Skills for Working as a Business Administrator

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Skills for Working as a Business Administrator

Duration: 70 hours


Summary

On this 10 week course you will learn the essential skills required to start a career in business administration and retail. You will complete multiple units to achieve the Gateway level 1 certificate, including, digital marketing, customer service skills and communication skills for work.


Outcomes

During this course, you will be building a portfolio of evidence covering various areas of Business, Administration and Retail. Some of those areas that you will cover are as follows:

  • Working in Business & Retail
    • Explore job roles for specific business and retail positions
    • Identify the key working practices in business and retail
    • Begin to plan your own future journey into a business or retail job
  • Customer Service Skills
    • Explore what good customer service looks like and the consequences of not providing it
    • Respond to real-life customer queries in a Realise Futures Learning Centre to practice your own customer service skills
    • Practice completing various customer service-based tasks in a real-life office environment
  • Digital Marketing
    • Explore how to prepare a product for digital marketing, including selecting images and writing a product description
    • Look into why social media sites are used to promote products and the benefits of doing so
    • How to prepare a promotional email to be sent out to customers
    • Hear from a guest speaker working directly within digital marketing
  • Assembly and Presentation of Visual Merchandising Displays
    • Identify why visual merchandising is important, considering current in-store displays which you think work, or not
    • Create promotional displays and assist with the presentation, display and positioning of your work

Progression

  • Retail (Level 1)
  • Digital Skills for the Office (Level 1)
  • SAGE courses

Other information

Entry requirements

  • Ability to follow written instruction (entry level 3 literacy)
  • Currently working at or have Entry Level 3 IT Skills

Qualification

  • Level 1

Award organisation

  • Gateway

What you will need

  • Notebook and pen

How we will support you

  • Financial support application
  • Laptop loan can be arranged if required

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Email: info@rflearn.co.uk
Telephone: 0300 456 2050

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