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SSDIS01014

Basic Skills For Retail

Introduction

The retail sector has always offered employment opportunities to get people started in their working journey and their career pathway.

 

From supermarkets to high-end fashion boutiques to automotive part stores, the retail sector offers great variety and many options right across Australia. Although it is considered a starting point for our young people, it also offers many growth opportunities with many of the senior leaders starting their career at the entry level.

 

Retail is typically a starting point for our young people but it also offers opportunities at any stage of life.

Category
  • Short Courses
  • Pre-Employment
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Overview

Are you looking for your first opportunity in employment? Or perhaps you want a change in your career pathway.

 

This course gives you the basic skills to start your journey in the world of retail in an interactive environment. You’ll enjoy ‘working’ in our simulated retail store whilst gaining the confidence to deliver excellent customer service, create high-impact merchandise displays, and develop employability skills in teamwork, POS systems and communication.

 

You will even be given the opportunity to put these skills into practice in the real world with 12 hours of vocational placement in a retail outlet.

 

Successful participants will receive a nationally accredited Statement of Attainment in SIR20216 Certificate II in Retail Services.

Job Roles

Individuals in these roles generally carry out a range of routine tasks including assisting and serving customers, creating and managing displays, and stocking shelves. These individuals will work with some autonomy under close supervision. 

 

Possible job roles relevant to this qualification include:

  • Retail operators
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Register operators
  • Frontline Sales Assistant
  • Shop Assistant

Delivery Mode

  • Classroom
  • Full-time – up to 6 weeks

Assessment

Assessment may consist of:

  • Written answers to questions 
  • Role plays
  • Project
  • Holistic assessment
  • Vocational placement
  • Recognition of prior learning

 

Evidence may be:

  • Written 
  • Audio recordings
  • Video recordings
  • Observation
  • Zoom recording
  • Interview
  • Documents 

Entry requirements

There are no prerequisites for this course.

 

All students will engage in a language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) activity to evaluate potential support requirements. Students who are funded are required to complete an alternative and similar activity. 

Course Content

Course consists of the following units.

SIRRMER001

Produce visual merchandise displays
SIRXCOM001Communicate in the workplace to support team and customer outcomes
SIRXIND001Work effectively in a service environment
SIRXCEG001Engage the customer
SIRXSLS001Sell to the retail customer
SIRRRTF001Balance and secure point-of-sale terminal
VOCATIONAL PLACEMENT12 hours

Fees and Subsidies

Fees vary due to government funding options available for some courses. Please contact us to confirm course fees.

Options may include:

  • Fee for Service
  • Concession
  • SkillingSA

Duration

  • Full-time – up to 6 weeks

Why this course

Useful everywhere

The skills you’ll learn in hospitality are highly transferable and can support you while you are studying or travelling.

Continued growth

No matter how the worldwide economy is doing, the growth trend of the hospitality industry will not slow down.

All about diversity

Enrich your skills, experiences, & knowledge about other countries and cultures by meeting many different people in hospitality.

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