Technical Support / Helpdesk Customer Service Essentials Course

$278 per person ex GST (Discounts Available)
Delivered via 1 x 3-Hour Session

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The Technical Support and Help Desk Customer Service Training Essentials course is a high-impact, 3-hour session designed to equip your technical support and help desk employees with the professional customer service skills they need to excel.

Whether you’re onboarding new hires, refreshing seasoned employees, or upskilling staff who’ve never had formal customer service training, this course builds confidence, improves communication, and enhances customer interactions in a technical support/help-desk environment.

We go beyond outdated customer service clichés like “smile with your voice” or “use the customer’s name three times.”

Instead, this course is built on real-world insights from over 50,000 assessed phone calls, aligning with the ACXPA Phone Quality Standards to focus on five core competencies and 18 proven behaviours that drive better customer experiences.

No rigid scripts – because they don’t work! Instead, we offer a structured and adaptable approach that enables employees to communicate with energy, empathy, and clarity in critical moments.

Master call flow: Employees will learn to confidently open and close calls, diagnose root causes of customer issues, and ensure clarity and resolution throughout.

Handle difficult interactions with ease: We teach a simple yet powerful two-step method to manage challenging customers and situations effectively.

This course delivers an immediate performance uplift, ensuring employees leave with practical, actionable skills that positively impact your business from day one.

If you’re looking for a fast, engaging, and results-driven training experience, you’ve found it! 🚀

Technical Support and Help Desk Customer Service Training Essentials course
Help Desk Customer Service Training Essentials course

Technical Support & Help Desk Customer Service Essentials Fast Facts

Customer Service Built for Tech Teams

This course is specifically designed for staff working in technical support, help desks, and IT service roles who engage with customers over the phone. It delivers a targeted, high-impact training session to improve communication, professionalism, and confidence in every customer interaction.

Delivered as a single 3-hour live online session, the course blends practical skills with real-world scenarios to help your team deliver better service outcomes — without disrupting operations.

Purpose Built: Designed specifically for any employee dealing with customers over the phone in a help desk/technical support role (office/admin, call centre, etc.)
Fast-Track Learning in Just 3 Hours: A single live, virtual training session designed to quickly build skills while minimising operational disruption.
Interactive & Engaging Delivery: Delivered live and online, ensuring a high-energy, practical learning experience that’s as enjoyable as it is effective.
Industry Alignment: Aligned with the Australian Customer Experience Professionals Association (ACXPA's) Phone Quality Standards, ensuring your team delivers exceptional customer experiences every time.
Expert-Led by Simon Blair: Designed and facilitated live by Simon Blair, one of Australia’s top customer service trainers — no scripted templates, just real-world expertise.

Course Suitability

The Technical Support & Help Desk Customer Service Essentials course teaches universally applicable customer service skills that work across all industries, products, and services — perfect for employees who provide support over the phone, whether to internal teams or external customers.

If your staff are new, never formally trained, or just in need of a reset, this course delivers the core fundamentals of clear, professional, and effective support — when it matters most.

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Typical roles that will benefit from this course include:

💻 IT Support Staff: Employees providing phone-based internal tech support.
🛠️ Technical Help Desk Teams: Frontline support teams handling customer tech issues.
📞 Call Centre Agents: Staff providing phone-based support for software, hardware, or tech services.
🏢 Corporate IT Service Desks: Support staff assisting employees in enterprise environments.
🌐 Software & SaaS Support Teams: Phone support staff assisting users of cloud-based platforms.
🔌 Telco & ISP Support Reps: Agents helping with internet, phone, and technical services.
🖥️ In-House Tech Admins: Admin or junior staff tasked with basic IT troubleshooting and support.

Give your employees the skills, confidence, and structure they need to deliver clear, professional, and effective support — every call, every time. 🚀

Purpose-Built for Engaging Online Delivery

As a short course, the Technical Support Customer Service Essentials training has been expertly designed for online delivery, combining interactive learning with practical techniques to keep participants engaged, build confidence, and drive real improvement in technical support interactions.

This is not another passive webinar. The course features live demonstrations, group discussions, and hands-on practice to ensure participants develop skills they can immediately apply.

Our facilitator, Simon Blair, is one of Australia’s leading customer service trainers. His dynamic and engaging approach makes learning enjoyable and effective — even in a virtual environment.

At just 3 hours, this course is concise yet impactful, equipping employees with the core skills to handle technical support queries professionally and efficiently. Best of all, they return to work immediately, ready to apply their new knowledge.

Delivered via Zoom, the course is easily accessible from any internet browser — no downloads, no tech hassles.

We understand that online training can sometimes feel less engaging.

But our participants consistently rate this course as just as effective and interactive as in-person training — and often more convenient.

👉 Still unsure? Check out the customer testimonials from our online courses >

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Course Agenda

Over a 3-hour online/virtual training session, the Technical Support and Help Desk Customer Service Essentials course will teach your staff the critical skills that top-performing support employees use to deliver superior customer experiences and efficient first contact resolution.

The content is aligned with the Australian Phone Customer Service Quality Standards, covering five core competencies and 18 behaviours required to deliver exceptional phone-based customer service — whether working in an office, contact centre, or remotely.

