Phone Customer Service · PRO · private team training
Phone Customer Service PRO
Our most complete phone training, for teams who want to master the phone: nine hours of live training that turns a proven call framework into everyday habits.
PRO is private training for your team, delivered live online over three sessions or as a full day onsite at your workplace.
- 5.0/5 from verified reviews
- ACXPA certified course
- Built from 50,000+ assessed calls
- Certificate included
Trusted by leading organisationsHundreds of businesses, from local councils to national brands, have chosen CX Skills to upskill their teams. See who we’ve trained
What’s in it for you
Immediate impact, and habits that last
Every session gives your team techniques to use on their next shift, and the three-session format lets them practise on real calls and come back to refine, with plenty of coaching along the way.
For leaders, it creates a shared language for quality that makes coaching, onboarding and consistency easier long after the training.
- Premium call handling on every call
- Calm, confident handling of complaints
- A shared language for quality and coaching
Know what customers want
What customers want and need from a call, based on decades of research.
Start every call well
Ownership, intent and clear expectations that build trust from the first words.
Find the need fast
Three discovery techniques that uncover what the customer actually needs.
Explain clearly
Present information simply, with checks for questions and understanding.
Close with confidence
Final checks and clear next steps that avoid clunky finishes and repeat calls.
Handle difficult callers
A simple two-step method to calm frustrated customers and de-escalate.
The course
Three sessions that turn skills into habits
Phone Customer Service PRO runs over three live 3-hour sessions, or as a full-day onsite workshop. Each session builds on the last, from mindset and standards to confident handling of difficult customers.
Every session includes demonstrations, role plays and coaching, and the course finishes with full-call simulations drawn from the calls your team takes.
It’s aligned to the standards ACXPA uses to assess customer service.
- 3 × 3 hoursOr a full day onsite
- Online or onsiteZoom, Teams or your premises
- Private onlyJust your team, on your dates
- CertificateFor everyone who completes
What’s covered: nine modules over three sessions
Session 1 sets the mindset and standards, Session 2 lifts the core conversation, and Session 3 brings it all together.
The Psychology of Customer Service
What customers want and need, and why every call matters.
- Decades of research
- Why the experience matters
- Representing your brand
The ACXPA Global Contact Centre CX Standards
The five core competencies behind great calls.
- The five competencies
- Premium service delivery
- How standards shape perception
How to Engage
A strong first impression and customer focus from the start.
- Ownership and intent
- Managing expectations
- Call type simulations
How to Discover Needs
Three discovery techniques, as used by the FBI.
- Converse, mirror and confirm
- Trainer demonstrations
- Extensive practice
How to Educate
Inform customers in a way that maximises first contact resolution.
- Clarity, pacing and pausing
- Checks for understanding
- Checks for suitability
How to Close
Transform the end of every call.
- Three closing techniques
- Strong final checks
- Rapid-fire practice
Energy and Empathy
Not just what to say, but how to say it.
- Tone and voice projection
- Sounding fresh when tired
- Confidence and clarity
Dealing with Difficult Customers
The science of emotions, and a two-step method to calm them.
- Emotions in real time
- The two-step method
- The right language
End-to-End Simulations
Full-call role plays with each other and the trainer.
- End-to-end calls
- Your typical call types
- Ready for the next shift
Two ways to run PRO
PRO is private training for your team. Choose the format that suits your rosters and locations.
Live online
3 × 3-hour sessions
- Via Zoom or Teams
- Spaced learning that sticks
- Ideal for spread-out teams
- No travel or venue costs
Onsite
A full day at your workplace
- Everyone in the room
- High energy, fast rollout
- Hands-on coaching
- Travel costs may apply
Only one or two people?
