Course Title: Promote products and services

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5382 Diploma of Product Design

Course Title: Promote products and services

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 40

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

 

 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
MKTG8029C	City Campus	TAFE	320T Architecture & Urban Design	Face-to-Face	Term1 2019, Term2 2019
MKTG8037C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2020, Term2 2020, Term1 2021, Term2 2021
MKTG8037C	Brunswick Campus	TAFE	515T Creative Industries	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2022, Term2 2022, Term1 2023, Term1 2024

Course Contact: Robin Blood

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4819

Course Contact Email: robin.blood@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit deals with the skills and knowledge required to promote products and services to customers. It relates to situations where the sales function is not the primary focus of work activity. It applies to those employees who deal with customers and whose job provides the opportunity to promote products and services and to ascertain changes in customer preferences

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	BSBMKG413 Promote products and services
Elements:	1. Plan promotional activities 2. Coordinate promotional activities 3. Review and report on promotional activities

Learning Outcomes

Refer to the elements above.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment methods must be chosen to ensure that promoting products and services can be practically demonstrated. Methods must include assessment of knowledge as well as assessment of practical skills.

The following examples are appropriate for this unit:

•direct observation of the candidate promoting products and services to customers

•oral or written questions to determine product knowledge

•case studies to test knowledge of appropriate products and services for different contexts, customers and situations

•role plays in which the candidate demonstrates up-selling techniques

•projects to promotional ideas or suggestions for a particular product or service

•project to research customer preferences for a particular enterprise or context

•review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate.

 

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