Public Sector Customer Service PRO Training
The most comprehensive version of our public sector customer service training – built for teams who want the framework fully embedded, with maximum practice time, confidence and consistency across a broad range of community-facing enquiries.
PRO is built around the same evidence-based service model used across our public sector programs, but goes further in how it is applied. Participants learn to structure interactions clearly, ask better questions, explain decisions in plain language and close conversations in a way that feels fair and respectful for the community.
Delivered as 3 × 3-hour live online sessions or a single full-day onsite workshop, this program is ideal for councils, departments and agencies wanting a deeper capability lift and repeated opportunities to apply the model to their real enquiry types.
- 3 × 3-hour live online sessions or 1-day onsite
- Delivered privately for your council, department or agency
- Based on ACXPA’s evidence-backed service model
- More time for hands-on practice using scenarios aligned to your department.
- Builds stronger consistency, clarity and confidence across all enquiry types.
- Deepens capability with refined questioning, explanation and wording techniques.
- Ideal for teams who want the framework fully embedded across customer-facing roles.
Why This Course Matters for Public Sector Teams
Public sector staff manage a huge variety of enquiries — quick information requests, emotionally charged conversations, and situations that require clear explanations of rules, decisions or next steps. To deliver consistent, confident service, teams need more than natural communication skills: they need a structured method they can rely on under any conditions.
The PRO course provides the extended time needed to embed that method properly. It uses the same evidence-based service framework applied across our public sector programs and gives participants more practice, more repetition and more real-world scenario work so the skills become instinctive.
Across three focused online sessions — or a single full-day onsite workshop for teams who prefer in-person delivery — participants refine their questioning, strengthen how they explain decisions, sharpen their wording and build the behavioural consistency needed for clearer, smoother interactions across phone, email and in-person enquiries.
If you want staff to fully embed the framework and be the best equipped to handle any type of enquiry, this is the course that gives them the depth, practice time and confidence to carry it into every conversation.
Who Is This Course Suitable For?
Public Sector Customer Service PRO is ideal for frontline staff across all public-facing channels – phone, email, counter, field roles and hybrid environments – who are regularly dealing with community enquiries and decisions.
The PRO course teaches the ACXPA-aligned customer service framework and provides the most time to practise, apply and strengthen it. There are no prerequisites – PRO is designed to stand alone for teams who want the most complete treatment of the model and enough repetition for it to stick.
Delivered as 3 × 3-hour live online sessions or a single full-day onsite workshop, participants work through realistic scenarios, practise key techniques, refine clarity and wording, and build the consistency that public sector environments depend on – especially when enquiries vary from one person to the next.
It’s a strong fit for councils, departments and agencies wanting staff to deliver smoother, clearer and more consistent community interactions across every channel.
Typical roles that benefit from this course include:
- Customer Service Officers: assisting community members across phone, email and in person.
- Contact Centre Agents: handling varied enquiry types day-to-day.
- Front-of-House / Counter Staff: supporting community members face-to-face.
- Administration & Support Officers: responding to internal and external enquiries.
- Team Leaders & Coordinators: wanting teams to fully embed a consistent service framework.
- Experienced staff: who want extra practice and sharper, more consistent delivery.
Aligned with ACXPA’s Industry-Leading Customer Service Standards
Great customer service in the public sector can’t rely on instinct. It needs to be defined, measured and repeatable. That’s why our public sector training is built on the same quality standards used to assess real council performance across Australia.
CX Skills is aligned with the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association (ACXPA), the independent body behind the Australian Council Call Centre Rankings .
Every month, ACXPA assesses real customer interactions using more than 80 evidence-based criteria across accessibility, call handling, communication quality, service clarity, complaint management and more.
Our training is designed from these insights. The frameworks, call flows, wording models and techniques we teach directly align with the ACXPA Customer Service Quality Standards , giving your teams a clear, consistent, high-performance approach they can use every day.
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Public Sector Customer Service PRO is delivered as 3 × 3-hour live online sessions or a single full-day onsite workshop. It provides the most time for staff to practise, refine and fully embed a clear, repeatable service framework they can use across phone, email and face-to-face channels.
The course is structured into nine practical modules that build capability through realistic examples, scenario-based activities and techniques tailored specifically for public sector environments.
