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Phone Customer Service Training

Practical phone customer service training that makes an immediate difference to every call. Your team learns to build rapport fast, stay in control of the call and resolve more at the first contact.

Choose Simon Blair’s Essentials, Foundations or PRO, or Daniel Ord’s Mastering Great Phone Conversations. Book a ticket on a live online public course, or train your whole team privately.

  • ACXPA certified courses
  • 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

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What’s in it for your team

What your team will do differently on the phone

Your phone team is often the first impression customers get. A clumsy call costs you time, repeat contacts and goodwill.

Our training changes behaviours fast, so the difference shows in the very next calls, and in the results you report on.

  • Fewer long calls, transfers and repeat contacts
  • Higher customer satisfaction and first contact resolution
  • More confident staff who stay in control of every call
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Build rapport fast

Open every call warmly and professionally, and make a strong first impression.

Stay in control of the call

A clear call structure that keeps conversations focused, efficient and on track.

Find the real need

Questioning and listening techniques that uncover what the customer actually needs.

Calm difficult callers

De-escalate frustrated customers with confidence and protect your team’s wellbeing.

Resolve more first time

Fewer long calls, transfers and repeat contacts, and more issues resolved at first contact.

Lift customer satisfaction

Consistent, professional calls that improve CSAT and strengthen your brand.

Choose your course

Two expert trainers, two ways to build phone skills

Choose Simon Blair’s ready-made course in the length that suits you: Essentials, Foundations or PRO. They’re built from decades running contact centres and more than 50,000 assessed calls.

Or choose Daniel Ord’s Mastering Great Phone Conversations: one complete course from a global expert, with a proven 4-step pattern for every call.

Simon Blair

Option 1Essentials, Foundations or PRO with Simon Blair About Simon Blair

Public or private

Phone Customer Service Essentials

1 × 3-hour sessionlive online or onsite

$315per person, ex GST

Best for: new starters, or a fast refresh for experienced staff.

  • Rapport and first impressions
  • A clear structure for every call
  • Questioning and active listening
  • Professional, positive language
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Public or private

Phone Customer Service Foundations

2 × 3-hour sessionsor a half day onsite

$485per person, ex GST

Best for: anyone who wants skills to stick through practice.

  • Everything in Essentials
  • More role plays with live coaching
  • Handling difficult customers
  • Fewer repeat contacts
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Private only

Phone Customer Service PRO

3 × 3-hour sessionsor a full day onsite

$645per person, ex GST

Best for: teams who want to master phone service.

  • Everything in Foundations
  • Advanced call control
  • De-escalation and service recovery
  • Consistent, measurable call quality
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Option 2With Daniel Ord

Want one complete course from a global expert?

Mastering Great Phone Conversations with Daniel Ord teaches a proven 4-step pattern for every call: Greet, Listen, Control and Solve.

Two live 4-hour sessions, with plenty of practice and a focus on sounding natural and human.

  • 2 × 4 hourslive online
  • $550per person, ex GST
  • Public or privateone ticket or your team

Daniel OrdTrainer: Daniel Ord · 50,000+ people trained in 40+ countries

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Three ways to train

Book a ticket for one person, bring the training to your whole team, or learn at your own pace.

Public course

Join a scheduled live online class

  • Essentials or Foundations
  • Fixed dates, easy to plan ahead
  • Book one ticket or several
  • Save 15% when you book 3 or more
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Private team training

Your team only, as-is or tailored

  • Essentials, Foundations or PRO
  • Or tailored around your products
  • Live online or onsite, on your dates
  • Minimum 5 participants
Talk to us about your team

Self-paced online

Short video lessons, any time

  • From $9.15 per person a month
  • 400+ practical lessons and quizzes
  • Manager dashboards, custom pathways
  • Certificates for every course
Explore self-paced

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Getting sign-off?

Compare all three courses, in one PDF

Download a two-page course guide that compares Essentials, Foundations and PRO: length, price, availability and what each level covers, ready to forward or attach to an approval.

Upcoming live public courses

Book a public phone customer service course

Essentials, Foundations and Mastering Great Phone Conversations run live online via Zoom. Book one ticket or several, and pay by card or request an invoice at checkout.

