Summary
The Carpet Stop in Cheadle Hulme are recruiting for an Apprentice Administrator/Sales Assistant. The successful candidate will work towards completing a Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner apprenticeship over the duration of 16 months.
Wage
£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday, 09:00-17:30. Wednesday - Friday, 09:00-17:30. Saturday, 09:30-17:00 (Tuesday & Sunday not working). 30 min lunch.
37 hours a week
Start date
Monday 7 July 2025
Duration
1 year 4 months
Positions available
1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
* Data inputting
* Updating customer details using a CRM Software system
* Processing customer orders
* Helping with answering incoming calls
* Booking appointments with customers
* Responding to email/ social media enquiries
* Following up customers enquiries
* Face to face and telephone sales
* Working closely with the sales team
Where you’ll work
2 Adswood Road
Cheadle Hulme
Cheadle
SK8 5QA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NORTH LANCS. TRAINING GROUP CIC
Your training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
* Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
* Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications; and/or
* Depending on your job role and work environment: Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
* Depending on your job role and work environment: Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
* Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
* Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
* Demonstrate patience and calmness.
* Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
* Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
* Maintain informative communication during service recovery.
Your training plan
* Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner
* Functional Skills
* Work based learning
Requirements
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Team working
* Sales skills
* Excellent telephone manner