All participants receive a comprehensive course workbook containing the framework, language guides, examples and space for notes — helping them carry the approach directly into their day-to-day work.
Session 1 – Core Skills & Foundations (3 hours)
1. What Good Public Sector Service Looks Like
Establishes the foundations for high-quality public sector service. Staff explore expectations, fairness, clarity and how their role directly shapes trust in their organisation.
Sets up the mindset required to use the framework confidently and consistently.
2. The Public Sector Conversation Framework
Introduces the structured, repeatable model for managing enquiries across all channels. Staff learn each step of the framework and how it supports clear, calm and consistent interactions.
Includes first guided practice activities to build confidence with the structure.
3. Clarity, Tone & Professional Language
Focuses on how to explain processes and expectations clearly while staying respectful and professional. Staff practise plain-English phrasing and tone control to reduce community confusion or frustration.
Session 2 – Applying the Framework (3 hours)
4. Effective Questioning & Information Gathering
Teaches staff how to uncover the right details quickly and respectfully. Staff learn structured questioning, clarifying and confirmation techniques that prevent misunderstandings and rework.
5. Managing Difficult, Emotional or Sensitive Situations
Practical techniques for staying calm and in control when emotions escalate or when policy limits the available options. Staff practise de-escalation, boundary setting and keeping conversations on track.
6. Explaining Decisions, Policy & Next Steps
Helps staff explain outcomes – especially when the answer is “no” – without fuelling frustration. Focus on clear reasoning, expectation-setting and presenting next steps properly.
Session 3 – Practice, Refinement & Mastery (3 hours)
7. Handling High-Complexity or Multi-Step Enquiries
Staff work through layered or multi-stage enquiries that involve process, policy or multiple teams. The focus is structure, clarity and managing expectations.
8. Advanced Scenarios & Guided Practice
A mix of scenario-based activities that allow staff to practise applying the framework naturally. Includes variations in emotion, complexity, policy requirements and communication channels.
9. Putting It All Together & Embedding the Approach
A final consolidation module where staff bring all components together. Focus on confidence, consistency and building habits they can rely on immediately in their day-to-day roles.
Compare Public Sector Customer Service Course Options
You're currently viewing the Public Sector Customer Service PRO course — the option with the most time for practice, application and refinement across real public-sector scenarios.
If you’re looking for a faster introduction, the Essentials course delivers the core framework in a single session. If you want more practice without committing to the full PRO program, Foundations sits in the middle with two structured sessions. Here’s a quick comparison to help you choose the right fit:
Not quite the right fit? We also offer specialised channel/role-specific customer service training for frontline (in-person) teams, phone-based staff, live chat, email customer service, and managing difficult customers.
🤑 Looking for a budget-friendly option?
Our self-paced online courses give public sector teams access to 300+ bite-sized soft-skills courses and structured pathways starting from around $9 per person per month.
Admins can assign courses, build role-based pathways, and track completion through simple dashboards, making it ideal for capability frameworks, compliance and performance conversations.
Start with the Online Customer Service Course pathway or learn more about our self-paced course options →
Why Government Teams Trust CX Skills for High-Stakes Customer Service Training
When public sector staff work in fast-paced environments where clarity, calmness and consistency matter, they need training that gives them the time to build strong habits and apply the framework naturally.
PRO gives teams the most time to build confidence, fluency and consistency using a proven framework shaped by real public sector work.
- Purpose-built for government: Our programs are designed around legislation, policy, community expectations and the realities of frontline work — not generic corporate scripts.
- Grounded in evidence, not opinions: Every model and technique aligns with the ACXPA Customer Service Quality Standards , giving your team habits that support clarity, fairness and trust.
- Interactive and scenario-rich: PRO allows staff to apply the framework across a wider range of situations so the skills become natural, repeatable and steady under pressure.
- Flexible delivery for busy operations: Live online or onsite with timings designed around rosters, workloads and community demand.
- Australian-owned and independent: You get responsive support, customisation where needed and training shaped around real public sector challenges — not a global franchise template.
Passion oozes and learning is fun
It was great to link all the elements of CX together. A clear path of which CX muscle to flex to deliver an outcome. Comprehensive, refreshing, engaging and great for those with years of experience or just new on the scene. You will learn something!
