BIIAB · RQF Level 2

BIIAB Level 2 Certificate In Principles of Sales

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  • LevelRQF Level 2
  • Total credits18
  • Guided learning131 hours
  • Units in this qualification13

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What each unit actually teaches you to do

This vocationally-related qualification covers the principles of sales. It is designed for individuals who wish to develop their knowledge and understanding of the sales environment, legal requirements, and sales techniques. Learners will gain insight into sales targets and customer creditworthiness.

These are the units BIIAB 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, and every one you earn is yours to keep.

Competitor analysis in the sales environmentReal unit · BIIAB
You'll understand how to conduct competitor analysis using sales-related information. The unit covers data collection, storage requirements, analytical tools, and the application of analysis results in sales strategy.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the use of sales-related information in competitor analysis
  • Understand the collection and storage requirements for sales-related information
  • Understand the use of tools and methods for analysing quantitative and qualitative sales-related information
  • Understand how the results of competitor analysis are used to inform sales strategies
Customer service in salesReal unit · BIIAB
You'll explore strategies for building and maintaining long-term customer relationships in sales. The unit covers managing customer accounts, fostering loyalty, upholding brand reputation, and meeting after-sales service needs.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to build long-term relationships with customers in a sales environment
  • Understand different approaches to managing customer accounts effectively
  • Understand the importance of customer loyalty for business success
  • Understand the importance of the brand and organisational reputation in sales
  • Understand how to meet customers’ after-sales service needs and expectations
Principles of online sellingReal unit · BIIAB
This unit provides learners with knowledge of online selling principles, including planning strategies, implementation challenges, and evaluation processes. You'll explore website design, security measures, payment processing, and analysis of online sales performance.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to plan online selling strategies and campaigns
  • Understand implementation issues in online selling, including website design, security, and payment processing
  • Understand evaluation processes for online selling, including analysing website traffic, conversion rates, and customer feedback
Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environmentReal unit · BIIAB
This unit provides learners with knowledge of employment rights and responsibilities, health and safety procedures, effective communication, teamwork, and personal work planning within a business environment.

