.

Prosp User 1

Qualification

Qualification
Non regulated provision, Level 3, Retailing and Wholesaling

English and Maths GCSE's grades 4/C or above or equivalent. Individual employers may have their own higher entry requirements.

Prosp User 2

On an apprenticeship programme, apprentices will learn and develop a range of knowledge, skills and behaviours. These include:

• Understand the impact your service provision has on the wider organisation and the value it adds

• Understand how to analyse, use and present a range of information to provide customer insight

• Understand how to find and use industry best practice to enhance own knowledge

• Find solutions that meet your organisations needs as well as the customer requirements

• Demonstrate a cost conscious mind-set when meeting customer and the business needs

• Make recommendations based on your findings to enable improvement

• Takes responsibility

• Self development

• Team working

End Point Assessment:

Apprentices without Level 2 English and Maths will need to achieve prior to taking the end-point assessment. The apprentice must complete all elements of the on programme learning to achieve the assessment gateway requirements. The EPA consists of 3 assessment methods:

• Practical Observation with Q&A’s

• Project Interview

• Professional Discussion

Prosp User 3

As part of the apprenticeship there is a dedicated off the job learning requirement. This is a minimum of 6 hours

per week for the duration of the apprenticeship.

Role development:

• Observing colleagues

• Receiving mentoring

• Shadowing

• Training

Programme Development:

• Teaching or learning the theory related to their roles

• Coursework

Prosp User 4

On completion of this standard, apprentices can progress into a wide range of employment opportunities or further education.

Prosp User 5
THL3SCSS
Level 3
Monday to Friday
02/09/2024
27/06/2025
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