Engaging and structured!
Daniel has made the 4 x half days fly very quickly, even through online delivery. The course was very engaging and informative. He has made the big beast of CX management not so scary and gave practical examples of where to start. The big takeaway for me is how all the many “big” aspects tie together, and that we don’t need to know all of it to get our CX journey going. Thank you Daniel and Marcus!
Engaging and Fun
Simon demonstrated his vast experience with a very informative, engaging and entertaining program. Came away with immediate skills to manage consumers. I found it extremely helpful. Thank you, Simon. Hope the roast turned out ok!
So Helpful!
Simon was so knowledgeable and easy to work with. I look forward to bringing his enthusiasm and skills to the rest of my team. This course is definitely worth it!
A very thought-provoking and useful session.
Thank you to Nant for such an insightful and well-paced course. I learnt a lot about my own triggers, responses/reactions to them in both the workplace and life more broadly, and how I can best arm myself to be more resilient in the future, especially having recently come into a workplace that is entirely new to me and moved interstate.
My favourite part of our discussion was the association Nant made between action and confidence. I had never really thought about how confidence can also be something that is practical rather than emotional, and that it is up to us to continually hone this as a skill rather than an attribute that may or may not come naturally to us. Thank you. 🙂
Great introduction to Journey Mapping!
We have recently begun our Customer Experience journey and a huge part of this is understanding the Customer Journey. What a great course this was to introduce us to what it was all about.
We had the best trainers in Rod and Simon and the course was really well structured. Done over 2 sessions, it took us through the basics then gave us some time to piece together a map ourselves. It opened my eyes to things that I hadn’t considered were part of a customer journey before.
Overall, a fantastic course to begin with, well structured, very informative and well-paced with lots of time to ask questions and consider scenarios.
Knowledgeable and Engaging
I recently completed the Customer Journey Mapping course, and it was an incredibly insightful and valuable experience. The course content was well-structured and covered all the essential aspects of customer journey mapping, from understanding customer personas to creating detailed journey maps.
The instructors were knowledgeable and engaging, providing real-world examples that made the concepts easier to grasp. Overall, I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to enhance their skills in customer journey mapping.
It has equipped me with the knowledge and confidence to improve customer experiences and drive better business outcomes.
Great Course with a Great Trainer
Daniel was a terrific trainer, he was extremely engaging and encouraging to all participants. The content was great and provided myself and my colleagues a lot of clarity around how to improve our quality process. I definitely recommend this course for anyone looking to expand and/or improve their quality assurance procedures.
Positive training course
I would like to show much appreciation to Simon and Nant for their customer foundation course. Simon and Nant were engaging and personable.
The teachings were related back to our work situations which was most helpful. The health and wellbeing model was a very valuable experience – allowing for vulnerability.
I have already used some of the strategies in my personal life and will continue to put the teachings into practise within my working relationships as well as my personal relationships with family and friends.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and guidance.
Very interesting & engaging!
Daniel is a passionate and very knowledgeable CX expert who was very engaging throughout the whole course. Relevant course content and thought-provoking activities to learn through discussion. Definitely recommend this training!
Practical, efficient and relevant CX stategies
The course (over 3 days) was brilliant! Very engaging workshop. Tailored content.
Efficient and practical strategies that can be implemented immediately in my role and personal situations.
Definitely recommended.
Definitely essential!
This course provided me with both professional and personal skills. I feel more confident in how to approach difficult interactions with others. What I learnt will now be part of my daily routine. Thank you Nant!
Very Informative
Coming into this course I had no idea what factors were involved in a contact centre, as this is a new role for me and the company, but now I feel confident to take what I have learnt and build on what we need to make our contact centre a success.
Thank you to Daniel on keeping us focused and making the experience fun and very informative.
Comprehensive & Engaging!
Simon conducted an extremely comprehensive Customer Service Phone Pro Training. His knowledge was incredibly impressive and I’m very grateful to have taken away so many new skills.
Simon gave valuable advice for not only how we communicate with customers but also with family, friends and strangers. I will definitely be applying my new learning in everyday life.
What a Great Course!
