iCQ
    Level 2
    QN: 600/8132/6
    Curriculum Active

    iCQ Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Contact Centre Operations (RQF)

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by iCQ. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 972 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 2
    Awarding Body
    iCQ
    Syllabus Units
    38 Units
    Guided Hours
    972 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Bespoke Software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Input and combine information using bespoke applications
    • Use appropriate structures to organise and retrieve information efficiently
    • Use the functions of the software effectively to process and present information
    2

    Buddy a colleague to develop their customer service skills

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • plan and prepare to buddy a colleague
    • support their buddy colleague on the job, provide buddy support off the job
    • understand how to buddy a colleague to develop their customer service skills
    3

    Carry out direct sales activities in a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to gather information needed for direct sales activities in a contact centre
    • Be able to carry out direct sales to customers through a contact centre
    • Be able to keep direct sales records within a contact centre
    • Be able to comply with regulations and legislation during direct sales in a contact centre
    • Understand how to conduct sales activities in a contact centre
    4

    Communicate information to customers in different but familiar contexts through a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to talk to customers on familiar subjects in a contact centre
    • Be able to communicate in writing on familiar subjects in a contact centre
    • Understand the requirements of customer communication in a contact centre
    5

    Comply with health and safety procedures in a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to comply with organisational health and safety procedures in a contact centre
    • Be able to minimise health and safety risks relating to the job role in a contact centre
    • Understand the principles of health and safety in a contact centre
    6

    Deal with customers using bespoke software

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • prepare to deliver customer service using bespoke software, deliver customer service using bespoke software
    • understand how to deal with customers using bespoke software
    7

    Deal with incidents through a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to deal with incidents through a contact centre
    • Be able to use contact centre communications systems to deploy incident management resources
    • Understand how to deal with incidents in a contact centre
    8

    Deal with incoming telephone calls from customers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • use communication systems effectively
    • establish rapport with customers who are calling, deal effectively with customer questions and requests
    • know how to deal with incoming telephone calls from customers
    9

    Deliver customer service through a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to establish rapport with customers in a contact centre
    • Be able to support customer service delivery through a contact centre
    • Be able to deliver customer service in a contact centre
    • Understand customer service in contact centres
    10

    Deliver customer service to difficult customers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • recognise when customers may be difficult to deal with, deal with difficult customers
    • understand how to deliver customer service to difficult customers
    11

    Develop working relationships with colleagues

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the benefits of working with colleagues.
    • Be able to establish working relationships with colleagues.
    • Be able to act in a professional and respectful manner when working with colleagues.
    • Be able to communicate with colleagues.
    • Be able to identify potential work-related difficulties and explore solutions.
    12

    Develop your own customer service skills through self-study

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • find ways to learn more about customer service and their job
    • use sources of self-development to extend their customer service skills and knowledge
    • know how to develop their own customer service skills through self-study
    13

    Follow the rules to deliver customer service

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Follow their organisation’s customer service practices and procedures
    • know how to follow the rules to deliver customer service
    14

    Give customers a positive impression of yourself and your organisation.

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • establish rapport with customers
    • respond appropriately to customers
    • communicate information to customers
    • understand how to give customers a positive impression of themselves and the organisation
    15

    Handling objections and closing sales

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to handle sales objections
    • Understand how to close the sale
    • Be able to handle objections
    • Be able to close the sale
    16

    Improve personal effectiveness at work in a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to assess personal effectiveness in a contact centre
    • Be able to carry out development activities to improve personal effectiveness in a contact centre
    • Be able to work with others in a contact centre team to improve personal performance
    • Understand how to improve personal effectiveness in a contact centre
    17

    Inputting and accessing sales or marketing data in information systems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to input and access sales or marketing data in information systems
    • Understand the use of sales or marketing information sources and systems
    • Be able to input and use databases to support sales or marketing activities
    18

    IT Communication Fundamentals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Select and use a variety of sources of information to meet needs, Access, search for
    • select and use Internet-based information and evaluate its fitness for purpose
    • Select and use IT to communicate and exchange information safely, responsibly and effectively
    19

    Maintain customer service through effective handover

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • agree joint responsibilities in a customer service team, check that customer service actions are seen through by working together with colleagues
    • understand how to maintain customer service through effective handover
    20

    Process customer service complaints

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • recognise the signs that a query or problem is about to produce a complaint, deal with a complaint effectively
    • understand how to process customer service complaints
    21

    Process information about customers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • collect information about customers
    • select and retrieve information about customers, supply information about customers
    • understand how to process customer service information
    22

    Promote additional services or products to customers

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • identify additional services or products that are available, inform customers about additional services or products, gain customer commitment to using additional services or products
    • understand how to promote additional services or products to customers
    23

    Provide support through a contact centre for specified products and/or services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to establish and validate customers’ identity in a contact centre
    • Be able to support customer needs for information and decisions about a range of products and/or services in a contact centre
    • Understand how to support customers in a contact centre
    24

    Resolve customer service problems

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • spot customer service problems, pick the best solution to re
    • solve customer service problems, take action to re
    • solve customer service problems
    • know how to re
    25

    Selling by telephone - inbound

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to sell by telephone (inbound)
    • Understand how to close the sale during inbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to prepare for the inbound telephone sales call
    • Be able to identify customer needs during inbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to present products and/or services to the customer during inbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to deal with sales objections during inbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to close the sale during inbound telephone sales calls
    26

    Selling by telephone - outbound

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to sell by telephone (outbound)
    • Understand how to close the sale during outbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to prepare for the inbound telephone sales call
    • Be able to identify customer needs during outbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to present products and/or services to the customer during outbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to deal with sales objections during outbound telephone sales calls
    • Be able to close the sale during outbound telephone sales calls
    27

    Support customers and colleagues when providing contact centre services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to communicate information about products and/or services to customers in a contact centre
    • Be able to monitor compliance with organisational requirements for customer contacts
    • Be able to provide advice and support to colleagues in a contact centre
    • Understand how to support colleagues and customers in a contact centre
    28

    Support customers using on-line customer services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • establish the type and level of support their customer needs to achieve on-line customer service
    • support on-line customer service in conversation with their customer
    • understand how to support customers using on-line services
    29

    Time planning in sales

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to manage and prioritise time in a sales role
    • Be able to plan own time in a sales role
    • Be able to evaluate time planning in a sales role
    30

    Use systems and technology during customer contact in a contact centre

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to use features of systems and technology to handle customer contacts in a contact centre
    • Be able to report on customer and contact handling information using pre-defined formats
    • Understand the uses of contact centre systems and technology
    31

    Using Collaborative Technologies

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Stay safe and secure when using collaborative technology, Set up and access IT tools and devices for collaborative working
    • Prepare collaborative technologies for use
    • Contribute to tasks using collaborative technologies
    32

    Using Email

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Use e-mail software tools and techniques to compose and send messages
    • Manage incoming email effectively
    33

    Using the Internet

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Connect to the Internet
    • Use browser software to navigate webpages effectively
    • Use browser tools to search for information from the Internet
    • Use browser software to communicate information online
    • Understand the need for safety and security practices when working online
    34

    Work with others to improve customer service

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • improve customer service by working with others
    • monitor their own performance when improving customer service
    • monitor team performance when improving customer service
    • understand how to work with others to improve customer service

    Regulatory & Verification Details

    Qualification Number (QN)
    600/8132/6
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    iCQ
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Mar 2013