What you'll be able to do

  • Know the employment rights and responsibilities of both the employee and the employer, as defined by UK legislation.
  • Understand the purpose of health, safety and security procedures in a business environment and the importance of adhering to them.
  • Understand how to communicate effectively with others in a business setting, using appropriate methods and language.
  • Understand how to work collaboratively with and support colleagues to achieve common goals.
  • Plan own work effectively, prioritise tasks, and be accountable to others for meeting deadlines and objectives.
  • Understand the purpose of continuously improving own performance in a business environment and how to do so through training, feedback, and self-reflection.
  • Understand the types of problems that may occur in a business environment, including conflicts, errors, and technical issues, and how to deal with them effectively and professionally.
Principles of presentations and demonstrations in salesReal unit · BIIAB
This unit equips learners with the skills to prepare and deliver effective sales presentations and demonstrations. It covers audience research, structuring presentations, preparing visual aids, and evaluating presentation effectiveness.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how to prepare effectively for a sales presentation or demonstration
  • Understand how to deliver a sales presentation or demonstration in a professional manner
  • Understand the role of evaluating sales presentations and demonstrations to improve future performance
Principles of selling at trade fairs and exhibitionsReal unit · BIIAB
You'll explore the principles of selling at trade fairs and exhibitions, including participation decisions, preparation processes, and selling techniques. The unit covers assessing benefits and costs, planning activities, and engaging potential customers effectively.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the basis for deciding whether to participate in trade fairs and exhibitions.
  • Understand how to prepare for trade fairs and exhibitions.
  • Understand techniques for selling at trade fairs and exhibitions.
Understanding business awareness in salesReal unit · BIIAB
This unit covers the key business issues affecting the sales environment, including economic conditions and regulatory changes. You'll understand the importance of staying informed through business news and the role of networking in supporting sales activities.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand key business issues that impact the sales environment, such as economic conditions and regulatory changes
  • Understand the importance of staying informed about business news and its relevance to sales activities
  • Understand the use of networking as a sales tool to build relationships and generate leads
Understanding customers’ creditworthiness for sales purposesReal unit · BIIAB
You'll understand the processes involved in assessing customers' creditworthiness for sales purposes. The unit covers credit history evaluation, the purpose of credit checks, information sources, and monitoring ongoing credit status post-sale.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the processes involved in assessing customers’ creditworthiness for sales purposes
  • Understand how a customer's ongoing credit status is monitored within a sales environment
Understanding legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in sales or marketingReal unit · BIIAB
This unit provides learners with knowledge of legal, regulatory, and ethical requirements related to sales and marketing. You'll understand organisational procedures for compliance and the limits of sales and marketing roles within these frameworks.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand an organisation’s procedures for dealing with legal, regulatory and ethical requirements relating to sales or marketing activities
  • Understand the legal, regulatory and ethical limits of the sales or marketing role, including data protection, consumer rights, and advertising standards
Understanding sales targetsReal unit · BIIAB
It teaches you to understand how sales targets are calculated, used, and monitored within organisations. You'll explore factors influencing target setting, data collection methods, and evaluating sales performance to support improvement.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand how sales targets are calculated within an organisation
  • Understand the use of sales targets in monitoring and improving sales performance
  • Understand how to collect sales-related data accurately and efficiently
  • Understand how to evaluate sales performance against set targets and objectives
Understanding sales techniques and processesReal unit · BIIAB
You'll gain a comprehensive understanding of sales techniques and processes, including the sales cycle and buyer decision-making. The unit also covers generating and qualifying leads, telephone sales, face-to-face selling, and closing sales.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the stages of the sales cycle and their importance
  • Understand the buyer decision-making process and influencing factors
  • Understand how to generate and qualify sales leads effectively
  • Understand how to sell products or services by inbound telephone calls
  • Understand how to sell products or services by outbound telephone calls
  • Understand the principles of selling face-to-face with customers
  • Understand how to close a sale and finalise the transaction
  • Understand how to process sales orders accurately and efficiently
Understanding the relationship between sales and marketingReal unit · BIIAB
You'll understand the relationship between sales and marketing functions within organisations, analysing the impact of organisational structures and culture. The unit covers communication, collabouration, and the influence of sales and marketing on product development.

What you'll be able to do

  • Analyse the impact of different organisational structures on sales and marketing functions
  • Explain the interface between sales and marketing functions
  • Analyse the impact of sales and marketing on product development processes
Understanding the sales environmentReal unit · BIIAB
You'll develop an understanding of the sales environment, including market characteristics, business focus types, time management, IT use, and communication methods. The unit covers strategies for customer retention, acquisition, and effective sales operations.

What you'll be able to do

  • Understand the characteristics of the sales market, including market trends and competitor activity
  • Understand different types of business focus in sales and marketing, such as customer retention and new customer acquisition
  • Manage time effectively in the sales environment to maximise productivity
  • Understand the use of IT systems and software in sales operations
  • Understand how to communicate information effectively in a sales environment, both verbally and in writing

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Competitor analysis in the sales environmentCustomer service in salesPrinciples of online sellingPrinciples of personal responsibilities and working in a business environmentPrinciples of presentations and demonstrations in salesPrinciples of selling at trade fairs and exhibitionsUnderstanding business awareness in salesUnderstanding customers’ creditworthiness for sales purposes

Each stamp is a real unit registered against this qualification.

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Competitor analysis in the sales environmentLevel 2

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Learners will understand how to conduct competitor analysis using sales-related information. The unit covers data collection, storage requirements, analytical tools, and the application of analysis results in sales strategy.

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Built for BIIAB Level 2 Certificate In Principles of Sales

13 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by BIIAB.

  1. Competitor analysis in the sales environment
  2. Customer service in sales
  3. Principles of online selling
  4. Principles of personal responsibilities and working in a business environment
  5. Principles of presentations and demonstrations in sales
  6. Principles of selling at trade fairs and exhibitions

and 7 more in the full unit list below.

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