Customer Service Apprentice (Sales and Trading)

CROWN GAS AND POWER LIMITED

Bury (BL9 9JR)

Closes in 28 days (Friday 29 August 2025)

Posted on 29 July 2025

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Summary

The role has a primary function of assisting the Sales and Trading teams with routine administrative functions. In this position, you will answer incoming calls and manage sales enquiries, keep sales department records and customer records as well as completing adhoc tasks as and when required.

Wage

£17,000 a year

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Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.00pm

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 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

  • Assisting the Sales and Trading teams with administrative tasks including tender processing, checking consumption levels are accurate, quote preparation, credit checking applications and contract processing
  • Completing quality control checks on completed sales and ensuring expected standards are met at all times
  • Assist the Sales team with aftersales care by liaising with brokers by confirming lock in confirmations and chasing any further documentation required
  • Supporting the business by assisting in the preparation of renewal opportunities
  • Assist the Billing team with pricing customers that are on out of contract rates
  • Support back-office in providing aftersales support and customer care
  • Support Account Managers (the Sales team) in their day-to-day sales processes
  • Generate and submit customer quotations as and when required
  • Generate reports as and when required

Where you'll work

Crown Point
Heap Brow
Bury
BL9 9JR

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

BURY COLLEGE

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

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What you'll learn

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.

Training schedule

  • Customer Service Practitioner Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
  • This qualification requires college attendance once per month

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade C/4 or above or equivalent)
  • Maths (grade C/4 or above or equivalent)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental

About this employer

Crown Gas & Power is a business gas supplier to the commercial sector based in Bury, Manchester. We are renowned for our innovative products such as 100% biogas, site services and our first-class customer service.

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

Company benefits

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays • Flexi-Time Scheme • Onsite gym • Free Parking • Wellbeing Support

After this apprenticeship

  • We are offering the right person a long-term career and a permanent position within the company upon successful completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BURY COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334301.

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Closes in 28 days (Friday 29 August 2025)

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