Apprentice Parts Advisor/CSA

Summary

Steer Automotive Group are offering a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice Parts Advisor to join their busy workshop. Learning how to provide industry-leading services to customers, working with a great team, but also able to work on your own initiative. A dedicated pathway containing specialist training for a Parts Advisor apprentice.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday: 9.00am - 5.00pm (breaks to be confirmed).
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 30 December
Duration: 1 year
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

The comprehensive programme provides you with an exciting and challenging opportunity to achieve formal qualifications through extensive training, while in full-time employment.

What will I be doing? A dedicated pathway containing specialist training for Parts Advisor will run alongside the standard to ensure apprentices gain full knowledge of their specialist area at the appropriate level.

As a Parts Advisor you will have direct contact with customers, initially taking calls for parts required from both trade and retail customers and supporting the efficient effective supply of parts to the workshop.

A qualified apprentice will be able to:

Be a confident first and last point of contact with customers
Take customer and workshop orders
Communicate effectively with both customers and the vehicle technicians
Manage customer complaints
Offer advice and guidance for vehicle care, warranty retention and warranty claims
Sales/advice for accessories and modifications
Collate information for CSI

As a Parts Advisor an apprentice will be responsible for ordering, selling and managing stock control on vehicle parts.

Once the apprenticeship is complete, they will be able to:

Take orders from customers both face-to-face and over the phone
Maintain an ordered stock room and find parts from stock
Raise invoices
Liaise with other members of staff

Where you’ll work

Innovation House

Kingdom Avenue, Northacre Industrial Park

Westbury

BA13 4FG

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

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

Customer service practitioner level 2 (GCSE)

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

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
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative

About this company

With over 30 years of accident repair experience, with sites across the UK and a commitment to delivering exceptional customer service time and time again, Steer is one of the industry's leading automotive repair groups.

https://www.steer.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the role holder will progress to full-time employment with the company.

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