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  2. You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Ascentis has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
  3. The centre assesses, and Ascentis awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Ascentis.

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01What it is

Customer Service is not a discrete sector, but its key skills relate to a wide variety of sector areas. The Certificate for Introduction to Customer Service provides an introduction to the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed in order to provide effective customer service in a range of sectors; it also gives learners the core knowledge and awareness of key legislation for working within customer service. There are several features of this qualification that makes it very appropriate for its target learners: Unit certification is available for each of the units Assessment is through the building up of a portfolio of evidence, allowing flexibility in terms of the learner putting together evidence most appropriate to their learning situation A flexible optional structure that allows learners and tutors to choose learning that is relevant to their specific needs An ability to combine units with units at a higher level to promote learner progression Verification and certification can be offered throughout the year, allowing maximum flexibility for centres

These are the units Ascentis registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work.

Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Ascentis. It does the teaching and the mapping. Ascentis sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.

02The units

What each unit actually teaches you to do

Answer telephone calls from customers Real unit · Ascentis
This unit develops learners' skills in answering telephone calls from customers, including appropriate greetings, clarifying customer needs, handling requests within authority limits, and transferring calls to relevant personnel when necessary.

What you'll be able to do

  • Greet customers calling on the telephone
  • Deal with incoming customer telephone calls
  • Respond to requests from customers
Apply legislation, regulation and organisational procedures for customer service Real unit · Ascentis
It teaches you to apply relevant legislation, regulation, and organisational procedures within a customer service context. You'll follow customer service protocols, protect property and information security, and understand health and safety and external rules affecting service delivery.

What you'll be able to do

  • Follow customer service procedures for a particular job
  • Protect the security of property and information when delivering customer service
  • Know the health and safety requirements delivering customer service
  • Know other external rules that impact on customer service delivery
Communicate customers’ problems with others Real unit · Ascentis
You'll learn to communicate customer problems effectively with colleagues. The unit covers collecting detailed information from customers, logging and verifying problem details, selecting relevant information for communication, and maintaining clear dialogue with both customers and colleagues.

What you'll be able to do

  • Collect information about a problem from a customer
  • Log information about a customer problem
  • Select information about a problem
  • Communicate with a customer and a colleague about the problem
Communicate effectively with customers Real unit · Ascentis
This unit covers effective communication techniques with customers, emphasising the importance of clear speech and active listening. You'll understand how to use customer information to enhance service delivery and respond accurately to customer enquiries.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the importance of speaking clearly to customers
  • Know the importance of listening actively to customers
  • Know the importance of using information from customers to contribute to good customer service
Contribute to effective customer service Real unit · Ascentis
You'll gain knowledge of key customer service terminology and understand factors contributing to effective service within an organisation. The unit also covers the role of teamwork and company procedures in delivering good customer service.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know customer service terms and language
  • Know what contributes to good customer service in an organisation
  • Work effectively with colleagues in a customer service team
Create a good impression to customers Real unit · Ascentis
It teaches you to present themselves professionally in customer service roles by understanding appropriate dress codes and appearance standards. You'll also develop skills to relate effectively to customers to create a positive first impression.

What you'll be able to do

  • Dress appropriately for a customer service job
  • Demonstrate an appropriate appearance for a customer service job
  • Relate effectively to customers
Deal with queries and requests Real unit · Ascentis
You'll gain knowledge of the services and products offered by a specific department and understand customer interests related to these. The unit develops skills to clarify and respond appropriately to customer queries and requests.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the services and products of a section or department
  • Know the customer’s interests about the services and products of a section or department
  • Clarify customer queries or requests
  • Deal with queries or requests from customers
Digital communications for business Real unit · Ascentis
This unit develops learners' ability to use digital software tools for composing, formatting, and sending business communications. It also covers managing incoming messages efficiently while maintaining safety and respect in digital interactions.

What you'll be able to do

  • Use digital software tools and techniques to compose and send messages
  • Manage incoming digital messages effectively
Working in customer service Real unit · Ascentis
You'll develop an understanding of customer service principles and the requirements of specific job roles. The unit covers the service offer of organisations, job holder responsibilities, and customer expectations to support effective service delivery.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the customer service principles that affect a customer related job
  • Know what is required of a particular job holder to meet customer expectations
  • Know the outline of entry level customer service jobs
  • Know the outline of customer service jobs that may be accessible after experience in first step jobs
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03Where it leads

The jobs these credits are mapped to

A qualification is never a dead end here. Each of these is a job record this qualification is a mapped route into.

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Where this can lead

Customer Service Associate

This role can lead to supervising a team, managing a contact centre site, or moving into a senior operations role.

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04The credits

The credits, and who awards them

Level 1 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Ascentis rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.

What you would be collecting

Answer telephone calls from customersApply legislation, regulation and organisational procedures for customer serviceCommunicate customers’ problems with othersCommunicate effectively with customersContribute to effective customer serviceCreate a good impression to customersDeal with queries and requestsDigital communications for business

Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.

How you’d practise it

You don’t watch this. You do it.

You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.

The Practical Builder The Practical Builder · your make-it-real tutor Illustration
The Practical Builder Paste in the draft you have for “Apply legislation, regulation and organisational procedures for customer service”. Not a tidied one, the one you would actually send.
You It is mostly there. The recommendations section is thin.
The Practical Builder Thin is fine, vague is not. Take recommendation two and tell me who does what by when, then we will see if it survives.
The same lesson on the real thing: the conversation in the middle, the thinking ladder on the left, and the criteria each answer is evidencing on the right.
  • Draft the real one Create

    You do “Apply legislation, regulation and organisational procedures for customer service” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.

How you would learn this

One to one, on the work you already do

A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.

A lesson from Answer telephone calls from customers, one of this qualification's own units.

Answer telephone calls from customers Level 1

Applied to your work in any of these jobs

Which job do you mean?
Customer Service AssociateAssociate Customer Service AgentCall Centre AgentAssociate Global Customer Service AdministratorCustomer Service AssistantAssociate Customer Service Specialist

This unit develops learners' skills in answering telephone calls from customers, including appropriate greetings, clarifying customer needs, handling requests within authority limits, and transferring calls to relevant personnel when necessary.

How the thinking builds
  1. 1 Remember
  2. 2 Understand
  3. 3 Apply
  4. 4 Analyse
  5. 5 Evaluate
  6. 6 Create
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Your Plan Illustration

Built for Ascentis Level 1 Certificate for Introduction to Customer Service

9 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Ascentis.

  1. Answer telephone calls from customers
  2. Apply legislation, regulation and organisational procedures for customer service
  3. Communicate customers’ problems with others
  4. Communicate effectively with customers
  5. Contribute to effective customer service
  6. Create a good impression to customers

and 3 more in the full unit list below.

These are the real units of this credential, in its own order. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

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