iCQ
    Level 3
    QN: 601/6631/9
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    iCQ Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Sales

    Official qualification regulated by Ofqual, awarded by iCQ. Classified as a Occupational Qualification. Total guided learning hours: 754 hours.

    Qualification Level
    Level 3
    Awarding Body
    iCQ
    Syllabus Units
    31 Units
    Guided Hours
    754 hrs
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    Course Syllabus & Study Modules

    Complete breakdown of verified curriculum topics and learning objectives.

    1

    Assessing customers’ credit status

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to assess customer credit status
    • Be able to assess the credit status of customers
    • Be able to monitor the credit status of customers
    2

    Assisting customers in obtaining finance for purchases

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the conditions for obtaining finance for purchases
    • Be able to propose financial options to customers
    • Be able to complete finance arrangements for purchases
    3

    Building and retaining sales relationships

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the benefits and risks of planning and investing in sales relationships
    • Be able to build sales relationships
    • Be able to retain sales customers
    4

    Buyer behaviour in sales situations

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the impact of different models of buyer behaviour on the sales cycle
    • Be able to respond to the buyer at each stage of the decision making process
    5

    Communicate information and knowledge

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify the information required, and its reliability, for communication.
    • Be able to understand communication techniques and methods.
    • Be able to communicate information and knowledge using appropriate techniques and methods.
    • Be able to adapt communication techniques and methods according to target audience response.
    6

    Communicating using digital marketing/sales channels

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to plan the use of digital media for a specific message, audience and recipients
    • Be able to plan the use of digital media for a specific message, audience and recipients
    • Be able to check the digital message can be accessed and/or delivered
    • Be able to monitor and evaluate the response to digital activity and take any corrective action
    7

    Complying with legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in a sales or marketing role

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in a sales or marketing role
    • Be able to comply with organisational policies and procedures for legal, regulatory and ethical requirements in a sales or marketing role
    8

    Contributing to the development and launch of new products and/or services

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the product development process
    • Be able to contribute to the product and/or service development and launch process
    9

    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.
    10

    Develop, maintain and review personal networks

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the benefits of networking and the need for data privacy.
    • Be able to develop a personal net
    • work of contacts.
    • Be able to review networking relationships.
    11

    Developing and implementing sales call plans

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to develop a sales call plan
    • Be able to undertake a sales call
    12

    Developing and implementing sales support and customer service programmes

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the requirement to provide sales support and customer service programmes
    • Be able to develop sales support and/or customer service programmes
    • Be able to implement sales support and customer service programmes
    13

    Developing sales proposals

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to write sales proposals
    • Be able to develop sales proposals
    • Be able to evaluate the proposal
    14

    Lead and manage meetings

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to prepare to lead a meeting.
    • Be able to manage meeting procedures.
    • Be able to chair a meeting.
    • Be able to undertake post-meeting tasks.
    15

    Leading a sales or marketing team

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to set targets for the sales or marketing team
    • Be able to support the motivation of the sales or marketing team
    • Be able to monitor and evaluate the progress of the sales or marketing team
    16

    Manage own professional development within an organisation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to assess own career goals and personal development.
    • Be able to set personal work objectives.
    • Be able to produce a personal development plan.
    • Be able to implement and monitor own personal development plan.
    17

    Managing the induction and probation of sales staff

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the induction and probation processes for sales staff
    • Be able to manage the induction and probation of new sales staff
    18

    Meeting customers’ after sales needs

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to investigate customer after sales needs
    • Be able to handle customers’ after sales needs
    • Be able to review the after sales process
    19

    Monitoring and managing sales team performance

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand methods of monitoring sales team performance
    • Be able to manage performance of the sales team
    20

    Negotiating, handling objections and closing sales

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to handle objections and negotiate with the customer
    • Be able to prepare for objections and negotiation with the customer
    • Be able to handle objections
    • Be able to negotiate with the customer
    • Be able to close the sale following negotiation
    21

    Obtaining and Analysing Competitor Information

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to validate information about competitors
    • Understand the uses of competitor information for sales-related activities
    • Be able to use competitor information for sales-related activities
    22

    Obtaining and analysing sales-related information

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the uses of sales-related information
    • Understand how to use tools and methods to analyse sales-related information
    • Be able to obtain sales-related information about customers, markets and competitors
    • Be able to use tools and methods to analyse sales-related information
    23

    Organise the delivery of reliable customer service

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • plan and organise the delivery of reliable customer service
    • review and maintain customer service delivery
    • use recording systems to maintain reliable customer service
    • understand how to organise the delivery of reliable customer service
    24

    Preparing and delivering a sales presentation

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the factors for consideration in the preparation of sales presentations
    • Be able to prepare a sales presentation
    • Understand how to deliver sales presentations
    • Be able to deliver a sales presentation
    25

    Pricing for sales promotions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand price-based promotions
    • Be able to justify price-based promotions as part of a promotional strategy
    • Be able to develop and present proposals for price-based promotions
    • Understand how to evaluate price based promotions
    • Be able to implement and evaluate price-based promotions
    26

    Prioritising information for sales planning

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand sources and types of information that support sales
    • Understand internal information that supports sales
    • Be able to carry out a business audit of the internal and external sales environment
    • Be able to use sales information to support the sales planning function
    27

    Recruiting sales team members

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand the recruitment and selection process relating to sales
    • Be able to prepare to recruit and select sales team members
    • Be able to make selection decisions for sales team members
    28

    Selling at exhibitions

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Understand how to assess the relevance of exhibitions for the organisation
    • Understand how to prepare for and sell at exhibitions
    • Be able to prepare for an exhibition
    • Be able to sell at an exhibition
    • Be able to evaluate own performance at an exhibition
    29

    Support learning and development within own area of responsibility

    Verified
    Key Learning Objectives:
    • Be able to identify the learning needs of colleagues in own area of responsibility.
    • Understand how to develop a learning environment in own area of responsibility.
    • Be able to support colleagues in learning and its application.
    • Be able to evaluate learning outcomes and future learning and development of colleagues.
    30

    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
    31

    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)
    601/6631/9
    Regulated Status
    Available to learners
    Awarding Body
    iCQ
    Qualification Type
    Occupational Qualification
    Operational Start
    Aug 2015