Try a public course
- Essentials: 1 × 3 hours, $315
- Foundations: 2 × 3 hours, $485
- Live online via Zoom
- Book one ticket or several
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Compare phone courses
Compare the three phone courses
All three courses teach the same proven framework. Essentials and Foundations also run as public courses, if you only have one or two people to train.
| Compare | Public or privatePhone Customer ServiceEssentials | Public or privatePhone Customer ServiceFoundations | This coursePhone Customer ServicePRO |
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| Length | 1 × 3-hour sessionlive online or onsite | 2 × 3-hour sessionsor a half day onsite | 3 × 3-hour sessionsor a full day onsite |
| Price | $315per person, ex GST | $485per person, ex GST | $645per person, ex GST |
| Availability | Public or private | Public or private | Private only |
| Best for | New starters, or a fast refresh for experienced staff. | Anyone who wants skills to stick through practice. | Teams who want to master phone service. |
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| Link | View Essentials | View Foundations | You’re on this page |
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Everything your manager needs, in one PDF
Download a two-page fact sheet for Phone Customer Service PRO: outcomes, modules, format, price and options, plus how it compares with our other phone courses.
Course fact sheet (PDF)
Outcomes, modules, format, price and how to book, ready to forward or attach to an approval.
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Talk to usWho it’s for
Who is phone customer service training for?
Anyone who speaks with customers on the phone, from new starters to experienced staff who want sharper skills.
Customer service teams
Phone-based support and account management in any industry.
Reception and office staff
Managing incoming calls for businesses, practices and service desks.
Call centre agents
Inbound enquiries, complaints and support calls in contact centres of any size.
Small business teams
Anyone taking customer calls who wants to sound more professional.
Healthcare and professional services
Patient and client calls that need care, clarity and discretion.
Retail and ecommerce support
Product enquiries, orders and complaints handled by phone.
Looking for the full range of phone training? See all phone customer service courses
ACXPA certified
Want your calls to meet the standard ACXPA uses to assess customer service?
CX Skills is the official training partner of ACXPA, which sets the standards used to assess customer service and publishes the Australian Call Centre Rankings.
Our phone customer service courses are ACXPA certified, so your team learns the behaviours that phone service is actually measured on.
- ACXPA certified phone customer service courses
- Built on the standards used to assess customer service
- ACXPA members save 25% on every live public course
ACXPA membership
Want the tools and support to handle every call with confidence?
ACXPA membership is a practitioner-built, vendor-neutral toolkit for anyone who looks after customers on the phone, and you don’t need to book a course to use it.
Members get self-paced courses on phone skills and difficult customers, a complaints framework your whole team can follow, the standards ACXPA uses to assess customer service calls, and live access to contact centre leaders every fortnight.
- 17self-paced courses with certificates
- 65+tools, templates and resources
- 50+hours of live expert access a year
- 25%off CX Skills live public courses
Sharpen your skills, any time
Self-paced courses on phone skills, service excellence, difficult customers and complaints, each with a workbook, quiz and certificate.
Plus one-minute refreshers that work well in a team huddle.
Handle every complaint the same way
The 7-Step Complaints Handling Framework, staff cheat sheets and logging tools in the Complaints Handling Hub.
Built to reduce escalations and restore customer trust.
Live expert access
A relaxed, off-the-record Open Mic on Zoom every second Tuesday with ACXPA’s founder and CEO.
Plus monthly CX and Call Centre Roundtables, kept in a searchable library.
Plus member tools built for phone teams
See where your service stands
The Customer Service Health Check rates you across 17 dimensions, with a full diagnostic and action plan for members.
The standard your calls are judged on
The ACXPA Global Contact Centre CX Standards: the phone behaviours ACXPA uses to assess customer service calls.
Spot who needs coaching
The Agent Performance Matrix plots each person on quality versus productivity, so coaching goes where it helps most.
An ACXPA Individual Membership is $197 ex GST a year, and Business Membership starts at $497 for a team of five, under $100 per person.
Every member gets 25% off CX Skills live public courses: five people on one $485 Foundations course save $606.25, more than a Business Membership costs.
Reviews
What participants say
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FAQs
Phone Customer Service PRO FAQs
Format, pricing, content and who the course suits.
Who is PRO for?
Can I book one ticket on PRO?
What’s covered?
How much does it cost?
Online or onsite?
Can it be tailored for our team?
Do participants receive a certificate?
Is the course ACXPA certified?
Is there a lower-cost or self-paced option?
An ACXPA membership is another option: members save 25% on live public courses and get 12 months of tools, templates and live sessions.
Can I get something to share with my manager?
How do I book?
Talk to us
Questions about training your team?
Book a call to talk it through, or send us a message and we’ll get back to you.
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