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Customer Skills for Professions

Columbia-Greene Community College

Micro-CredentialAcademic

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Learners who complete the Customer Skills for Professions will demonstrate a thorough understanding of their job-specific role in customer interactions. They will understand the benefits of customer-centric service, as well as adapt to specific and diverse customer behaviors. By employing customer-centric techniques to deal with stressful situations and challenging conversations, successful completers will demonstrate their ability to overcome barriers to outstanding delivery.

Credits

16 credits

Format

In-Person

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Program Details

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Requirements

What you need to earn this credential

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Financial Aid

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • New York

    New York

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

Auto-populated·from O*NET via SOC 43-4051.00

Skills

Service OrientationActive ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingComplex Problem SolvingTime ManagementWriting

Knowledge

Customer and Personal ServiceEnglish LanguageAdministration and ManagementSales and MarketingMathematics

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionSpeech RecognitionSpeech ClarityProblem SensitivityWritten ExpressionNear VisionWritten ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningInductive Reasoning

Tasks

  • Confer with customers by telephone or in person to provide information about products or services, t
  • Keep records of customer interactions or transactions, recording details of inquiries, complaints, o
  • Check to ensure that appropriate changes were made to resolve customers' problems.

Technology

Network conferencing softwareDocument management softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareHuman resources softwareData base user interface and query software

Tools

Autodialing systemsAutomatic call distribution ACD systemCalling line identification equipmentCash registersDesktop computersDialed number identification systems DNISGlobal positioning system GPS receiversMulti-line telephone systemsOn hold playersPersonal digital assistants PDAPredictive dialersScannersVoice broadcasting systemsWireless telephone headsetsWireless telephone systems

Work Values

RelationshipsSupportIndependenceAchievementRecognitionWorking Conditions
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

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Occupations matched to this program, with median wage, top wage, growth, and openings
SOCOccupationMethodWageGrowthOpenings
Match confidence: medium43-4051.00Customer Service Representativestitle_inference$42,830 median$62,730 top-5.46%-15,370
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

Auto-populated·from NSX Competency Framework

Mastery: emerging (Level 1)(based on Micro-Credential)

  • Account lookups and identity verification — perform per company script across the standard contact channels.
  • Customer-facing tone and pacing — deliver consistently within the first month under QA review.
  • Knowledge-base articles for common questions — read, paraphrase, and apply during a call without dead air.
  • Ticketing-system data entry — log calls accurately to the company's CRM schema.
  • Hold-and-transfer procedures — execute correctly when an issue exceeds tier-1 scope.
  • Common script paths (returns, billing questions, password resets) — follow to resolution on familiar issues.
  • Compliance disclosures (recording notice, do-not-call) — deliver verbatim per regulatory requirements.
  • Personal-info handling (PHI, PCI) — apply the company's privacy posture in every interaction.
  • Tone-of-voice corrections from QA — incorporate within one coaching cycle.
  • Schedule adherence (login, breaks, ACW) — meet within the team's stated targets.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

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