Customer Practitioner Apprenticeship

MESSRS SIMON,PHILLIP & JAMIE ELPHICK

No Limitz Sports (MK41 0HS)

Closes in 8 days (Friday 3 July 2026)

Posted on 19 June 2026


Summary

Are you looking to start an apprenticeship in customer service? Do you have a passion for providing excellent customer service? Then please consider this fantastic opportunity.

Training course
Customer service practitioner (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Saturday.

38 hours a week

Start date

Sunday 19 July 2026

Duration

1 year 3 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

No Limitz, based in Bedford, is your local independent specialist in Sports Equipment, Teamwear, Schoolwear, Printing, Embroidery and Engraving.
No Limitz was established in 2001. It's a family business that has grown steadily and to this day continues to explore new opportunities to widen the range and quality of goods and services they offer their customers. From running gait analysis to choosing the perfect cricket bat, creating a professional-looking uniform to advising on some end-of-season awards and trophies, you will always be busy and offering great customer service.

No Limitz pride themselves on their friendly, helpful staff who are experts in customer service and always on hand to provide advice. Whether it is help sizing up for a hockey stick or advice on what school uniform you need, their staff are always on hand to assist.

They are heavily involved in the Bedford sporting community, supplying kit for a number of clubs in the area, such as Bedford Junior Blues, Falcon Gymnastics, Bedford Harriers and Bedford Cricket Club.

You will be a customer services assistant and will gain hands-on retail and customer service experience in a supportive and friendly environment, while contributing to the continued success of a well-established local business.

Alongside the role, you will gain a Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner qualification.

Where you'll work

25 Shuttleworth Road
No Limitz Sports
MK41 0HS

Training

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

Training provider

BEDFORD COLLEGE

Training course

Customer service practitioner (level 2)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

Level 2 Customer Service Practitioner.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • maths (grade 4/C)
  • English (grade 4/C)

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Organisation skills

Other requirements

Please consider your transport links to get to both the employers location and the college.
Candidates must attend an initial interview with a member of our Apprenticeship Recruitment Team if they meet the initial criteria as part of the recruitment process.
Only candidates who have fully completed the application will be considered.
Please be aware that the closing date is subject to change without prior notice.

About this employer

Retail/Sales Sports

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship there may be opportunity to progress to a full time position within the company.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BEDFORD COLLEGE

Phillipa Moodie

jobenquiries@justapply.co.uk

01234 291000

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038220.

Apply now

Closes in 8 days (Friday 3 July 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.