Customer Service Specialist Level 3

Outline

The typical route of a Customer Service Specialist is through sales, marketing and procurement. Becoming a Customer Service Specialist is about being professional, and providing high quality customer support within all sectors and organisation types. Your actions influence the customer experience. 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.

As an expert in your organisation’s products and/or services, you share knowledge with your wider team and colleagues. You gather and analyse data and customer information that influences change and improvements in service. You will utilise both organisational and generic IT systems to carry out your role, with an awareness of other digital technologies. This could be in many types of environments, including contact centres, retail, webchat, the service industry or any customer service point.

Assessment

It typically takes 15 months to complete your apprenticeship, but this will vary depending on your experience and working pattern.

You will be allocated a Trainer Assessor, who will support you throughout the apprenticeship with regular monthly sessions. This is flexible to your requirements; however, contact is available and encouraged outside of this time so each apprentice receives the help they need. Trainer Assessors make good use of digital platforms to support this.

Workshops are available for groups and can be managed with employers at enrolment.

Practical Period

• New knowledge, skills and behaviours’ are delivered and assessed by your Trainer Assessor with the support of your employer

End Point Assessment

The end point assessment is synoptic and takes place at the end of the apprentice’s learning and development. The requirement is that the end point assessment is completed within three months from the start of the end point assessment period. The end point assessment is made up of the following components:

• A practical observation in the workplace
• A work-based project, supported by an interview
• A professional discussion supported by portfolio evidence
  

Entry Requirements

Each organisation will have their own entry requirements, and must be able to provide opportunities to work towards this apprenticeship as part of the job role.

Apprentices aged 16-18 must achieve Level 2 maths and English, prior to End Point Assessment or provide a certificate of prior achievement (GCSE Grade C/4 or above). For Apprentices aged 19+ Level 2 maths and English are optional – to be agreed at the start of programme.

Funding may be available to cover this apprenticeship, please contact us for more information on eligibility.

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