College Certificate - Professional Customer Service (Co-op)

Enhance your career with a Professional Customer Service Certificate at VanWest College. Co-op opportunities available for international students. Apply now!

In this program students will learn how to maximize their customer service skills to improve overall customer and business relationships and how to implement strategies to communicate effectively in diverse work environments. Upon graduation, students will successfully enter and move forward in their careers as customer service professionals. The Co-op is an integral component of this program that will provide students with an opportunity to integrate academic studies with related employment experience. Students will enhance workplace skills and theory learned during their academic semesters through hands-on practice and return to the classroom with new perspectives gained from their employment. Graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge and practical skills in public and customer relations such as strategies to meet the needs of multicultural customers, communicate effectively across cultures, work as part of a team, problem-solve and manage difficult customer situations, develop customer relationships and create value for their employer.