So much information but all extremely valuable. Daniel and Marcus were nothing but fantastic throughout this course. Will definitely recommend to my colleagues and friends
Excellent content, Excellent delivery, Excellent Instructor
I’ve participated in several courses with CX Skills now, specifically with Daniel Ord as the instructor. Daniel has a wealth of knowledge around customer experience and his history in customer service is top notch. CX Skills has become my go to for my team’s customer service and customer experience development. Look forward to next one.
Engaging and Highly Valuable!
I have taken many learnings from this course. Daniel presented in an delightfully engaging manner and provided a wealth of knowledge and insight.
I see a lot of long term benefit from this course. It has sparked new ideas, and has shifted my mindset in several ways.
Daniel provided many practical tools to utilise, and presented some fantastic ideas and valuable feedback.
Highly Recommended!
I just completed the contact centre management fundamentals 4 x 4-hour workshop and it was fantastic! The facilitator (Daniel Ord) was really engaging and explained everything from WFM to forecasting in an easy to understand manner. Highly recommend to anyone working in a contact centre environment!
Putting the CXy in Customer Experience!
I’m new to the world of CX and now have a house for me to keep my acquired learnings! I felt like I had some basic Ikea furniture in my house before, but the course has given me the appetite and courage to go for more artisan pieces.
Who knows? Maybe Wedgewood is in the horizon! Both Daniel and Marcus are such engaging presenters and so knowledgeable. Highly recommended!
Thoroughly enjoyed this course!
This course was very true to its name and provides a comprehensive overview and understanding of the competencies of successful CX Management. Daniel was extremely engaging, exceptionally well versed in the theory and allowed for some very rich contributions and shared learnings from across the group.
Highly recommend for anyone looking to expand their knowledge in this space and those looking to pursue their CCXP accreditation.
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Public Sector Customer Service PRO Course Pricing
The Public Sector Customer Service PRO program is delivered as a private course for your organisation only. Pricing typically starts from $578 per person (ex GST), based on a minimum of 5 participants.
Final investment depends on group size and delivery format (live online or onsite), with discounted per-person rates available for larger teams.
One of the key advantages of PRO is flexibility: we work with you to select dates and times that best suit your rosters, service hours and locations, so training supports operations rather than disrupting them.
To discuss pricing, dates and delivery options, simply contact us and we’ll put together a tailored proposal for your organisation.
💳 Payment can be made by invoice, purchase order or credit card, aligned to your procurement requirements.
Give your frontline staff the time, structure and guided practice they need to deliver clear, calm and consistent service across every public-facing interaction. 🎯
Public Sector Customer Service PRO — Quick FAQs
PRO is a private-only program. It’s designed specifically for councils, departments and government agencies that want dedicated sessions for their staff.
If you’re looking to enrol individual staff or smaller numbers, the Public Sector Customer Service Essentials and Public Sector Customer Service Foundations courses are both available as public programs, with a minimum of just one ticket required to book.
To organise a private PRO program for your organisation, simply contact us to discuss options.
The PRO program requires a minimum of five participants.
Larger teams receive reduced per-person pricing, and multi-cohort rollouts can be organised for bigger agencies or multi-site environments.
All three courses use the same ACXPA-aligned public sector service framework. What changes is the time available for guided practice, application and confidence-building.
- Essentials: 1 × 3-hour session — fast introduction to the framework.
- Foundations: 2 × 3-hour sessions — more time to apply, practise and embed the model.
- PRO (this course): 3 × 3-hour sessions — the most time for guided practice across a broader range of public sector scenarios, allowing staff to apply the framework until it becomes second nature.
PRO isn’t “more advanced theory” — it’s simply more time to practise and refine the model so staff feel confident using it naturally, even when enquiries are detailed, emotional or policy-driven.
Very. Because PRO is private delivery, we schedule it around your operational needs. Common formats include:
- Three consecutive mornings or afternoons
- One session per week across three weeks
- Split-day formats for teams with rotating shifts
- Staggered delivery for multi-site or hybrid teams
The goal is simple: zero service disruption and maximum learning impact.
Government procurement is supported end-to-end:
- Invoice — standard for most PRO bookings
- Purchase Order (PO) — fully supported
- Credit card — available if required
Quotes, proposals and any required documentation can be supplied on request.