Centred on empathy, discovery, clarity, and energy, your employees will learn to handle every technical support interaction with confidence, professionalism, and structure.

The training includes powerful demonstrations and practical exercises across six key modules:

The Psychology of Customer Service

This module sets the scene about what your customers (internal employees or external customers) want and need when contacting your business for support.

Handling customer and staff enquiries when things go wrong with their products, services, or tech presents unique challenges. Understanding their psychology in these moments is key to unlocking superior service delivery.

How to Engage

Your employees will learn how to create a strong first impression by demonstrating empathy, ownership, and intent. They’ll also learn how to effectively manage expectations to build trust and confidence with customers that their technical issues will be resolved.

Needs Discovery

We’ll teach your employees the critical discovery techniques (as used by the FBI) to more effectively identify, check, and confirm the root cause of customer issues and what is needed to resolve enquiries in an efficient manner.

How to Educate and Inform

Participants will learn how to proactively educate and inform customers with technical instructions, product, service, and process information in a manner that maximises first contact resolution.

The key skills and behaviours covered include clarity, pacing, pausing, and consistent checks of understanding, comfort, and suitability.

How to Close Any Call

Your employees will learn how to avoid those often awkward, clunky finishes to calls through a simple method of strong final checks, expressions of gratitude, and a warm farewell that leaves a positive, lasting impression.

Handling Difficult Customers

Participants will learn (and practice!) a powerful two-step method for dealing with more difficult customers and situations, using the most appropriate language, empathy, and action.

They’ll also learn how to effectively validate and diffuse emotion to satisfy a customer’s emotional and transactional needs.

The modules are designed to have an immediate impact — delivering improved customer service outcomes for your business and boosting employee confidence when handling support calls.

Compare Technical Support Customer Service Course Options

You're currently viewing the Technical Support Customer Service Essentials course — the perfect entry point for fast, practical upskilling.

If you're looking for more depth, coaching, or advanced support skills, our Foundations and PRO courses offer extended training options to suit your needs. Here's a quick comparison to help you decide:

Technical Support Customer Service Essentials

Fast, focused training covering the core skills for handling technical support calls with confidence and professionalism.

Duration: 1 x 3-hour session
Price: $278 ex GST
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Technical Support Customer Service Foundations

Includes everything in Essentials, with additional time for more practice, coaching, and handling trickier support conversations.

Duration: 2 x 3-hour sessions
Price: $428 ex GST
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Technical Support Customer Service PRO

Our most comprehensive training for technical support — featuring deeper learning, advanced tools, and extensive roleplays to embed the skills with confidence.

Duration: 3 x 3-hour sessions
Price: $548 ex GST
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About Your Trainer

The Technical Support Customer Service Essentials training course is designed and facilitated by Simon Blair , one of Australia’s leading Customer Service Trainers.

Simon is a father of 4 and lives in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. His twin girls keep him busy running around following their footy careers (one is an AFLW footballer with Collingwood) and he has a great love of music.

He does land the odd corporate or private gig around town as an acoustic guitarist and singer belting out rock and pop classics.

He has great adventures with his partner Ines, loves the North Melbourne Kangaroos footy team and every now and then escapes into other worlds when playing Dungeon & Dragons with his mates. He likes to call himself a ‘cool nerd’.

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Simon Blair, one of Australia's leading customer service trainers!

What Participants Say About Our Customer Service Training

Our customer service training courses consistently earn praise for their practical content, expert facilitation, and real-world impact — regardless of the industry or job role.

From frontline teams to technical support and reception roles, participants leave with new skills, more confidence, and immediate takeaways they can apply on the job. Here’s what recent attendees have shared:

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Public vs Private Technical Support Customer Service Training Options

The Technical Support Customer Service Essentials course is available in both public and private formats, with flexible delivery options to suit your business — delivered live online or onsite at your workplace.

Our public courses are perfect for individuals or small teams who want to join a scheduled session alongside participants from other companies. It’s a great way to build customer service skills in a structured, collaborative environment.

They’re also ideal for businesses with frequent staff turnover — providing a consistent and efficient way to onboard new technical support staff.

Need something more tailored? Our private courses are built around your team’s specific needs. You choose the timing and format, and we’ll customise the content to match your unique support environment and customer base.

Use the comparison table below to decide what’s best for your team. Still unsure? Get in touch — we’ll help you choose the right training format to elevate your team’s technical support service skills.

Feature 🎓 Public Course 🏢 Private Course
Who Attends Individuals or small teams from any industry Your internal team only
Learning Environment Gain insights from other businesses and shared challenges Focused discussion tailored to your business context
Schedule Fixed dates & times — easy to plan around You choose the date, time and format
Content Standardised core curriculum Customised examples, roleplays & support scenarios
Delivery Format Live Online via Zoom Live Online or Onsite at your premises
Cost $278 per person ex GST More cost-effective for teams of 4+
Best For Fast onboarding or upskilling of new staff Building team consistency & addressing specific support challenges
Minimum Numbers No minimum — book just 1 or the whole team Minimum of 4 participants
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$278 ex GST
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Pricing and Payment Options

Facilitated by Simon Blair, the Technical Support Customer Service Essentials course is just $278 per person (ex GST) for a high-impact, 3-hour live session led by one of Australia’s top customer service trainers.

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