  • Live, expert-ledPractice with live coaching
  • Certificate includedFor everyone who completes
  • 15% off 3 or moreBooked in one transaction
  • 25% off for membersACXPA member pricing
  • 27Oct2026Phone Customer Service FoundationsTue 27 and Wed 28 Oct · 9:30am–12:30pm AEDT · 2 × 3 hours · Online via ZoomGive your team a proven structure for every call, plus the confidence to handle difficult customers, in this 2 × 3-hour live online course with Simon Blair, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 October 2026.$485ex GSTView course
  • 10Nov2026Customer Service Phone EssentialsTue 10 Nov · 1:30–4:30pm AEDT · 3 hours · Online via ZoomGive your team a proven structure for every customer call in this 3-hour live online course with Simon Blair, on Tuesday 10 November 2026.$315ex GSTView course
  • 1Dec2026Phone Customer Service FoundationsTue 1 and Wed 2 Dec · 9:30am–12:30pm AEDT · 2 × 3 hours · Online via ZoomGive your team a proven structure for every call, plus the confidence to handle difficult customers, in this 2 × 3-hour live online course with Simon Blair, Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 December 2026.$485ex GSTView course
  • 10Dec2026Customer Service Phone EssentialsThu 10 Dec · 9:30am–12:30pm AEDT · 3 hours · Online via ZoomGive your team a proven structure for every customer call in this 3-hour live online course with Simon Blair, on Thursday 10 December 2026.$315ex GSTView course
  • 14Jan2027Customer Service Phone EssentialsThu 14 Jan · 1:30–4:30pm AEDT · 3 hours · Online via ZoomGive your team a proven structure for every customer call in this 3-hour live online course with Simon Blair, on Thursday 14 January 2027.$315ex GSTView course
  • 11Feb2027Phone Customer Service FoundationsThu 11 and Fri 12 Feb · 1:00–4:00pm AEDT · 2 × 3 hours · Online via ZoomGive your team a proven structure for every call, plus the confidence to handle difficult customers, in this 2 × 3-hour live online course with Simon Blair, Thursday 11 and Friday 12 February 2027.$485ex GSTView course
Times shown in Melbourne time (AEST/AEDT). PRO runs privately for your team.

Who 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 all our customer service training? Browse all 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

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.

Why CX Skills

Why our phone training gets better results

We’re not a traditional training company. Our trainers come from operations, have worked the phones and led teams, so every technique is one that works on real calls.

100% phone-focused

Every technique, tip and activity is built around phone conversations, not generic customer service.

Built from real calls

We’ve assessed over 50,000 phone calls, so the training focuses on what actually drives better outcomes.

Practical sessions

Role plays, live demonstrations and coaching keep people involved and using what they learn.

Trainers who’ve done it

Usually delivered by Simon Blair, one of Australia’s most experienced customer service trainers.

Measurable results

Skills that lift call quality, customer satisfaction and first contact resolution, and are easy to track.

Industry standards

ACXPA certified, and built on the standards used to assess customer service.

Reviews

What participants say about our phone training

Verified reviews from people who’ve completed our phone customer service courses.

4.9

374 verified reviews across all CX Skills courses

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FAQs

Phone customer service training FAQs

Course options, delivery, pricing and who the training suits.

Still have questions? Get in touch
Who is phone customer service training for?
Anyone who handles customer calls: call centre agents, reception and office staff, customer service teams, small businesses, healthcare and professional services, and retail or ecommerce support. It suits new starters through to experienced staff who want sharper skills.
Essentials vs Foundations vs PRO: what changes?
The core framework is the same across all three. As you move up, you get more time, practice and depth:
  • Essentials: 1 × 3-hour session covering the fundamentals.
  • Foundations: 2 × 3-hour sessions with more role play, coaching and feedback.
  • PRO: 3 × 3-hour live online sessions or a full day onsite, adding advanced call control, de-escalation and service recovery. PRO is private only.
How much does phone customer service training cost?
Public courses are $315 per person for Essentials and $485 per person for Foundations (ex GST). Save 15% when you book three or more people in the same transaction, and ACXPA members save 25%. Private training, including PRO, is quoted for your team.
What is Mastering Great Phone Conversations?
It’s a separate phone course designed and delivered by global expert Daniel Ord. It teaches a 4-step pattern for every call (Greet, Listen, Control and Solve) over two live 4-hour sessions, for $550 per person (ex GST), public or private. See the course and modules.
What’s the difference between public and private courses?
Public courses run on set dates, live online, and you can book a single ticket. Private courses are for your team only: you choose the dates, delivery is online or onsite, and there’s a minimum of 5 participants.
Will a public course definitely go ahead?
Public courses need a minimum number of participants to run, so we reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a date if too few people book. It rarely happens, and if it does we’ll let you know as early as possible and you can move to another date or get a full refund.
Is the training delivered online or in person?
Public courses are live online via Zoom. Private courses can be live online or onsite at your workplace anywhere in Australia, New Zealand or the Asia Pacific (travel costs apply). Online delivery makes it easy to fit training around rosters, peak periods and time zones.
Can the training be customised for our business?
Yes. Every course is ready to run and built for immediate impact, and private delivery can be tailored to your systems, customer types and KPIs, with role plays drawn from your own calls.
Do participants receive a certificate?
Yes. Everyone who completes a course receives a digital certificate of completion.
Are the courses ACXPA certified?
Yes. Our phone customer service courses are ACXPA certified and built on the standards ACXPA uses to assess customer service.
Is there a self-paced option?
Yes. Our self-paced courses are a low-cost option when time, budget or rosters are tight, with short video lessons, workbooks, quizzes and certificates.
How do I book?
For a public course, choose a date in the upcoming dates and book online by card or invoice. For private training, talk to us or call us on +61 3 9008 7287.

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