• Apprenticeship
  • Flintshire
  • 23 January 2026

Flintshire County Council

Customer Service Placement Outline

At Work Work Opportunities

In the workplace you will be offered experience in the following areas:

  •  Communicating with colleagues and customers both orally and in writing
  • Working in a team
  • Gaining an understanding of Health & Safety in the workplace
  • Providing an efficient service to the customer
  • Using IT in a work setting applying various software packages
  • Practical use of office equipment
  • How to deal with customers and provide appropriate advice and guidance
  • Maintaining record systems both paper and electronic

Skills

If you decide to apply for a Flintshire Traineeship, please highlight your experience / skill in the following areas on the application
form.

  • Communication skills
  • Team working
  • IT experience
  • Work experience
  • Organisational skills
  • 5 GCSE’s Grade C or above (or equivalent) including Welsh or English Language and Maths.
  • Maximum Level 3 (A-Level) qualification
  • Welsh language skills desirable

At College Learning Outcomes

During your work based learning, you will achieve the following learning outcomes:

  • National Vocational Qualification – Level 2/3/in Customer Service
  • Key Skills – Work-related skills such as Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy unless exempt.
  • Technical Certificates – These are appropriate vocationally related qualifications which are externally assessed (by exams) and in most cases will require attendance at College.
  • Employment Rights and Responsibilities – This ensures you have a full understanding of your responsibilities and rights as workers.

This Placement Outline is appropriate for Customer Service Traineeships in the following areas:

  • Customer Services

To apply for this job please visit www.flintshire.gov.uk.